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TMT
MENA Digest: UAE's WEE Marketplace, three Egyptian startups secure funding
Funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa region revived this week with a slew of early-stage deals, led ......
TMT
Saudi PIF, STC Group likely to bid for Spanish Cellnex's Austrian unit
Saudi Arabia's STC Group and sovereign fund PIF may bid for the Austrian unit of Spanish mobile phone tower operator Cellnex, ......
Finance
Saudi Arabia's PIF hits $749 bn in assets under management
Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund PIF's managed assets reached 2.81 trillion riyals ($749.2 billion) in 2023, state news agency SPA ......
Healthcare
Saudi Arabia's healthcare group Fakeeh Care announces IPO
Saudi Arabia's Fakeeh Care Group, one of the largest private hospital groups in the kingdom, said on Wednesday it planned ......
Finance
Investcorp floats $1 bn fund for China, Gulf bets; Chinese CIC to be anchor investor
Alternative investment company Investcorp has launched a $1 billion fund backed by China's sovereign wealth fund CIC to invest in ......
TMT
ADQ, Oman Investment Authority float VC fund to make bets in buzzing MENA startup market
Gulf sovereign wealth investors – Abu Dhabi’s ADQ and Oman Investment Authority – have jointly floated a tech-focussed venture capital ......
Finance
Dutch impact investor Bix Capital taps returning LP for Africa, Southeast Asia fund
Bix Capital, a Dutch impact investment firm that offers debt financing to small and medium enterprises mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, ......
Finance
Saudi multi-asset investor Artal Capital hits first close of PE fund
Artal Capital, a Riyadh-based multi-asset investment firm, has marked the first close of its mid-market-focused private equity fund to back ......
Finance
In Charts: Saudi Venture Capital doubles down on commitments in 2023
Riyadh’s state-owned institution Saudi Venture Capital (SVC), which manages assets worth $2.2 billion, almost doubled its funding commitments in 2023 ......
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 export finance fund to ......