2025 CERTIFIED TRADE MISSION TO

Dubai

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Agenda

Monday, December 8, 2025

Shangri -La Hotel DIFC Dubai Sheikh Zayed Rd Near Financial Metro Station

18:30 - 20:30 Reception with the US Embassy

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Shangri -La Hotel DIFC Dubai Sheikh Zayed Rd Near Financial Metro Station

9:00 - 10:00 Registration & Buffet Networking Breakfast with LP's

10:00 - 14:00 Members of the US delegation will meet in one on one meetings with investment professionals from UAE's institutional investors and family offices

Accomodations

TRADE MISSIONS
GP FUNDS
There will be a total of 12-15 US funds/companies. They will be registering over the next few months. Please check back for updates

Braveheart Capital

Real Estate

Braveheart Capital’s mission is to revive distressed and underperforming commercial campuses by reimagining their use, reinventing their operational models, and embedding new ecosystems of productivity and innovation. The firm does not simply lease space—it creates environments where businesses grow, jobs are created, and communities are revitalized.

Guideline.ai

At Guideline, we're defining the future of how the world buys and sells media. We combined the leading media planning and data companies to create the world’s most trusted set of solutions to help shape mission-critical advertising decisions. Though we already provide guidance to the world’s leading brands, agencies, and media owners; we are just getting started.

Silicon Catalyst Ventures

Venture Capital

Silicon Catalyst Ventures was formed as an extension of Silicon Catalyst, the world’s only incubator + accelerator focused on semiconductor solutions, including Photonics, MEMS, sensors, IP, materials and Life Science. It was formed primarily, but not exclusively, to fund and foster Silicon Catalyst Portfolio Companies. This close association between the Venture Fund and the Silicon Catalyst incubator affords investors unique access to entrepreneurial teams whose technology and businesses are accelerated and de-risked throughout a rigorous screening process and two year incubation.

YXS Capital

Venture Capital

Award-winning venture capital platform backing companies redefining how the world builds, powers, moves, and computes. With a top-decile performance, YXS Capital has invested early in category leaders such as HubSpot, Canva, Mercury, and Wise. We don't just deploy capital, we engineer outcomes through operational expertise, enterprise networks, and market insights. Let's move the world forward, together.

RETINA-AI Health, Inc.

Building Artificial Intelligence to Transform Healthcare

Events.com

We're changing the world of events. Events.com helps event organizers save time and make more money and provides event-goers access to virtual and in-person experiences they'll love.

SKIA Capital

Venture Capital

Create venture-like returns in a medium- term horizon by accessing value within presently distressed public healthcare companies

Fark Labs

Fark Labs is a global innovation and transformation hub that aims to build a better future for all. We help entrepreneurs, startups, corporations, and investors transform into more connected, innovative, and future-ready versions of themselves so they have a positive impact on the world.

FinStrat Management

Venture Capital

FinStrat Management provides accounting, finance, and reporting services for early-stage and other investor-backed companies, HNW individuals, family offices, angel investors, accelerators, studios and VCs.

Ora Global

Venture Capital

Ora Global spun out of Exor, a 100+ year owner-operator of iconic companies, and shares the same deeply-rooted builders' DNA. Our focus areas include AI infrastructure, physical and digital security, industrial automation, supply chain resilience and energy independence.

BITKRAFT Ventures

Venture Capital

Our perspective on the future of the industries in which we invest - gaming, AI, Web3, and immersive technology - is anchored around a thesis of Synthetic Reality: that the convergence of physical and digital worlds will continuously introduce new human experiences and create unprecedented social and economic opportunities. We currently serve a global portfolio of over 125 forward-thinking startups, each contributing to the construction of the virtual worlds and economies of tomorrow.

QHP Capital

Private Equity

Based in the Research Triangle Park of North Carolina, QHP Capital invests in life sciences and pharma services companies with proven products, services, and enabling technologies, utilizing a strategic platform to source, diligence, and create value. Led by a senior team of investment, healthcare, and research professionals, and coming from the legacy of Quintiles (now IQVIA) and NovaQuest, QHP looks to partner with founders and management teams to create long-term value. QHP Capital is the management company for NovaQuest Private Equity.

Victory Venture Capital

Venture Capital

Victory Venture Capital is a venture capital firm that is made up of a collective of accomplished business leaders, pop-culture influencers, and current/former professional athletes. We invest across sports, media, entertainment, and consumer industries, using our unique perspective and experience in engaging emerging generations - millennials and Gen-Zers - to capitalize on what’s new and what’s next. We are active, hands-on investors providing strategic guidance, relationships, and resources to create value and drive growth.

PraCon Global Investment Group

Real Estate

PraCon Global Investment Group invests in undervalued assets and transformational companies in the verticals of Finance, Agriculture, Technology, Energy, Real Estate, Healthcare, and Automotive. Our approach is simple. We are looking for Startups, Mature Firms, Portfolios of Assets, and Individual assets that are innovative and within our verticals. If you think that investing capital in your venture will produce a transformational company, please reach out to us.

Event Co-Chairs

Helen Wang

Helen Wang

Chief AI and Data Science Officer at Apex Group

A seasoned tech leader and advisor, over the last 20 years, Helen has worked closely with family offices, sovereign wealth funds, and institutional investors across America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, driving innovation, AI adoption, and digital growth.

As Chief AI and Data Officer, Helen leads Apex Group’s global AI and data science strategy and innovation, embedding intelligence across operations, products to deliver smarter, faster, and more secure services to clients. A published author and sought-after speaker at MIT, Harvard, Columbia University, Industrial AI Forum, and government intuitions. Helen also serves as an industry mentor at Harvard University’s Wyss Institute, where she supports emerging innovations in AI and sustainability.
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Rajiv Kochhar

Rajiv Kochhar

Founder & CEO at Avista Advisory Partners Pte Ltd

Rajiv Kochhar is a Financial Services professional with over 35 years of experience and an Entrepreneur for the past two decades with interests across Investment Banking & Asset Management.

Post a decade of experience with various organisations including the Tata Group , Rajiv founded Avista Advisory as his first entrepreneurial initiative in India in the year 2000 as a Mid-Market Investment bank focused on the high growth mid-tier corporates who had growing needs of capital raising, M&A advisory and financial restructuring . In line with the vision and growth plans of building an international platform, Avista moved its headquarters to Singapore in 2008 & based on the reputation built up by Avista in the Asian region, the company received a strategic investment in 2010 from Houlihan Lokey (NYSE: HLI) (“HL”), the prestigious U.S. based investment bank to grow the business across Asia. The partnership with HL helped Avista build internal systems and processes to look, feel and operate like a global investment bank which combined with the existing expertise, knowledge, experience and understanding of the Asian business culture.

Over the past 25 years, Rajiv has grown Avista into a Pan-Asian financial services group with expertise across Investment banking & Asset management. The firm currently has a strong presence in Singapore & India. The past decade has been a game changer as Avista has grown into a significantly larger organisation with deeper knowledge of the markets, with experienced professionals and strong execution capabilities across products and markets.

Having built the foundation of a robust Investment banking business, Rajiv key objective now is to grow the footprint of Avista both in terms of markets served and also product offering across all the businesses and create an Institution which spells quality and service across the Asian region.

His dream is to be the first real Pan Asian investment bank similar to the likes of several US Mid-Market banks to cater to the growing needs of Asian entrepreneurs & Financial Sponsors who need the expertise of experienced Investment banks with local knowledge of the Asian markets, He feels the “Time is now “ and the next 5 years is the “ high growth period “ for Avista to dig its heels & build a High Quality Institution which Asia needs .

As a respected professional Rajiv has been invited to be part of various forums including Co-Chair of US Trade Mission to Singapore, he has also served on the panel for Hong Kong and Tokiyo. Member of the Asia Milken Summit Management Committee and G1 Summit. He is a member of various committees of the International Trade Council including -- Banking & Trade Finance. As a member of the ASEAN CEO Club he has contributed ideas and his network towards growing investment in the ASEAN region. Rajiv has been a regular participant at the Horasis Conferences in Vietnam since 2018. Rajiv, through Avista has co- sponsored the Morrison Global Conference for “Building Global Markets Community and Access Capital” in Singapore December 2024.

Rajiv is currently also collaborating with Singapore Management University (SMU) to develop a Co-Branded Masters Program in Investment Management & Banking for mid career professionals.

Rajiv graduated with a degree in Commerce from the University of Mumbai, combined with a professional degree in Accounting. In addition, Rajiv has an MBA in Finance from SP Jain Institute of Management, Mumbai and has also attended the prestigious Owner President Management Program at the Harvard Business School.

He currently resides in Singapore with Monica, his wife and business partner. They have two sons Aditya & Karan who are Finance professionals , having graduated from prestigious US Universities and gained valuable experience at US Investment banks , VC funds , Credit funds & Fintech groups, and now part of the Avista team and are very focused and eager to carry on the legacy of Avista as Next- Gen Entrepreneurs & bring new thoughts to take the business to the next level .
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Alexander Moss

Alexander Moss

Director at MD Online Enterprises FZE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Brian N. Beams

Brian N. Beams

Director, Global Financial Services Team Senior International Trade Specialist U.S. Commercial Service

Peter Sexton

Peter Sexton

Deputy Director, Global Financial Services Team U.S. Commercial Service

Christelle Rezk

Christelle Rezk

Commercial Specialist, U.S. Consulate General Dubai

Tanya Cole

Tanya Cole

Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs, U.S. Embassy Abu Dhabi

TESTIMONIAL

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– Maxx Bricklin, Principal, Bold Capital Partners, LP

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