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- Companies owned
- 22
- Sectors
- 10
- Countries of operation
- 5
- Year founded
- 2016
79 / MODEL
Acquire, build, compound
The group is permanently capitalised. There is no fund life and no exit clock, so a company that compounds is simply kept.
- 01
Acquire
The group buys controlling positions in trading businesses with contracted revenue. It pays for operations, not narrative, and keeps the operators who built them.
- 02
Build
Where nothing worth buying exists, Stratos79 starts the company itself. Engineers, capital and a first customer are in place before the venture is named.
- 03
Compound
Held companies buy from each other at arm's length: software from the studio, settlement from the payments business, finance from the treasury desk. Nothing is sold on a timetable.
79 / PORTFOLIO IN MOTION
One ecosystem, three orbits
Stratos79 sits at the core, connecting capital, strategy, technology and network to every company it owns. A venture moves outward: started, taken to market, then run as an operating company.
Stratos79
Global investment ecosystem
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Stratos79 portfolio
- 01Start Ups
- 0
- 02Ready to Market
- 0
- 03Operating Companies
- 0
- Total portfolio
- 0companies
Legend
Inner orbit is start ups, the middle orbit is ready to market, the outer orbit is operating companies. Distance from the core is maturity, not size.
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79 / SECTORS
Ten sectors
The group holds companies in ten verticals. Investments is ownership of companies; Finance is the provision of capital. Both are listed because they are run separately.
- 01Software DevelopmentProduct and platform engineering studios building for the group and for external enterprise clients.3 companies
- 02StartupsCompany creation from the inside. Ideas incubated, staffed and capitalised under Stratos79 before they stand alone.1 company
- 03InvestmentsDirect equity positions, minority stakes and co-investment alongside operators we already know.2 companies
- 04EventsOwned event properties, conference formats and live production capability across the region.2 companies
- 05HealthcareClinical operations, medical technology and care delivery businesses.4 companies
- 06FintechPayments, embedded finance and infrastructure for regulated financial products.3 companies
- 07F&BRestaurant groups, hospitality concepts and food supply operations.3 companies
- 08TransportationFleet, logistics and mobility businesses moving goods and people.3 companies
- 09FinanceCapital markets activity, treasury, structured lending and advisory for the group and third parties.3 companies
- 10CryptoDigital asset infrastructure, tokenisation and regulated virtual asset services.4 companies
79 / SELECTED TRANSACTIONS
79 / NEWSROOM
All releases- 14 Jul 2026Noor Payments passes AED 1.9bn in annualised processing volumeThe acquiring business added 400 merchants in the first half, weighted to hospitality and clinical accounts inside the group.
- 28 May 2026Stratos79 leads seed round in TabarakThe group led the embedded insurance company's seed financing alongside Y Combinator and Algebra Ventures.
- 09 Apr 2026Layl Hospitality completes fit-out of its first Al Raha Beach siteThe 120-cover concept was developed inside the group and is staffed ahead of opening in the coming season.