Thara Investments

Overview

Thara Investments is a specialized investment firm headquartered in Saudi Arabia, focusing on sectors aligned with the nation's Vision 2030 objectives. The firm aims to empower Saudi Arabia through a purpose-driven investment platform, strategically cultivating national champions in forward-looking sectors by harnessing natural resources and leveraging competitive advantages. Thara Investments deploys capital in highly attractive sectors with compelling risk-adjusted returns. The firm's investment strategy emphasizes developing national champions through value-add investments in strategic sectors that propel Saudi Arabia's economic growth, global importance, and have a positive social impact. Thara's objectives include measurable risk-adjusted returns for investors, contributing to Saudi Arabia's economic development, and advancing financial and environmental sustainability. The firm's leadership team brings together decades of investment experience, deep industry knowledge, and strong relationships with government institutions and regulators in Saudi Arabia. Thara Investments is backed by select investors and family offices that share its vision, investment aspirations, and cultural values, adding immeasurable value to the platform. Thara Investments' focus areas include waste management, downstream chemicals, and future materials, sectors that are aligned with the Saudi government's ambitious growth targets and have been underdeveloped. The firm aims to support the implementation of strategies and technologies that reduce, reuse, and recycle waste, contribute to building an integrated value chain across the oil and gas and petrochemical sectors, and invest along the value chain of materials relevant to the world's future decarbonized economy. Thara Investments is committed to a long-term approach, focusing on true value creation rather than extraction. The firm invests in Saudi Arabia, leveraging its abundant resources, strategic location, and competitive advantages. Thara is patient with its capital, investing for the long term, and builds local and global partnerships to help deliver on its vision. The firm is actively involved throughout the lifecycle of its investments, bringing invaluable expertise and raising the bar on digitization, operations, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics. Thara Investments' values and commitments include integrity, strategic partnership, entrepreneurial zeal, excellence, radical transparency, and positive impact. The firm goes beyond just seeking returns and focuses on contributing to Saudi Arabia's national economy and ensuring long-term environmental sustainability. In January 2024, Thara Investments received Shariah certification from the Shariyah Review Bureau for its crowdfunding financial services, ensuring compliance with Islamic finance principles. This certification reflects Thara's commitment to providing innovative financial solutions that promote financial inclusion in Saudi Arabia. Thara Investments' leadership team includes Hisham Attar, the Founder and Managing Partner, who has a background in private equity and served as a Senior Director at the Public Investment Fund (PIF). Turki Al-Mady, Partner and Chief Investment Officer, played a pivotal role as a senior executive at Dussur, contributing significantly to the growth and expansion of the organization's portfolio. Thara Investments' shareholders represent established Saudi families with unrivaled personal networks, strong acumen, and business leadership, adding immeasurable value to the platform. The firm's investment approach is aligned with the goals and aims of the Vision 2030 program, aiming to contribute to a thriving and diversified economy, job creation, skills development, technology transfer, and localization/expansion of the national industrial base. Thara Investments' investment principles include investing in Saudi Arabia, focusing on sectors that are powering a sustainable future and will exp

Investment Focus

• Alignment with Vision 2030 objectives
• Focus on strategic sectors
• Commitment to financial and environmental sustainability

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