Dilasha, based in Dubai, reports on the Middle East and Africa's investment ecosystem, focusing on LPs, private equity, and venture capital. With 12+ years in New Delhi, she specialized in macroeconomic policy and broke significant stories on international trade and taxation.
TMT
KoinX looking to go international amid lingering confusion around crypto taxation
KoinX, an Indian crypto taxation platform backed by a slew of industry leaders, is set to scale its offerings to the ......
Finance
Dubai VC firm MEVP's Sarwahi on AI and other exciting areas, LP pool and more
Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP), a Dubai-based venture capital firm, is eyeing startups in new tech areas such as ......
Consumer
VC-backed Floranow acquires Saudi Arabian flower distributor Bloomax
The UAE-based business-to-business online floral marketplace Floranow has fully acquired Saudi Arabia’s Bloomax, a ......
TMT
Gulf Digest: BNPL startup Tabby secures debt; Cargoz raises bridge funding
Two key startups in the Gulf region led the funding activity in the last week of May even as overall ......
Finance
How Dubai VC Global Ventures' bigger third fund differs from its first two vehicles
Dubai-based venture capital firm Global Ventures has identified new focus areas to deploy capital from its third fund......
People
How this Jhunjhunwala pivoted Airpay, navigated a down round and turned a corner
A few months before the Covid-19 pandemic jolted businesses and economies worldwide in early 2020, Kunal Jhunjhunwala ......
TMT
Saudi PIF-owned Savvy buys gaming firm for $4.9 bn; STV fund gets LP cheque
Funding activity in the Gulf region remained subdued in the first week of April with only a handful of companies ......
Finance
LIC IPO may be postponed to April
India’s largest initial public offering of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India is to be postponed to April, according...
Infrastructure
Africa PE firm ATA Capital to acquire logistics company in fourth bet from Fund III
ATA Capital, a South Africa-based private equity firm that backs high-impact sectors in the country, is set to acquire ......
TMT
MENA Digest: Saudi firms Nabt and COGNNA, UAE's Reno, Egypt's Rology get funding
Saudi Arabian cybersecurity startup COGNNA led funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region this ......
