Tanami, a Bahrain-based global private markets investment platform, has launched SmartMatch, described as the world’s first private markets robo-advisor, at Singapore FinTech Festival 2025 under the Bahrain pavilion hosted by the Bahrain Economic Development Board. The launch places Bahraini innovation in the spotlight at one of the world’s largest fintech gatherings and introduces a new way for investors to access alternative assets at scale.

SmartMatch uses proprietary algorithms to translate each investor’s goals, time horizon, and risk appetite into portfolios across private equity, private credit, real estate, and infrastructure. According to Tanami’s own launch announcement, the platform is designed to democratise access to institutional-grade private investments for investors who have traditionally been overlooked. Coverage from Fintech News Singapore highlights that portfolios are managed by established institutions and available in both conventional and Shariah-compliant formats, with no minimum ticket size and quarterly liquidity.

“We believe private markets should be an integral part of every investment portfolio,” said Faisal Aljalahma, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Tanami. “SmartMatch empowers every investor to subscribe to portfolios uniquely aligned with their personal ambitions without the complexity that has once kept them out of reach.”

Dr. Nawaf Almaskati, Co-Founder and Managing Director, added: “Our algorithm-driven optimization engine helps construct more resilient portfolios than traditional approaches, balancing diversification, liquidity, and performance across market cycles. SmartMatch is complemented by the Tanami Academy, which provides the educational foundation investors need to engage confidently in private markets. Together, they represent Tanami’s holistic approach to investor empowerment.”

Investors on the platform benefit from no minimums, no capital calls, quarterly liquidity, and the option of conventional or Shariah-compliant structures in a single digital journey, combining accessibility with features usually reserved for large institutional mandates. The result is a simpler path into asset classes that have historically powered long-term wealth creation yet remained hard for smaller investors to enter.

The timing aligns with a wider shift toward alternatives as a core part of long-term portfolios. A December 2025 alternative investments review by J.P. Morgan Private Bank notes that top-quartile buyout and venture funds continue to outperform public markets while private credit funds still deliver higher returns than broadly syndicated loans. In parallel, Blackstone president Jon Gray recently reaffirmed that data centres remain a very attractive long-term investment because rising AI-related demand is stretching power and capacity, underscoring the appeal of infrastructure within private markets.

Industry estimates in the 2025 Private Markets Outlook by BlackRock suggest that private markets assets could grow from around 13 trillion dollars today to more than 20 trillion dollars by 2030 as more wealth investors seek diversified sources of return. SmartMatch positions a Bahrain-born platform to serve exactly that global reallocation.

For Bahrain, the launch is also a proof point of ecosystem strength. The Bahrain Economic Development Board notes that the financial services sector contributes 17.2 percent to the Kingdom’s GDP and remains a priority for investment and policy, supported by clear rules for crypto assets, stablecoins, and open banking. Bahrain is home to one of MENA’s leading fintech and payments ecosystems, including Bahrain FinTech Bay and the Central Bank of Bahrain’s FinTech Regulatory Sandbox, as well as FinHub 973, the region’s first cross-border digital innovation platform, which together give founders an environment to test and scale new wealth and investment products.

Tanami’s ability to debut a private markets robo-advisor at Singapore FinTech Festival through the Bahrain pavilion shows how founders can build from Manama yet address global investors in fast-growing alternative asset classes. For Bahraini wealth managers, family offices, and emerging retail investors, the practical next step is to explore how platforms like SmartMatch can sit alongside local advisory and education so that more portfolios in the Kingdom include thoughtful exposure to private equity, credit, real estate, and infrastructure.