Fundraiser – Institutional Capital (DIFC)

About the role

The Fundraiser will sit at the core of Rycruit & Co.’s strategy, linking institutional capital with structured investment opportunities across our platform in the DIFC. Reporting directly to senior leadership, the role is revenue‑generating and carries full responsibility for originating, executing and closing equity and debt transactions in private markets.

Key responsibilities

• Originate and close institutional equity and debt raises across private‑market transactions.
• Lead end‑to‑end fundraising execution, including investor targeting, outreach, pitching, negotiation and financial close.
• Build and manage relationships with institutional investors, family offices and strategic partners across the GCC, Europe and other key markets.
• Source new client opportunities that require equity, debt or structured capital solutions for the firm’s investment‑banking and asset‑management divisions.
• Structure investment offerings in coordination with internal investment and legal teams.
• Lead investor negotiations on commercial terms, pricing, allocation and transaction documentation.
• Monitor market developments and investor sentiment to identify fundraising opportunities.

Required profile

• 5‑7 years of experience in institutional sales or capital raising within private equity, private credit or broader private‑markets platforms.
• Proven track record of successfully raising and closing institutional equity and debt transactions.
• Established relationships with institutional investors, family offices or private‑credit funds.
• Strong commercial judgment, communication and negotiation abilities.

Required skills

• Capital structuring
• Investment Banking
• Institutional sales
• Capital raising
• Private credit
• Private Equity
• Fundraising execution