Manara Capital S A L

Manara Capital S.A.L. is a privately-owned Middle Eastern investment and private equity firm headquartered in Beirut, Lebanon, founded in 2005 and governed by the Farra family, whose mercantile and investment history includes being a founding partner of Capital Guidance, a 50-year-old multi-family global investment company. The firm invests directly and alongside partners across private and publicly-held companies in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States, with a focus on business services, manufacturing, fintech, digital assets, brokerage, and systematic trading sectors, and has disclosed approximately 52 investments (roughly 60% in the Middle East and 40% globally). Notable group portfolio companies and affiliates include amana (leading MENA neobroker offering U.S. and MENA stocks, ETFs, crypto, FX, and commodities), 180 Capital (fintech holding with expertise in online brokerage, trading software, and digital assets), 180 Digital Assets, Centroid Solutions (multi-asset broker technology including risk management, bridging, execution, and hosting infrastructure), and 514 Capital Partners (systematic investment manager developing proprietary trading models). Manara operates as a family-controlled private-equity and strategic-investment holding firm and does not operate as a public fund manager.