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
Inside Adenia Partners' game plan for new PE fund to back small, mid-size firms
Adenia Partners, an Africa-based private equity firm that marked the final close of its $470 million fifth fund with......
Finance
Saudi pension fund's investment arm Hassana acquires stake in bottled water firm
Hassana Investment Company, the investment arm of Saudi Arabia’s pension fund, which manages assets worth $320 million......
Finance
African PE firm Alterra Capital gets offshore LP for $400-mn fund
Alterra Capital Partners, an Africa-focused private equity firm that backs high-growth companies, has got on board an ......
TMT
Helios' sports arm HSEG gets a cheque from offshore investor, taps another
Helios Sports and Entertainment Group (HSEG), an African sports-focused platform set up by private equity firm Helios ......
Finance
Turkish PE Pragma Capital Partners launches $100-mn fund for industrial firms
Pragma Capital Partners, the private equity arm of Turkey’s investment banking company Pragma, which supports tech and......
Consumer
African PE firms Phatisa, Alterra acquire restaurant chain as Actis exits
Phatisa, a Mauritius-based private equity firm that focuses on food and affordable housing investments across sub-......
Finance
Helios set to onboard returning LP for fifth private equity fund
Helios Investment Partners, one of the largest private equity firms in Africa that manages assets worth more than $3 ......
Finance
Around 3-4 MENA portfolio firms set for IPO in 2-3 years: 500 Global MENA's Ahmad
US multi-stage venture capital firm 500 Global, which has backed over 275 startups in the MENA region since 2012, ......
Finance
Old Mutual Alternative Investments' education impact fund set to acquire school chain
Old Mutual Alternative Investments (OMAI), the private equity arm of South Africa’s financial services group Old ......
Finance
Multi-asset investor Artal Capital secures another Saudi LP for maiden PE fund
Artal Capital, a Riyadh-based multi-asset investment firm that manages assets worth $600 million across five different ......