Why GCI Exists

Every week in the GCC, professionals commit real capital without a single structured analysis behind the decision.

Someone sends you a deck. The location is Abu Dhabi or Riyadh. The ticket is real money. You want to say yes, but your gut is not a due diligence process. McKinsey would take six figures and three months. A ChatGPT prompt gives you confident nonsense about "the UAE market." Neither gets you a structured answer before the window closes.

GCI was built to close that gap. Not as a replacement for full due diligence, but as the structured first-pass screen that tells you whether a deal deserves deeper work.

Two co-founders, one conviction framework.

Hemant Agrawal

Co-Founder, Gulf Commercial Insights | UAE-based

CFA UK Level 4 Hult MBA LSE

Hemant has over a decade advising across the UAE on market entry, competitive strategy, and growth. His work spans healthcare, hospitality, real estate, professional services, and F&B. He is also Director & Head of Business Development at Boost My Business AI (DIFC) and Senior Advisor to SGD Consult FZE.

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Gaurav Agarwal

Co-Founder, Gulf Commercial Insights | Dubai-based

Hult Masters, Consulting

Gaurav has over a decade of operating experience across the UAE, UK, KSA, and Asia, as an exited founder and private investor active across PE, VC, and family-office networks. His focus at GCI is GCC capital deployment strategy, India-GCC corridor opportunities, and the design of GCI's analytical methodology. He speaks English and Hindi.

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That combined operational and capital-allocation experience is the foundation GCI is built on. The platform does not use generic logic. It uses a conviction framework designed by two practitioners who understand what UAE and GCC investors actually need before committing capital.