I.
Hospitality is a craft.
The numbers tell you whether the craft is working, not how to improve it. We prefer to invest behind operators who have already done the unglamorous work of making the first site excellent.
AboutCapital Gate
A small fund with a long view of hospitality.
Capital Gate is a Dubai-headquartered investment fund that deploys GCC capital into European hospitality and food & beverage. We are operators first and investors second, and the fund reflects it.
Editorial photograph — DIFC at dusk
Headquarters
Our office sits in Gate Village at the Dubai International Financial Centre. It is quiet, small, and close to the founders and families who move through the Gulf each week.
Principles
Five things we believe, and act on.
II.
Concentration over coverage.
A small number of investments, each held long. We would rather know six businesses well than thirty passingly. It changes how we pick, and how much we can help.
III.
Patient capital, quietly deployed.
Our investors have held businesses across generations. That timescale is a feature of the fund, not a footnote. We do not optimise for headlines or exit windows.
IV.
Respect the operator.
The person running the business knows more about it than we do. Our job is to hold a useful mirror, make the right introductions, and stay out of the way of service.
V.
Be specific.
We do not back "the future of" anything. We back particular rooms, particular menus, particular teams, particular cities. Hospitality is made of specifics.
Partners
People who have built the businesses we now back.
Rashed Al Hamli
Managing Partner · Dubai
Formerly head of hospitality investments at a multi-generational family office. Fifteen years across GCC hotels, residences, and F&B groups.
Hélène Marchetti
Partner · London
Co-founder of a European restaurant group (twelve sites, three countries). Leads sourcing, diligence, and operating support in Europe.
Omar Kassem
Head of Operations · Dubai
Twenty years of operating roles across luxury and independent hospitality. Works directly with portfolio teams after close.