Strictly private & confidential — dealmaker's desk

THE IBANKER

Dealmaker. Mayfair, London.

Of Persian heritage and a dual national of the US & UK, Ali ("The iBanker") was raised in Europe, North Africa and the US. Part entrepreneur, part investment banker — he works closely with family offices and institutions, including some of the largest sovereign wealth funds. He writes about capital, dealmaking, and the characters who play the game of high finance.

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Current engagements

What's on the desk

Five live pieces of work — a free family office directory, tools to help you raise capital like Thomas Crown, an exciting novel about a global dealmaker, and an archive of the original 'theibanker' blog. Start wherever's useful to you.

Free · Directory

Family Office Register

A free, global directory of family offices — built for anyone raising capital, sourcing deals, or trying to understand who actually controls private wealth.

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Toolkit

Fundrazur

The Capital Raising Success Toolkit — a 100-page playbook, pitch templates, investor scripts and trackers, built from years spent raising money.

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Course

Dealmaking 101

The fundamentals of putting a deal together — video and written lessons for anyone starting out in dealmaking, from first principles up.

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Novel

The Jewel of Rajasthan

A fiction novel drawn from a life between desert sovereigns, discreet Mayfair family offices, and the empires of superyachts and Gulfstreams.

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Dispatch

The Substack

Writing on capital, dealmaking, and the characters who participate in the game of high finance. Archive of the original Theibanker blog.

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Socials

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Shorter notes, live thinking, and the occasional hot take on dealmaking, crypto, travel and completely random stuff.

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About

The person behind the desk

BasedMayfair, London
BackgroundInvestment banking & entrepreneurship
Works withFamily offices & sovereign wealth funds

Ali has spent his career straddling the entrepreneurial and institutional worlds - building ventures beyond finance, and helping founders, family offices, and sovereign funds bring ambitious ideas to life.

When not in Mayfair, London, you'll likely catch Ali somewhere in the GCC or Asia. Maybe having a cutting chai somewhere in Colaba; at the literature festival in Jaipur; running around DIFC in Dubai or checking in on some SWFs in Abu Dhabi; shuttling between Riyadh and Eastern Province in KSA; visiting investors in Singapore; circumnavigating Hong Kong for back-to-back meetings.

Equally at ease whether rattling through crowded alleys in a rickshaw or cruising at 40,000 feet in comfort.