A firm named for a gateway
A fund is named for its vintage. We named ourselves for a city that has outlasted every empire that ever held it.
We chose the name Tingis deliberately. It is the ancient name for Tangier, the city at the mouth of the Mediterranean where Africa and Europe come within sight of each other and the Atlantic begins.
For three thousand years it has been a gateway: Phoenician, Roman, and every trading civilisation since. Goods, people and ideas moved through it because of where it sits. Geography made it a meeting point, and the meeting point made it valuable.
Three cities, one bridge
We work from Abu Dhabi, London and Paris, and that is not an accident of convenience. Those three cities connect the Gulf, Europe and North America, and increasingly the capital, operators and companies of all three. Being genuinely present across them is a structural advantage in a world where the best opportunities do not respect borders.
A founder in Paris, a family office in Abu Dhabi and a customer base in North America are no longer three separate worlds. The firms that can move naturally between them will see things that single market investors miss.
Why a gateway thinks long
Gateways endure because they stay useful for a very long time. They are not built for a season. That is the disposition we want the name to carry into everything we do: a place things pass through, yes, but more importantly a place built to still be standing, and still be useful, in a hundred years.
A fund is named for its vintage. We named ourselves for a city that has outlasted every empire that ever held it. The choice was the thesis.