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.

Turkish PE Pragma acquires minority stake in cyber intelligence firm

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19 November, 2024

Turkish PE Pragma acquires minority stake in cyber intelligence firm

Pragma Capital Partners, the private equity arm of Turkey’s investment banking company Pragma that backs tech and ......

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19 November, 2024

South Africa's Ascension Capital Partners strikes second bet from $83 mn fund

Ascension Capital Partners, a South Africa-based private equity firm that backs mid-sized high-growth businesses in the ......

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18 November, 2024

VC firm MEVP marks second full exit from Fund II, DPI reaches 118%

Gulf-focused venture capital firm Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP), which invests in early and growth-stage tech ......

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18 November, 2024

MENA Digest: Lean Tech, UnifyApps lead funding activity; overall mop-up falls in Oct

Startup funding in the Middle East and North Africa region was led by at least a couple of high-value growth-stage ......

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Finance

13 November, 2024

Africa-focused French impact investor I&P set to onboard returning LP for new fund

Investisseurs & Partneraires (I&P), an Africa-focused impact investment firm that backs high-growth small and medium-......

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Consumer

12 November, 2024

Private credit firm Ruya Partners strikes fourth bet from debut fund

Ruya Partners, an Abu Dhabi-based private credit firm that is raising its $250-million target debut fund, has struck its......

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Finance

12 November, 2024

Former Investcorp executive floats own asset management firm

Mubadala-backed alternative investment firm Investcorp’s former top executive has rolled out an asset management firm ......

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08 November, 2024

MENA Digest: Saudi Arabia's Mush Social, UAE's Brand IO raise early-stage funds

Early-stage venture capital deals led startup investment activity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region this......

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Finance

07 November, 2024

UAE's Beco Capital onboards Saudi LP for fourth fund

UAE-based venture capital firm Beco Capital, which backs early-stage tech startups in the Gulf region and manages assets......

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07 November, 2024

PE firm Turkven acquires cloud services provider in third bet of 2024

Turkven, a Turkish private equity firm that backs mid-sized companies and manages assets worth over $2 billion has ......