# InvestGate founder Kunal Varma targets GCC’s emerging-affluent investment market

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Podcast: [AB Majlis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ab-majlis-6625109)
Published: 2026-08-31T08:43:57+00:00
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## Resource

SPONSORED - Kunal Varma, founder and CEO of InvestGate, joins the Arabian Business podcast to explain why he left banking to build his own company, the opportunity he sees among the GCC’s emerging affluent and what it takes to create a regulated regional investment platform. We also discuss why he believes the Gulf’s financial-services market is ready for change—and what comes next for InvestGate.

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