Who We Are

Built on a conviction.Structured for endurance.

1971 Capital is a debt-free, operator-led real asset investment platform, offered to US accredited investors under Reg D Rule 506(c) through a Delaware feeder. Built for investors who have been burned by leverage before, and are not interested in being burned again.

Why 1971

The year money changed. Most portfolios never adjusted.

In 1971, the global monetary system structurally decoupled from hard asset backing. The era that followed was built on leverage, interest, and intermediary layers, compounding complexity and misalignment at every level of the financial stack.

1971 Capital was built as a direct response to that structure. We believe durable wealth is built through real assets, disciplined underwriting, aligned partnerships, and transparent governance, without interest-based structures and without asset-level leverage.

Mohamed Sheikh Alsouk and Sam Amin in conversation at the 1971 Capital launch
“We raise in uncertainty. We deploy in conviction.”

The Platform

Two strategies.One discipline.

Grade A logistics warehouse exterior, essential commercial real estate

Income Fund

11-13% Target IRR. Income-producing GCC real assets acquired debt-free: logistics, workforce housing, Grade A office, healthcare, cold storage, community retail.

Target IRR is an objective only and is not guaranteed. Actual returns may be lower or higher. Investors may lose some or all of their invested capital.

Building under construction on an active development site

Growth Fund · Planned for Phase 2, not yet started

18-20% Target IRR. Disciplined development and value-creation plays with explicit downside buffers and ruthless execution underwriting.

Target IRR is an objective only and is not guaranteed. Actual returns may be lower or higher. Investors may lose some or all of their invested capital.

The Four Locks, In Detail

Four Doors. Four Locks.

Through our experience in this industry, we have watched capital disappear through the same four doors, every time. We built a lock for each one. These are the institutions and people behind every lock.

Lock 1 · Scam

Regulated: To Protect Against Scam

Operating under Reg D in the US, reviewed by UAE regulatory and fund counsel, with the UAE master fund's CMA license pending.

  1. 01

    Reg D Rule 506(c)

    Our US Feeder LP operates under this SEC exemption, available to accredited investors.

  2. 02

    UAE Capital Market Authority

    Our UAE master fund's license is pending with the UAE Capital Market Authority (CMA).

  3. 03

    Argentum Law

    UAE regulatory and fund counsel, reviewing every fund document before it reaches an investor.

Lock 2 · Incompetence

Operator-Led: To Protect Against Incompetence

The people who source an asset are the same people who manage it.

  1. 01

    An exceptional C-suite

    Architect behind USD 1.5B+ in real estate transactions across 450+ deals, with a 2x equity multiple and a 15% historical IRR.

  2. 02

    An Investment Committee

    Capital markets and real asset veterans.

  3. 03

    A Board of Advisors

    Real estate and capital markets specialists across three independent groups.

Lock 3 · Leverage & Bad Debt

Debt-Free: To Protect Against Leverage & Bad Debt

Zero dollars of asset-level debt, ever, in the United States or the UAE.

  1. 01

    Shariah Supervisory Board

    An independent, professional review layer with authority to halt any transaction.

Lock 4 · Paper Promises

Asset-Backed: To Protect Against Paper Promises

Essential commercial real estate. Nothing paper, nothing synthetic.

  1. 01

    First Abu Dhabi Bank

    Custodian. Holds the cash and the register.

  2. 02

    Grant Thornton

    Auditor. Independent verification of every number.

  3. 03

    GTAG (Gulf Tax Accounting Group)

    Tax counsel across the platform.

The Operator Model

We are not allocators. We are operators.

Most investment products add layers, sponsor, fund manager, placement platform, advisors, admin, each one extracting fees and diluting alignment. We remove them. At 1971 Capital, we source, underwrite, acquire, operate, and report on every asset in the portfolio. Investors get direct exposure alongside the operator, not another manager sitting between them and the asset.

  1. 01

    Sourcing

    Off-market, relationship-driven origination

  2. 02

    Underwriting

    Conservative, downside-first analysis

  3. 03

    Acquisition

    Disciplined entry pricing

  4. 04

    Operations

    In-house asset and property management

  5. 05

    Reporting

    Institutional-grade investor communications

  6. 06

    Exit

    Credible, time-bound exit strategy

Structure & Oversight

Institutional rails.At every layer.

Reg D Rule 506(c)

The US feeder is offered under Rule 506(c) of Regulation D and is available only to verified accredited investors. Accreditation is verified before subscription.

Shariah Supervisory Board

An independent board of internationally recognized Shariah scholars certifies the fund structure, documentation, and ongoing Shariah observance.

Grant Thornton · GTAG · KLR

Semi-annual audit by Grant Thornton. International tax advisory by GTAG. US tax filings and K-1s coordinated by KLR (Kahn Litwin Renza).

Feeder Access Architecture

A Delaware feeder LP investing substantially all assets into the master fund, giving US capital clean legal rails into the same real assets.

Founder & Operating Leadership

The operators behind the platform.

Sam Amin

Sam Amin

Founder & Chairman

Architect behind USD 1.5B+ in real estate transactions across 450+ deals, with a 2x equity multiple and a 15% historical IRR. Built his track record sourcing, developing, and operating real estate in the United States before extending that discipline to the UAE, including Hampton Manor of Cape Coral in Florida and residential developments in Dubai South and Majan.

Read the founder story

Mohamed Sheikh Alsouk

Mohamed Sheikh Alsouk

Chief Operating Officer

Seventeen years delivering large-scale real estate across the UAE and wider GCC, including construction, fit-out, MEP, facilities management, and development management, and a construction company listing on the Qatar Stock Exchange. Also serves as Partner at Sakeenah Development.

Umair Waseem

Umair Waseem

Chief Investment Officer

Joins 1971 Capital having led one of the largest single real estate transactions in Canadian history, and having served as Chief Investment Officer at a regulated investment fund.

Investment Committee

Disciplined review before any capital moves.

Ashish Marwah

Ashish Marwah

Member

Co-founder, Neovision Investment Fund Management LLC. Formerly Chief Investment Officer, ADS Investment Solutions (2014-2023). MBA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Atif Sarwar

Atif Sarwar

Member

Ten years at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse, London, before founding Capira Capital, which has raised over USD 1.3 billion across private equity and private real estate structures.

Dr. Ryan Lemand

Dr. Ryan Lemand

Member

Holds a Neovision Investment Fund Management LLC seat on the Committee.

Board of Advisors

Sector specialists. Non‑overlapping domains.

Simon Townsend

Simon Townsend

Real Estate & Capital Markets

Chief Executive Officer, Avison Young MENA. Thirty years across the Gulf including CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, and Ellington Capital.

Ebrahim Ismail

Ebrahim Ismail

Development Structuring & Delivery Risk

Operator and principal with over two decades building, governing, and exiting businesses across Africa, the Middle East, and Europe, including a nine-figure exit. Co-Founder and CEO, Next Capital Real Estate.

Amr Alabwaz

Amr Alabwaz

Emerging-Market Development & Proptech

Chairman and CEO, York Holding Group, Tbilisi. Founder of two proptech ventures, including Dwelleo.

Shariah Supervisory Board

Independent oversight of every structure.

Dr. Mohamed Ali El Gari

Dr. Mohamed Ali El Gari

Chairman

PhD in Economics, University of California. Member, AAOIFI Shariah Council.

Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohamad Akram Laldin

Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohamad Akram Laldin

Member

PhD, University of Edinburgh. Former Executive Director, ISRA, Bank Negara Malaysia.

Sheikh Abdul Nasser Al Mannaie Altamimi

Sheikh Abdul Nasser Al Mannaie Altamimi

Member

28+ years in Islamic banking and finance. Senior Vice President and Head of Internal Shariah Audit, Ajman Bank.

The Sponsor · Amin Enterprises

The house behind the fund.

1971 Capital is a brand of Amin Enterprises, the holding company that sponsors, structures, and governs the platform. Amin Enterprises L.L.C-FZ, the UAE holding entity, was later established in the Meydan Free Zone and holds the fund sponsorship, operational subsidiaries, and related advisory businesses that sit beneath the platform.

The sponsor has been involved in over USD 1.5 billion in real estate transactions across 450+ deals, with a 2× equity multiple. This track record informs the underwriting standards, asset selection criteria, and operational approach that 1971 Capital applies to every opportunity it evaluates.

Guests in conversation at the 1971 Capital launch
  • USD 1.5B+Transactions Completed
  • 450+Real Estate Deals
  • 2×Equity Multiple

Track record reflects transactions completed by the sponsor and affiliated entities prior to the establishment of 1971 Capital. Past performance is not indicative of future results and is not indicative of the future performance of the Fund.

The Group

Operator infrastructure, built in-house.

Amin Enterprises L.L.C-FZ logo

Amin Enterprises L.L.C-FZ

Parent

1971 Capital logo

1971 Capital

Capital & Investment

AR51 Real Estate logo

AR51 Real Estate

Real Assets & Brokerage

Vesteq Real Estate logo

Vesteq Real Estate

Facilities Management

Sakeenah Development logo

Sakeenah Development

Ground-Up Development

Petra Shine Aluminium logo

Petra Shine Aluminium

Aluminium, Glazing & Facade

Petra Title Agency logo

Petra Title Agency

US Title & Escrow

Gulf Wealth Advisory logo

Gulf Wealth Advisory

Wealth & Advisory

All intercompany arrangements are disclosed in fund documentation and structured at market rates. Related-party relationships are managed in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements.

Where We Operate

Headquartered in Dubai.Operating across two continents.

1971 Capital is headquartered in Dubai, UAE, where the master fund is structured and managed, with its CMA license pending. Amin Enterprises additionally operates from two physical offices across Michigan and Texas, underpinning the US track record and the infrastructure behind the US feeder fund.

Headquarters

1971 Capital - Dubai

Office 3105, HDS Business Tower,

Cluster M, Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai

Fund headquarters and investment committee, with the fund's CMA license pending. Sponsor operations, investor relations and asset management directed from Dubai. The Fund is managed by Neovision Investment Fund Management LLC, Abu Dhabi.

USA Office

1971 Capital - Michigan

31912 Mound Rd, Warren, MI 48092

The founding office of Amin Enterprises.

USA Office

1971 Capital - Texas

5700 Tennyson Parkway, Plano, TX 75024

US investors access the platform through 1971 Capital US Feeder LP, a Delaware limited partnership offered under Reg D Rule 506(c) to verified accredited investors, which invests substantially all of its assets into the master fund.

US operations are conducted by Amin Enterprises and its subsidiaries, with title and escrow licenses in 33 US states.

Where We Are · Platform Timeline

Built deliberately. Launched with conviction.

  1. 2014

    Amin Enterprises Founded

    Amin Enterprises founded in the United States, 2014.

  2. 2026

    CMA License Pending

    The master fund's license is pending with the UAE Capital Market Authority (CMA), after nearly a year of legal structuring, governance build-out, and regulatory process.

  3. Q4 2026 - Q1 2027

    PPM Distribution & First Close

    US feeder subscription window: 16 November 2026 - 16 February 2027, capped at 100 investors. Formal PPM distributed to qualified investors. Advisory board onboarding complete. Anchor investor engagement across the US and the GCC.

  4. Year 5

    AUM Objective: USD 1B.

    Target: USD 1 billion in assets under management, debt-free, multi-jurisdiction, institutional-grade, across the GCC and beyond.

Forward-looking objectives are targets only and are not guaranteed. Timelines may change.

Operator-led. Institutional-grade. Debt-free.

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Offered pursuant to Rule 506(c) of Regulation D and available only to verified accredited investors. This page does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy securities.