Dilasha Seth

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.

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Finance

04 March, 2025

Nigerian VC firm Ventures Platform to get returning LP for new fund

Ventures Platform, an early-stage African venture capital firm that has supported over 90 tech-enabled companies across the continent, is preparing ......

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28 February, 2025

MENA Digest: UAE's Flow48, Saudi Arabian CQR, Bahrain's Lola get funding

United Arab Emirates-based fintech startup Flow48 led fundraising activity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region this week, ......

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Others

27 February, 2025

South African PE firm Summit Africa onboards returning LP for second fund

Summit Africa, a South Africa-based alternative investment firm that backs small and medium enterprises, has launched its second private equity ......

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Healthcare

24 February, 2025

Leapfrog Investments set to mark full exit from healthcare portfolio firm

Leapfrog Investments, an emerging markets-focused private equity and impact investment firm, is set to fully monetize its eight-year-old investment in ......

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21 February, 2025

MENA Digest: UAE's Blum, Tunisian startup Dabchy, Egypt's Qme get funding

Startup fundraising activity in the Middle East and North Africa region slowed this week compared to the previous week, when ......

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Finance

20 February, 2025

Oman investor comes onboard for Singapore VC Golden Gate Ventures' debut MENA fund

Golden Gate Ventures, a Singapore-based early-stage venture capital firm that expanded to the Middle East and North Africa region last ......

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Manufacturing

19 February, 2025

DPI-owned Solevo set to get funding from another offshore investor

Solevo Holding BV, a specialty chemicals and farm inputs distributor in Sub-Saharan Africa that is owned by private equity firm ......

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Finance

19 February, 2025

Criterion Africa Partners to onboard returning LP for third private equity fund

Criterion Africa Partners, an American private equity firm that backs assets across the forestry value chain in sub-Saharan Africa, is ......

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TMT

18 February, 2025

BECO Capital outlines new fund's AI investment strategy

BECO Capital, a UAE-based venture capital firm that is currently deploying from its fourth investment vehicle has outlined its AI investment strategy ......

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14 February, 2025

MENA Digest: Tabby, AppliedAI get big cheques; Saudi firms Salla, Mush Social ink M&As

Saudi Arabian startups largely dominated early-stage funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa region this week while buy-now-pay-later ......