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.
Finance
Decoding 500 Global's plans for new MENA fund for growth-stage bets
Venture capital firm 500 Global aims to make the final close of its new fund for the Middle East and ......
Finance
Qatar Investment Authority makes first bet from $1-bn VC fund of funds
Sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has backed a local venture capital firm that invests in growth-......
Finance
Mediterrania Capital gets additional cheque from existing LP for fourth fund
Mediterrania Capital Partners, an Africa-focused private equity firm that manages assets worth $800 million, is set to ......
Finance
Pan-African PE firm AfricInvest taps returning LP for SME fund
Africinvest, a pan-African private equity firm that has invested in more than 200 companies over three decades, is set ......
Finance
Flat6Labs set to onboard overseas LP for Africa Seed Fund
Flat6Labs, a Middle East and Africa-focused seed and early-stage venture capital firm that manages assets worth over $85......
TMT
MENA Digest: BioSapien, Ebana, five others nab funding cheques
Funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa region this week was led by early-stage deals, with startups from ......
Finance
Israeli VC firm Peregrine Ventures mulls new early-stage fund
Peregrine Ventures, an Israeli venture capital firm that manages assets worth $600 million, is considering the ......
TMT
DPI, Verod-backed Pan African Towers set to acquire Nigerian firm
Nigerian telecommunications infrastructure provider Pan African Towers Ltd, which is owned by private equity firms ......
Finance
French PE Amethis set to onboard returning LP for pan-African fund
Amethis, a French private equity firm that backs mid-sized businesses in Africa and Europe and manages assets worth ......
Healthcare
Abu Dhabi's PureHealth to buy 60% in Hellenic as CVC Capital partially exits
The UAE-based PureHealth Holding PJSC, the Middle East’s largest healthcare services provider, has struck a deal to ......