Zest Equity, a digital transactional infrastructure company, announced today that it has received a Financial Services Permission (FSP) from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ADGM. Headquartered in the UAE, the company enables regional and global clients to digitally transact in private market deals, hold funds through regulated escrow in relation to the deals, facilitating private capital flows through regulated channels.

The FSP marks another step in Zest Equity's roadmap and global strategy to build an infrastructure layer that connects capital across emerging and developed markets. Built to digitize capital movement end-to-end, Zest Equity provides tools that streamline the execution of private-market transactions, from digital SPV setup to its newly regulated digital-first escrow services for safeguarding funds and the distribution rails that support private-market investment flows. Zest Equity's proprietary system replaces fragmented, manual workflows with a unified digital layer, allowing capital to move efficiently.

To date, Zest Equity has digitised the execution process of more than USD 210 million across over 160 private-market transactions, supported by global and regional investors including Prosus Ventures, Morgan Stanley, Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP), and the Dubai Future District Fund (DFDF). The FSP marks an important milestone in Zest Equity's roadmap to extend its institutional-grade infrastructure to additional markets, providing clients with the tools and regulated services needed to move capital efficiently and with confidence across jurisdictions.

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) is an international financial centre in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, recognised for its English common-law framework and globally benchmarked regulatory standards. Zest Equity's FSP license reflects ADGM's growing role as a hub for financial innovation and institutional capital flows.

About Zest Equity

Zest Equity is a digital transactional infrastructure company powering private-market transactions. Built in the UAE and anchored within ADGM's regulatory framework, Zest Equity develops its technology and product in the DIFC, where the company established its foundation and continues to build the core infrastructure behind its platform. Zest Equity operates to global best-practice standards while providing regional fluency and institutional execution.

The company offers regulated escrow and distribution services under ADGM's framework, along with a layer of digital execution capabilities for SPV formation and deal workflow management that simplify, safeguard, and scale private-market transactions. Its infrastructure brings all participants into a single, transparent, and repeatable workflow that unifies compliance, governance, documentation, and fund flows, enabling capital to move seamlessly and with confidence across jurisdictions. To learn more, users can visit.

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