Fawzaan Capital

Non-interest capital, professionally managed.

Fawzaan Capital is a licensed non-interest fund and portfolio management company. We manage funds and segregated portfolios entirely without interest instruments — and through our licensed venture arm, we back founders early on genuine risk-sharing terms.

What We Do

One company, two licensed mandates.

A fund and portfolio management licence for managing client capital, and a venture capital licence for backing founders — run side by side under one compliance discipline.

Fund management

Pooled, non-interest funds built from sukuk, Shariah-screened equities, and real assets — professionally managed and independently reviewed.

Portfolio management

Segregated portfolios for individuals, families, and institutions — discretionary or advisory, constructed entirely without interest instruments.

The venture arm

Our licensed venture capital mandate: early positions alongside founders on musharakah- and mudarabah-style terms, with no riba anywhere in the stack.

How We Invest

Underwrite slowly. Hold calmly.

  • Non-interest by structure. No interest instruments, no interest-based leverage, no impermissible sectors — screened at entry and reviewed independently.
  • Concentration over collection. A small number of positions we understand deeply beats a long list we don't.
  • Alignment before terms. We invest with operators whose incentives, ethics, and horizons match ours.
  • No forced exits. Our capital has no fund clock. We sell when it is right, not when a vintage expires.

The Venture Arm

What we back — and what we won't.

The venture arm operates as a licensed VC mandate within Fawzaan Capital. Ethical is not a marketing adjective here; it is an investment screen applied before we ever discuss terms.

We look for

  • Founders with skin in the game building for a decade, not for the next round.
  • Halal by design — business models that are permissible at the core, not retrofitted with a certificate.
  • Honest unit economics that work without subsidy theatre or blitz-growth burn.
  • Products that leave users better off — things we would be proud to have our name behind.

We walk away from

  • Riba-based models — interest-bearing lending, however it is dressed up.
  • Impermissible sectors — gambling, alcohol, and their adjacent economies.
  • Addiction-optimised engagement and exploitative data practices.
  • Growth that depends on harm — to users, workers, or communities.

Portfolio Shape

An illustrative non-interest allocation.

Indicative of how we think about balance across a managed mandate — not a report of current holdings, and not investment advice.

Sukuk & non-interest income 35%
Shariah-screened equities 30%
Real assets 20%
Venture arm allocations 15%

Placing a portfolio, or building something worth backing?

Whether you are an individual or institution seeking non-interest management, or a founder raising on ethical terms — we should talk.

Contact Fawzaan Capital