Starling International Management is a multi-family office based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Established in 1986, the firm does not invest in derivatives, currencies, hedge funds, retail infrastructure real estate, and debt instruments and rarely invests directly in publicly traded companies. The group invests primarily through interests in limited partnership positions, in Leveraged Buyout (MBO and LBO), Growth Capital Private Equity Funds, Expansion Capital Private Equity Funds, Seed and Early Stage Growth Capital Private Equity Funds, Expansion Capital Private Equity Funds, Seed Early Stage Venture Capital Funds and Late Stage Venture Capital Funds. It also makes direct investments in select transactions, either independently or through co-investment positions with existing private equity and venture capital funds. The assets are managed by the Board of Directors.