Origin by Tahaluf · For potential partners · September 2026
Turnkey growth solutions for ambitious founders and teams in Saudi Arabia and MENA.
Origin is part of Al Fahd and Tahaluf Al’Ashiqqa, the family’s investment company. It draws on more than half a century of operations in the region and runs the whole engagement itself, so that outcomes, transparency and strategy are handled in one place.
- 1968Al Fahd founded in Unaizah, Qassim
- 5,000+people employed in the Kingdom
- 5+countries of operation across the region
- 200+real estate projects since 1986, for 360+ clients
The backstory
Six decades of building for government and enterprise.
Founded in Unaizah, Qassim, in 1968, Al Fahd operates in Saudi Arabia and more than five countries across the region. Origin builds on the relationships and licences that came from that work, and on opportunities inside the group as well as experience in the wider market.
- From 1968
Roads, oil, hospitals, cities
The first projects were public works across the Kingdom, beginning with roads and bridges for the Ministry of Transport.
- From 1986
Real estate
More than 200 projects for over 360 clients, including Riyadh Gate at 600,000 m².
- Then
Industry and services
Manufacturing, hospitality, retail, commodities, mining and water, in the Kingdom and across MENA.
- Today
Tahaluf Al’Ashiqqa
The family’s investment company in Riyadh. It launched Origin in 2026 to bring international companies into the group’s markets and networks.
Clients include
The Ministry of Transport, municipalities, Aramco, and the ministries of Defence, Interior, Education and Electricity.
About Origin
Origin grows international companies with MENA ambition.
Origin delivers growth focused on the bottom line. It provides diligence, operations and a full back office for accelerated delivery and traction, as one of the Kingdom’s first full-service, revenue-focused solutions.
Diligence
Before any engagement, we test the fit: the product, the market here, the group’s ability to help, and what the first twelve months would need.
Operations
Origin runs the day to day under one contract, with a named owner. The company’s own people stay free to sell.
Back office
Finance, HR, government relations and premises are handled by Origin and the group’s own teams, alongside the Tahaluf family office.
Who we look for
Companies ready to grow here.
Strong founders and management
A team that has already built something, and will be present in the Kingdom rather than delegating it.
Clear product and market fit
Product and revenue elsewhere, with Saudi Arabia as a scale market rather than a first market.
An appetite for bottom-line growth
Through profitability, or through a Series A to Series B round that the Kingdom’s revenue supports.
Where the group helps most
Sectors where Al Fahd’s own operations give a company its first customer, or host its first site.
- Construction and infrastructure
- Real estate
- Hospitality
- Industrial and manufacturing
- Water
- Technology and services selling into these
What we do
One contract for the whole of opening and running here.
Company formation, licensing, government relations, hiring and Saudisation, premises, banking, the finance and HR back office, and the family’s move. Each with an owner at Origin.
Company formation
Entity structure, registration and the commercial licence, done in the order the authorities expect.
Licensing
MISA, Ministry of Commerce, Qiwa and GOSI, plus the sector authority that sets the real timeline.
Government relations
The Chair’s and the group’s relationships across ministries, municipalities and enterprise clients. Origin arranges the meetings and sits in them.
Hiring and Saudisation
Workforce plan, the Nitaqat band, contracts on Qiwa, and the ratio maths done before the first offer.
Go to market
First customers, pricing for this market, and introductions inside the group where it can be the first buyer.
Premises and banking
Group premises where they fit, lease and Ejar, fit-out through the group’s own capability, and the bank account opened.
Finance and HR back office
Accounting, payroll, VAT, GOSI and WPS, monthly close and the weekly report.
Family relocation
Schools, housing, visas and iqama, and a separate briefing for the spouse. The part an executive and their family actually feel.
The group’s legal, government relations, finance, real estate and construction teams support Origin’s work, alongside the Tahaluf family office.
Where a licensed specialist is needed, Origin works with select partners with a track record and proven delivery, managed by Origin client services under the same contract.
Leadership and team
The people behind Origin.
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Nawaf Al Fahd
Founder and Chair
Leads Tahaluf Al’Ashiqqa, the family’s investment company, and chairs Origin. Oversees the Tahaluf portfolio of companies and its future strategies for growth in the region.
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Rob Lincolne
Chief Executive
Founder of Paydock, which he scaled from zero to over 100 people across the UK, EU, US, Australia and Africa, raising more than US$50m and achieving several world firsts in payments technology. Listed by Forbes Australia as one to watch. Founding partner at Mayrock, a strategy and advisory partner into Saudi Arabia, and a mentor on J.P. Morgan’s Fintech Forward programme. Based in Riyadh.
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Muneera Al Sultan
Founders Associate
Saudi lawyer, King Faisal University, specialising in international commercial law. Contracts administrator with Bechtel on NEOM’s Trojena project, 2023–25, running contracts of SAR 2–10m from negotiation to closeout. Oxford summer course in European business law. First place at the U.S. Embassy’s Saudi Young Leaders Exchange Program.
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