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HOLDING COMPANY · ERBIL, KURDISTAN REGION

Built
to hold.

A holding company that backs and develops businesses that excel, strengthening the local economy and reaching beyond it.

3B Holding

2012

Established

Erbil

Head Office

9

Sectors

Global

Network

Vision

What we are here to do.

To generate superior returns by investing in businesses that build a productive economy, with institutional discipline and local execution speed.

3B is a holding company based in Erbil, backing and developing businesses across the Kurdistan Region and federal Iraq. We back early and growth-stage businesses in sectors with structural demand and defensible positions.

Beyond capital, we bring a global network, operational support and access to key stakeholders to every investment.

About 3B

Values

What we hold to.

01

Productive capital

We judge a business by what it builds in the economy as well as by what it returns. Capital that creates capacity, employment and capability is worth more to this region than capital that simply changes hands.

02

Conviction

We would rather be excellent in a few sectors than present in many. When we back a business we back it properly, with capital, time and a seat at the table.

03

Focus

We invest where we understand the business and can be genuinely useful to it. Knowing what we will not do is what makes the rest work.

04

Speed

Good businesses do not wait. We give a clear answer quickly, and we are as direct about a no as we are about a yes.

05

Local edge

We are from this region and we operate in it. Our knowledge and our capital are here; our network reaches well beyond it.

06

Partnership

We do not step back once the money moves. We take board seats, support the operating team, and open the doors we can open.

Impact

Fed. Built. Healed.
Connected.

Our mission is to advance society and strengthen communities. On the ground that means four things: people fed, things built, people healed and places connected. That is the test we apply, alongside the return.

Fed

Food grown, processed and packaged in the country rather than imported into it.

Agriculture

Built

Factories, materials and the physical fabric of a growing region — capacity that stays here.

Industrial Manufacturing · Construction & Real Estate

Healed

Clinics, diagnostics and medicine closer to the people who need them.

Healthcare & Pharma

Connected

The networks the rest of the economy runs on, from telecommunications and payments to the freight that moves goods.

ICT · Logistics

The region

Why here.

This is where we are from

We are not visiting. The firm, its people and its capital are based here, and the businesses we back are our neighbours as well as our investments.

A region building capacity

The Kurdistan Region and Iraq are investing in the parts of the economy that are not oil, from manufacturing and healthcare to power and digital infrastructure.

Ownership that stays

Businesses here have often been bought and moved on. We take positions we intend to hold, and we would rather be the last owner a good business needs.

News

Recent announcements.

September 2026 Announcement

Announcement headline

One or two sentences explaining what happened and why it matters.

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August 2026 Investment

Investment announcement headline

The business, the sector, and what the partnership is intended to build.

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July 2026 Insight

Insight or commentary headline

One or two sentences setting out the view.

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June 2026 Announcement

Another group announcement

A short summary of the announcement and why it is relevant.

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Building something
here? We would
like to hear about it.

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