About DGC
A Decade of Building.
A Region of Possibility.
Our Story
Patient capital. Regional insight. Long-term partnerships.
DGC was founded in 2017 with a clear conviction: that capital deployed selectively in sectors fundamental to the region's growth would compound differently than the cycle-chasing capital around it. Nine years later, we've invested across four sectors — healthcare, real estate, hospitality, and industrial trading & innovation — and built the operator relationships that turn capital into outcomes.
Headquartered in Bahrain with our second office in Riyadh, DGC operates with the discipline of an institutional allocator and the agility of a regional partner. Our partners stay because we say what we'll do and do what we say. Our founders stay because we don't disappear after the transaction.
This is private equity built for the long arc. Nine years in, and building toward the tenth.
The Road to 10
From 2017 to 2027 —
A Decade in Discipline
- 2017
Founded in Bahrain
Khaled AlHammadi and Mohamed Nedham Khonji establish Dividend Gate Capital in Bahrain, with a mandate to invest in the sectors the region depends on.
- 2018
Sixteen Companies, Year One
DGC acquires 16 companies in its first full year and builds three of them in-house, setting the operator-led model that still shapes how the firm invests.
- 2019
Beyond Bahrain
AUM passes USD 20 million as DGC invests outside Bahrain for the first time, extending the thesis into neighbouring GCC markets.
- 2020
Recognised for Innovation
DGC wins Most Innovative Private Equity House and launches Bahrain's first cloud kitchen concept, built in-house while the hospitality sector reordered itself.
- 2021
Into the Kingdom
DGC expands to Riyadh, establishing a presence in Saudi Arabia as Vision 2030 opened the private sector to partners who could move quickly.
- 2022
The Saudi Commitment
DGC and its partners commit SAR 400 million to acquisitions across Saudi F&B and healthcare. AUM climbs past USD 110 million.
- 2023
Thirty Companies and Counting
AUM passes USD 200 million and the portfolio grows beyond 30 companies, on 37% net profit for the financial year.
- 2024
Half a Billion Under Management
DGC closes the year on 41% net profit, more than USD 500 million in AUM, and a portfolio of 35+ companies.
- 2025
The Ninth Year
Net profit grows a further 24%, carrying DGC into the final stretch of its first decade.
- 2026Today
The Road to 10
DGC enters its ninth year with a renewed brand identity and a strategy built for the decade mark and the years past it.
- 2027
A Decade of Discipline
DGC turns ten. Broader regional reach, deeper specialisation in the sectors it knows, and the same patient approach that started it in 2017.
Our Values
The Five Principles That Guide Us
Ambition
We back ideas with the scale to matter — investments that compound across cycles and shape the region's next decade.
Connection
Relationships before transactions. Our network across the GCC and Europe is built over years of follow-through, not introductions.
Trust
Earned, not assumed. Transparency with partners, alignment with founders, and discipline in our own conduct.
Network
Capital is one input. Operator depth, regional access, and strategic doors open faster when DGC is at the table.
Experience
Decades of building, scaling, and exiting businesses across our four sectors inform every investment decision we make.