Trusted partners, disruptors and investors
Welcome to KWIBased in Dubai, KWI Commercial Holdings is a unique holding company that has launched and invested in numerous businesses within the region throughout its 25 year history. From Biotech and Aquaculture to Events and Edutainment, KWI has built a diverse portfolio of investments in a wide variety of industries. These have included founding our own businesses, angel funding a variety of start-ups, buying existing companies and investing in commercial real estate.
What We Do
First Movers
Region’s first hotel exhibition and space congress
World’s largest annual Airport Show
The UAE’s first Oyster Farm
The UAE’s first holiday camps
Dubai’s first animatronic dinosaurs
First UAE Government roadshows in Libya and the new Iraq
We like diversity and are open to working within any sector. However our past and present businesses and projects have one thing in common: they are first-moving, disruptive and truly benefit the region or industry they operate within. We understand the region, its needs and requirements intimately, and our philosophy has always been to launch, invest in and represent companies that support the region’s growth and overall development
We are always looking for new challenges and ventures and welcome enquiries for partnerships in the Gulf region
Current Holdings
Investments in Biotech, Healthcare, Edutainment, Media and Events, Acquaculture and Real Estate
Cytimmune Cancer Therapeutics
Indigo Entertainment
East Coast Shellfish LLC
In 2016, East Coast Shellfish launched the Middle East’s first shellfish farm – Dibba Bay Oysters – producing gourmet oysters grown in the pristine waters of Dibba in Northern Fujairah, UAE.
Mi-VAD Inc.
Streamline Marketing Group (SMG)
Cytimmune Cancer Therapeutics
Indigo Entertainment
East Coast Shellfish LLC
Mi-VAD Inc.
Streamline Marketing Group (SMG)
Cytimmune Cancer Therapeutics
Indigo Entertainment
East Coast Shellfish LLC
Mi-VAD Inc.
Streamline Marketing Group (SMG)
Who we are
Decades of experience and strong local relationships are the keys of our success
Founded and led by Nick Webb and Laith Kubba, entrepreneurs that have been based in the region all their lives, KWI is supported by a range of local investors and select Advisory Board members consisting of ex-Government officials and high-profile regional business people – all serving as catalysts to further opportunities within the region.
KWI’s first venture was launching the Streamline Marketing Group in Dubai in the 90s. Since then the KWI founders have launched several businesses themselves, invested in others and worked as JV partners on various private sector projects.
Our personal experience in launching businesses and running projects in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Libya, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait has contributed to our ability to spot viable business opportunities – and avoid costly mistakes – over the years. No entrepreneurial group would be complete without plenty of failures along the way, but in a developing region ripe with opportunity and capital, we are pleased that our successes have outweighed our failures.
As a consequence we have developed unparalleled regional contacts and knowledge built over many years. Through our companies, investments and consultancy arrangements KWI are proud to have worked with most Ministries, government organisations and departments, in addition to Embassies, international trade bodies and the United Nations. These contacts and relationships have been the cornerstone of our success, enabling us to smoothly navigate through governmental, economic and social complexities.
We know who to go to and how to get things done.
Get In Touch
Grosvenor Business Tower, Suite 1005
Barsha Heights
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
info@kwidubai.com