كيوبن ذ.م.م
Dubai-based private-markets firm working on capital raises of USD 1M-30M, secondary sales of unlisted shares and private-company research; ASPACE invested in 2024.
Industry: Private markets brokerage and secondaries | Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Founded: 2022
About كيوبن ذ.م.م
Cubin LLC, referred to in its own note as Cubin Commercial Brokers LLC, is a UAE private-markets firm. CB Insights lists it as founded in 2022 and based in Dubai, and describes it as a platform meant to facilitate investment deals between the Middle East and North Africa region and Europe. Tarek Fakreddine is named as chief executive and founder. The firm says it works on capital raises of USD 1 million to USD 30 million, on secondary sales of unlisted shares, and on research about private companies. The work is still relationship-driven. An iOS app is in final preparation and has not been released on the App Store, and a European tied-agent arrangement is being progressed but is not finished. No transaction volumes or investor counts have been disclosed. The firm describes the problem it addresses: an investor who bought private shares years ago can watch the company grow and still have no easy way to sell part of the stake, because there is no continuous price or standing pool of buyers, and a transfer needs a counterparty, a valuation and the approvals in the shareholder agreement. Cubin says it sits at that intersection. Capital raising runs through its existing professional network rather than a public platform. Secondary work connects prospective sellers and buyers with company information, valuation indicators and due-diligence points, and separates indicative interest from a confirmed executable price. Transfers remain subject to shareholder agreements, transfer restrictions, corporate approvals and regulation. Its private-market intelligence offering covers company research and market analysis. Cubin is operational in the UAE for capital raising within its network. The European tied-agent arrangement, once authorisations and agreements are final, is meant to widen its public offering under the permissions that apply. Until then, the broader market described in its note is not open, and the app cannot be downloaded. There is earlier outside capital. In September 2024 ASPACE International Holdings announced a strategic investment in Cubin LLC, which CB Insights reported values the company at USD 18 million. The company was then described as a digital trading platform for private equity connecting Europe, the UAE and the wider region. Rasmal reported the same deal with the amount undisclosed, and the size of ASPACE's stake has not been published. The 2026 note does not restate the valuation, does not name a live platform and does not publish volumes, so the 2024 description and the 2026 status should not be read as the same product.