For family offices, GCC principals and overseas investors entering Dubai, Riyadh, Muscat or Doha. Forty-eight-hour feasibility studies, investor pitch decks and buy-side diligence — written by a Dubai operator who has run 60+ stores across five GCC markets.
Most feasibility studies you’ll read in the UAE are written by people who have never actually opened a store, hired a cashier, or argued with a landlord at 9pm in Deira. Aziz Saif has. From a single shop to 35 stores across the GCC, every report and pitch deck here is anchored to real unit economics — not a McKinsey template that assumes the supplier ships on time.
The work falls into three lanes: commission a custom report (feasibility, pitch deck, financial model, SOP), buy-side diligence for acquisitions and franchise entries, and co-investment via Stackbirds — an operator-led AI agents platform for Gulf SMEs.
Pick the lane that fits the brief. Most investors start with a 20-minute WhatsApp call to scope, then either commission a one-off report or open a retainer.
Sector study, unit economics, P&L, break-even, sensitivities, ask. Forty-eight hours from brief to first draft. Iterated until the deck closes the room.
Buying a running store, restaurant, supermarket or fashion chain? Independent operator’s eye on stock, licence, lease, suppliers, staff and the seller’s spreadsheet.
The active operator-led vehicle: an AI agents platform for Gulf SMEs. Where unit economics work and the operator stays in seat, Aziz takes equity instead of (or in addition to) a fee.
Twelve live deliverables most often referenced by investors looking at GCC opportunities. Each is real client work, anonymised where needed.
Manufacturing-unit feasibility, capex schedule and investor ask.
Open report → F&B · DashboardP&L, break-even and location-scoring in one model.
Open report → Health · LicensedMargins, DHA licensing reality and store-level economics.
Open report → AviationLease-vs-buy, route economics and regulatory risk view.
Open report → D2C · PitchNiche e-commerce category, CAC math and seed ask.
Open report → Kiosk · FranchiseMall kiosk unit economics and franchise rollout plan.
Open report → FranchiseSalon-format franchise entry into the UAE.
Open report → Financial ModelPer-unit P&L, ramp curve and break-even.
Open report → Retail · RolloutGCC multi-store rollout plan and capital schedule.
Open report → Real EstateYield maths, RERA reality and operating-model choice.
Open report → Buy-sideStock audit, licence review and turnaround plan.
Open report → Buy-sideValuation, due diligence and deal structuring.
Open report → SaaS · AI CommerceWhatsApp-native AI commerce for GCC fashion SMEs — market, model and ask. Backed by a full market-intel & SWOT study.
Open pitch →Full portfolio of 39+ reports is on the reports page.
No procurement portals, no decks-about-decks. A typical investor engagement runs in five compressed steps.
The six questions that come up on every first call. Anything not covered here, drop on WhatsApp.
Family offices, GCC HNW principals, regional VC and PE associates, and overseas investors entering the UAE or KSA for the first time. For larger transactions Aziz partners with a regional corporate-finance boutique on a referral basis.
Forty-eight hours from brief to first draft is typical. Complex multi-country expansion or licensed sectors (pharmacy, aviation, real estate, financial services) take five to ten working days. The model and the deck are delivered together, not as separate workstreams.
Retail and fashion, F&B and restaurants, salon and grooming, kiosk and franchise, pharmacy and health, e-commerce and D2C, real estate and holiday homes, manufacturing, aviation and labour-supply. Thirty-nine-plus deliverables built across more than twenty industries — full list on the reports page.
Yes, for select deals where the operator stays in seat and unit economics already work. Stackbirds, the AI agents platform for Gulf SMEs, is the active vehicle for principal investment. Equity-for-operator deals are kept simple — SAFE or convertible, Dubai mainland entity, annual audit.
End-to-end. Free-zone or mainland, bank account introductions, VAT registration, residency, HR onboarding and POS-to-ERP plumbing — handed over operational, not just licensed. Most investor clients pair the setup with the first feasibility study so the entity is ready by the time the deal closes.
WhatsApp is fastest. LinkedIn for the formal record. Email for longer briefs. Most engagements start with a twenty-minute call to scope the brief and confirm a fee. If you are time-poor, send the brief on WhatsApp first and the call is optional.
Drop the sector, the geography and the cheque size on WhatsApp. You’ll get a scoped reply, a fee and a delivery date the same day — usually inside two hours.