Dubai-based digital real estate investment platform, Stake, has announced a strategic partnership with Swiss investment group ACE & Company. The joint venture aims to develop a secondary transfer facility, creating a marketplace for investors to trade their fractional ownership shares in UAE properties.
Quick Facts
- JV to develop secondary trading for property shares.
- Initial focus on Stake’s UAE real estate portfolio.
- Aims to provide early liquidity for fractional investors.
Creating New Pathways to Liquidity
The new facility will allow investors on Stake’s platform to sell their ownership shares in a property to other investors before a final, full-asset sale. This introduces a much-needed liquidity solution into the fractional real estate model, giving investors greater flexibility in managing their holdings.
The framework will initially apply to properties held within Stake’s portfolio through Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs), known as Prescribed Companies, in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).
A Vote of Confidence in the UAE Market
The partnership signals strong conviction in the long-term fundamentals of the UAE’s real estate sector. According to both firms, the country’s economic resilience and high-quality infrastructure continue to attract global investor interest, positioning it as a key destination for real estate capital.
“Stake was born in crisis. We launched it during Covid, when global real estate markets were struggling and Dubai’s property industry was at its low point,” said Manar Mahmassani, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Stake. “This is not the moment to retreat: it’s the moment to build the institutional infrastructure this market deserves. That’s exactly what this partnership is all about.”
Building Institutional Infrastructure
By teaming up with ACE & Company, a global investment group with over $2 billion in assets under management, Stake is bringing institutional expertise to the fractional ownership space. ACE & Company’s experience in private market secondaries will be crucial in building a transparent and efficient marketplace. The entire framework will operate within Stake’s existing regulatory permissions from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA).
“Drawing on almost two decades of experience in offering liquidity to investors across private markets ecosystems via secondaries, we see a tremendous opportunity in real estate secondaries in the UAE,” commented Sherif El Halwagy, Partner and Co-Founder at ACE & Company. “This partnership reflects our conviction in the country’s long-term fundamentals and our disciplined approach to capital deployment in high-quality assets.”
About Stake
Founded in 2021, Stake is a DIFC-based fintech platform for real estate investment. Regulated by the DFSA, it has grown a community of over 2 million users from 211 nationalities. The platform has facilitated over 450,000 investments across more than 600 properties, surpassing AED 1.5 billion in real estate transactions and paying out over AED 70 million in rental income.
About ACE & Company
ACE & Company is a global investment group headquartered in Geneva with over $2 billion in assets under management. With more than 20 years of investment experience, the firm focuses on private markets, investing across venture, independent sponsors, and secondaries strategies.
Source: Zawya
