Why 1971
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.
“We raise in uncertainty. We deploy in conviction.”
The Platform
Income Fund
9–11% 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.
Growth Fund
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 Operator Model
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.
Sourcing
Off-market, relationship-driven origination
Underwriting
Conservative, downside-first analysis
Acquisition
Disciplined entry pricing
Operations
In-house asset and property management
Reporting
Institutional-grade investor communications
Exit
Credible, time-bound exit strategy
Structure & Oversight
Licensed and supervised by the Capital Markets Authority, UAE. Full regulatory compliance across fund documentation, disclosures, and investor onboarding.
An independent board of internationally recognised Shariah scholars certifies the fund structure, documentation, and ongoing compliance.
Annual audit by Grant Thornton. International tax advisory by GTAG. Full professional accountability across jurisdictions.
UAE Master Fund with a global investor access architecture, clean legal rails for international capital.
Key Personnel
Founder & General Partner
Sam founded 1971 Capital and Amin Enterprises with the conviction that institutional-grade real asset investing should be accessible without leverage, layers, or misaligned intermediaries. He personally led the platform's structuring from inception through CMA regulatory approval, building the operator infrastructure (Sakeenah Developments, Vesteq Real Estate, and Wealth Gulf Corporate & Capital Advisory) beneath 1971 Capital. He leads strategy, capital formation, and platform development toward the firm's three-year objective of USD 1B AUM, debt-free.
COO
Mohamed is COO and Partner at Sakeenah Real Estate Development, where he leads the full development lifecycle from acquisition and structuring through execution and delivery. He brings 17+ years of experience delivering large-scale projects across the UAE and GCC, spanning construction, fit-out, MEP, and facilities management. This operator's background allows him to underwrite opportunities from a buildability, cost-control, and execution-risk perspective, not just a financial one. At 1971 Capital, he sits on the Investment Committee and oversees operational execution across the portfolio.
Investment Committee Member
Atif brings an institutional capital markets background, including time at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse, to 1971 Capital's investment process. He is the founder of Capira Capital and serves on the Investment Committee, applying two decades of capital markets discipline to deal sourcing, underwriting review, and investment approval decisions.
Investment Committee Member
Ashish is co-founder of Neovision Investment Fund Management LLC and served as Chief Investment Officer of ADS Investment Solutions (ADSI) from 2014 to 2023. He brings 20+ years of experience across long/short equity, credit, global macro, and emerging markets to the Investment Committee. He holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2003) and is an Associate of ICAI.
Board of Advisors
Board of Advisors · Real Estate Capital Markets
Simon is CEO of Avison Young MENA, with over 30 years of experience across CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, and Ellington Capital throughout the Gulf. He advises 1971 Capital on regulatory and governance matters, bringing three decades of regional real estate capital markets expertise to the platform.
Board of Advisors · Capital Markets & Distribution
Ali is Deputy CEO of Rasmala Investment Bank and formerly served as its CIO, with a track record across market strategy and investment management for GCC institutional mandates. He advises on capital markets strategy and distribution, applying a disciplined approach to investment and client relationships to 1971 Capital's investor access and placement channels.
Board of Advisors · Islamic Finance & Real Estate
Mohamed is an Islamic private equity and structured finance practitioner with a focus on GCC institutional mandates and Shariah compliant capital access. He advises on Islamic finance structuring and real estate strategy, with a focus on logistics real estate, supporting the platform's Shariah observant transaction design.
The Sponsor · Amin Enterprises
1971 Capital is a brand of Amin Enterprises, the holding company that sponsors, structures, and governs the platform. Amin Enterprises was 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 15% historical IRR and 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.
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.
Platform Subsidiaries
Development
Development management for all assets in the 1971 Capital portfolio. Responsible for project delivery, contractor management, and completion oversight.
Property Management
Property and facilities management for stabilised income-producing assets. Intercompany fees are disclosed as related-party transactions at market rates.
Advisory
Islamic finance and corporate advisory, supporting capital structuring and Shariah-aligned transaction design across the platform.
All intercompany arrangements are disclosed in fund documentation and structured at market rates. Related-party relationships are managed in accordance with CMA regulatory requirements.
Where We Operate
1971 Capital is headquartered in Dubai, UAE, where the fund is licensed, structured, and managed. Amin Enterprises additionally operates from three physical offices across Michigan, underpinning the US track record and the infrastructure behind the US feeder fund.
Headquarters
Office 3105, HDS Tower
Jumeirah Lake Towers, Dubai, UAE
Fund headquarters, investment committee, and regulatory home. All fund operations, investor relations, and asset management directed from Dubai.
USA Office
31912 Mound Rd, Warren, MI 48092
Offices of Amin Realty & Petra Title Agency.
1971 Capital is a UAE CMA-licensed investment fund managed by Neovision Investment Fund Management LLC, a UAE CMA-licensed and regulated entity.
1971 Capital is regulated by the Capital Markets Authority, UAE. US operations are conducted by Amin Enterprises and its subsidiaries, licensed across Michigan and 33 states.
Where We Are · Platform Timeline
July 2026
The fund receives formal CMA approval, becoming a fully operational, licensed investment vehicle after nearly a year of legal structuring, governance build-out, and regulatory process.
Q3 2026
Formal PPM distributed to qualified investors. Advisory board onboarding complete. Anchor investor engagement across UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Oman.
Q4 2026
First close completes. Live deal deployment begins. Allocations open to CMA professional investors.
Year 5
Target: USD 1 billion in assets under management, debt-free, multi-jurisdiction, institutional-grade, across the GCC and beyond.
Shariah Supervisory Board
Chairman
Dr. El Gari holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California and a Bachelor's in Economics from King Abdul-Aziz University (1975), alongside traditional study of Shariah under eminent scholars. He is a member of the Shariah Council at AAOIFI and chairs Shariah boards at the Islamic Development Bank, Dubai Islamic Bank, Emirates NBD, Standard and Poor's, and IILM, with further board roles at the Central Bank of Bahrain, Saudi National Bank, Alinma Capital, Aljazira Capital, and the Dow Jones Islamic Markets Index. He previously directed the Center for Research in Islamic Economics and served as Professor of Islamic Economics at King Abdul-Aziz University in Jeddah. His contributions have been recognized with the Islamic Development Bank Prize in Islamic Banking and Finance (2004), the KLIFF Islamic Finance Award, and the Euromoney Award for Outstanding Contribution to Islamic Finance.
Member
Prof. Laldin holds a Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh and is currently a Professor at INCEIF University Malaysia. He previously served as Executive Director of the International Shari'ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA) under Bank Negara Malaysia until 2023, and held prior academic posts at IIUM and the University of Sharjah. He is a member of the Bank Negara Malaysia Shariah Advisory Council, Dubai Islamic Bank, and First Abu Dhabi Bank. In 2022, he was conferred the title Panglima Jasa Negara (Datuk) by the King of Malaysia.
Member
Sheikh Abdul Nasser brings over 28 years of experience in Islamic banking, currently serving as Senior VP and Head of Internal Shariah Audit at Ajman Bank. He chairs the Shariah Supervision Committees of Gulf Navigation, Drake and Scull, Tasweek Real Estate, and Takaful Emarat, and is a Certified Sukuk Specialist (TAIF).
Shariah compliance at 1971 Capital is not a label. It is embedded in the fund structure, legal documentation, and ongoing operational oversight. The Shariah Supervisory Board reviews and certifies all material fund documents and ongoing compliance on a continuing basis.
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