Startup Profile

• Founded: 2023

• Core Solution: Tanami redefined wealth management by democratizing access to private market investments. Through a seamless digital platform, investors can access private equity, private credit, real estate, and infrastructure strategies through Sharia-compliant and conventional solutions. Powered by the world's first private market robo-advisor, Tanami delivers personalized portfolios previously reserved for institutions and ultra-high-net-worth investors.

• Markets Served: Global with a focus in the GCC

• Growth Outlook: To become the first GCC-born global WealthTech player, redefining how investors access global markets using technology fully built in Bahrain

What is Tanami?

Founded in 2023, Tanami is a Bahrain-based WealthTech platform on a mission to democratize access to private markets. Licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) as an Investment Business Firm (Category 2), Tanami enables investors to access private market opportunities that have traditionally been reserved for pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and ultra-high-net-worth individuals.

Through a seamless digital platform, investors can build diversified portfolios across private equity, private credit, real estate, and infrastructure, managed by some of the world's leading alternative asset managers. By combining innovative fund structures, investment expertise, and proprietary technology, Tanami removes many of the traditional barriers associated with private markets, including high minimum investment requirements, complex onboarding processes, and limited accessibility.

At the heart of the platform is SmartMatch, the world's first private market robo-advisor, which designs personalized portfolios based on an investor's objectives, risk profile, and income requirements. This gives investors access to sophisticated private market strategies through an intuitive digital experience previously unavailable in the region.

Beyond individual investors, Tanami is also building infrastructure for banks, wealth managers, insurers, and other financial institutions to offer private market solutions to their own clients. With both conventional and Sharia-compliant investment offerings, Tanami aims to become the first GCC-born global WealthTech platform, helping level the playing field in wealth management and making alternative investments accessible to a much broader audience.

How was Tanami built?

Tanami was born from a simple observation: some of the world's best investment opportunities remain inaccessible to most investors.

For decades, private equity, private credit, real estate, and infrastructure have been core components of institutional portfolios, helping pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, and family offices diversify risk and access long-term return opportunities. Yet access to these asset classes has largely been restricted to large institutions and ultra-high-net-worth investors due to high minimum investment requirements, operational complexity, and limited liquidity.

Having spent their careers in investment management and wealth management, Tanami's founders witnessed this disparity firsthand. While technology transformed access to public markets, private markets remained fragmented, opaque, and difficult for most investors to access. The founders believed that the same innovation that democratized stock investing could be applied to private markets.

Tanami was built to bridge that gap. By combining investment expertise, regulatory oversight, and proprietary technology, the platform enables investors to access diversified private market portfolios through a simple digital experience. Products such as SmartMatch automate portfolio construction based on an investor's goals and risk profile, while Tanami's investment infrastructure provides access to leading global asset managers through both conventional and Sharia-compliant solutions.

More than an investment platform, Tanami is building the infrastructure required to make private markets accessible at scale, helping narrow the gap between individual investors and the world's largest institutions.

How has Tanami grown?

Since its founding, Tanami has evolved from an ambitious startup into a regulated WealthTech platform serving both individual and institutional investors.

A major milestone came in October 2025 with the issuance of an Investment Firm Category 2 license by the Central Bank of Bahrain. This provided the regulatory foundation to bring private market investing to a wider audience through a fully regulated platform and strengthened confidence among investors, partners, and financial institutions.

Growth has also been driven by product innovation. SmartMatch introduced a new way for investors to access private markets by using technology to build personalized portfolios across private equity, private credit, real estate, and infrastructure. IRIS expanded Tanami's capabilities into the institutional market by enabling banks, wealth managers, and other financial institutions to offer private market solutions to their clients. Liquid+ further broadened the product suite by providing a high-yield cash management solution for investors seeking attractive returns while maintaining regular access to liquidity.

Alongside product development, Tanami has gained recognition on both regional and international stages. The platform won first place at the StartUp Bahrain Pitch competition, was selected among the top fintech startups at Money20/20 Middle East, and unveiled SmartMatch at the Singapore FinTech Festival as part of Bahrain's national delegation. Together, these milestones have positioned Tanami as one of the GCC's emerging WealthTech success stories.

Tanami's growth has also been supported by strategic partnerships and ecosystem support. Tamkeen's Overseas Expansion Program in partnership with AstroLabs helped accelerate regional expansion plans, while the Reboot01 partnership strengthened Tanami's technology team and demonstrated the depth of Bahrain's local tech talent. As a result, Tanami has been able to scale not only its investment offering, but also the team and infrastructure required for long-term growth.

How did the ecosystem enable Tanami's growth?

Tanami's growth has been closely linked to the strength of Bahrain's financial and entrepreneurial ecosystem. Building a regulated WealthTech platform requires more than an idea. It requires regulation, talent, market access, institutional support, and a business environment that enables innovation while maintaining trust.

A key enabler was the Central Bank of Bahrain, whose progressive regulatory framework created a clear pathway for financial innovation within a regulated environment. Tanami's journey from concept to licensed Investment Business Firm demonstrates Bahrain's ability to support innovation in highly regulated sectors while maintaining the credibility and oversight required in investment management.

Tamkeen also played an important role in accelerating Tanami's growth. Through initiatives such as StartUp Bahrain and the Overseas Expansion Program in partnership with AstroLabs, Tanami received both visibility and practical support as it expanded beyond Bahrain. These programs helped Tanami strengthen its regional presence, build strategic relationships, and accelerate its ambition to scale beyond the local market.

Bahrain's technology talent ecosystem has been another important enabler. Through Reboot01, Tanami was able to access a new generation of Bahraini software development talent and onboard full-stack developers into its technology team. This helped Tanami build a 100% Bahraini development team, proving that globally relevant fintech products can be built locally by Bahraini talent.

Beyond regulatory, institutional, and talent support, Bahrain offered something equally valuable: access. The Kingdom's highly connected financial services community allowed Tanami to engage directly with regulators, financial institutions, investors, and industry leaders from an early stage. This proximity enabled faster decision-making, stronger partnerships, and a shorter path from concept to execution.

For Tanami, Bahrain was not simply a place to launch. It provided the regulatory foundation, talent ecosystem, and collaborative environment needed to build a business with regional relevance and global ambitions.

The Big Picture

Tanami reflects a broader shift taking place in financial services, where technology is reshaping who can access investment opportunities that were once reserved for institutions and the ultra-wealthy.

By combining regulatory oversight, investment expertise, proprietary technology, and local talent, Tanami has created a new model for accessing private markets. The platform brings private equity, private credit, real estate, and infrastructure into a digital-first wealth management experience designed for a broader generation of investors.

Tanami also demonstrates how globally relevant financial innovation can emerge from the GCC. Supported by Bahrain's regulatory and entrepreneurial ecosystem, backed by Tamkeen's support, and strengthened by local technology talent through Reboot01, Tanami has grown from a Bahrain-born startup into a platform with regional reach and international ambitions.

As private markets continue to become an increasingly important component of global wealth creation, Tanami's long-term vision is clear: to become the first GCC-born global WealthTech player and a leading gateway connecting investors with private market opportunities worldwide.