Choose the relationship before the investor list
A private investor may participate personally, through a family office or through an investment firm. These descriptions do not tell you whether the investor fits your company. Define the stage, sector, amount and time horizon first. Then explain whether you need only capital or also board involvement, operating experience or access to customers.
Separate equity funding from other cash needs
A company raising equity is offering an ownership interest whose terms still need to be agreed. That is different from seeking a loan or selling an existing shareholder’s stake. State which request you are making, where the proceeds will go and whether there are existing obligations that affect the proposed investment. Cubin’s focus is equity opportunities, not business lending.
Define the investor relationship
One investor or several participants?
Describe whether you are looking for one investor to lead discussions or several investors to participate alongside one another. These are different coordination tasks. If you expect a lead investor to arrange the rest of the round, identify that as an expectation to discuss, not money already secured. Keep an investor tracker with separate columns for an introduction, an expression of interest, diligence, agreed terms and committed funds.
Turn strategic help into specific questions
Replace “we need a well-connected investor” with a precise request: help recruiting a finance lead, introductions to a particular customer segment or advice on a distribution model. Ask how much time the investor expects to spend and who would actually provide the support. Record the answers separately from the investment terms. Your operating forecast should work with the resources the company controls, rather than treating introductions as contracted revenue.
Your preparation checklist
- Investor role
- Describe the support you want and the decisions management intends to retain.
- Company evidence
- Provide dated revenue or traction figures and explain what has not yet been proven.
- Funding structure
- Separate company funding, shareholder liquidity and any outstanding financing.
- Next milestone
- Link the proposed amount to an operating outcome and a realistic cash plan.
Before you submit
How do we compare potential private investors?
Build a short fit matrix: sector, stage, geography, typical investment size and expected involvement. A well-known name is not enough. Identify the questions you still need answered before sharing detailed information or discussing terms.
How Cubin considers an opportunity
Cubin invests its own capital and works with an international network of private investors, family offices and investment firms. Our investment focus is USD 1–30 million, from angel and early-stage opportunities through growth and private equity. We assess business quality, financial performance, growth, valuation and risk. Direct investment and investor introductions are different outcomes; neither is guaranteed by submitting a pitch.
What to include in your pitch
Send a short company overview, location, sector, stage, amount sought and intended use of funds. Include revenue or traction where available, ownership information and the next milestone. Attach a non-confidential PDF pitch deck, up to 3 MB. The form is in English and does not require a member account. Your submission is sent to Cubin with the guide page you came from. Do not include sensitive customer data in your initial submission.
Choose the next step for your situation
If the next round funds customer validation, use Venture capital in the UAE: early-stage funding readiness.
For ownership, reporting and decision-rights preparation, see Family offices in the UAE: ownership and governance readiness.
For the UAE company and operating evidence needed in a funding request, see Raise capital in the UAE.
Return to Capital Raising to introduce your company or choose another market and investor type.