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
Africa-focused Acre Impact Capital raises $100 mn for first close of debut fund
Acre Impact Capital, an Africa-focused private-debt impact investment manager, marked the first close of its debut ......
TMT
MENA Digest: Penny Software, Fortis, U-topia raise funds; Beltone VC launches $30-mn fund
Funding activity picked up in the Middle East and North Africa region this week after slowing down of action during ......
Finance
Sanad gets LP top-up for MENA-focused MSME debt fund
The Sanad Fund for MSME, an impact investment fund that provides loans and equity financing to local financial ......
Finance
African PE firm Medu Capital sets target for new fund's final close as LP base shifts
Medu Capital, one of the most active private equity firms in South Africa, aims to mark the final close of ......
Consumer
South Africa's Vuna Partners picks up minority stake in local consumer player
South Africa-based mid-market private equity investor Vuna Partners struck a fifth deal from its debut investment ......
Finance
In Charts: How Dubai Future District Fund deployed corpus across startups, VC funds
The Dubai Future District Fund (DFDF), the region’s first evergreen venture capital fund-of-funds, has committed about......
Finance
Helios lets go of billion-dollar Africa PE fund strategy, floats smaller flagship
Helios Investment Partners, one of the largest private equity firms in Africa that curtailed its half-a-billion-dollar ......
Finance
Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures raises $60 mn for maiden fund
Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV), a pan-African venture capital firm, has marked the final close of its $60 million ......
TMT
African PE firm Vantage Capital acquires minority stake in BPO
Vantage Capital, an Africa-focused mid-market private equity firm, has struck its first deal of the current year, ......
Infrastructure
Brookfield monetises Dubai office asset in deal with UAE's Lunate, Saudi firm Olayan
Canadian alternative investment firm Brookfield Asset Management and its partner, state-owned Investment Corporation of ......
