Najm Capital
Najm Fund I + Co-InvestGCC growth equity, infrastructure, and strategic buyouts · Q1 2026 reporting
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K. Al Rashidi · Director
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Najm/Portfolio/Wio Bank
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Wio Bank

On thesis
Digital Banking·Financial Services Disruption·Growth Equity·Invested 2022·8% stake
Position
Mark1.38x
Gross IRR13%
Invested$65M
Q3 movement:+$72M·CBUAE full banking licence awarded · NIM expansion 40 bps · SME loan book +28% QoQ
LatestNo recent touchpoints recorded.
Next board:2026-05-22
Ownership + team
8% stake · 1 board seat1.0x liquidation preference
Abu Dhabi digital bank · 1.38x mark · platform banking license unlocking B2B embedded finance · deposits and lending growing ahead of plan
Ask about Wio Bank · pulls from SharePoint memos + Snowflake fund DB + firm memory
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Financial profileLatest as of 2026-03-31
Total depositsAED 4.2B+68% YoY · retail + BaaS
Loan bookAED 2.8BSME lending focus · NPL 1.2%
MOIC1.38x$0.5B entry → $0.69B mark
BaaS partners18 activeUp from 6 at entry in 2022
Three-way benchmark
Total depositsmeasured in AED B
Actual
Thesis target
VCP plan
Peer median
Thesis 5VCP 4.5Peer 2.84.2AED BQ4-23Q1-24Q2-24Q3-24Q4-24Q1-25Q2-25Q3-25
Performance update
Total deposits AED 4.2B · +68% YoY · BaaS deposits now 44% of total
SME loan book AED 2.8B · NPL 1.2% · below CBUAE benchmark of 2.5%
18 BaaS API partners active · 4 new enterprise partners onboarded Q1 2026
Central Bank of UAE approved Wio for Islamic banking window · opens AED 800B market segment