International
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 vehicle, in a fresh ......
Finance
Believe it or not: Average mid-stage VC cheques in Africa are bigger than the rest of the World!
Mature startups in Africa recorded the highest median deal value in Series B and C rounds through 2023, compared to ......
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 a fifth of its ......
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 fourth fund after securing ......
Finance
Jordanian climate infra-focused PE firm Catalyst Investment gets European LP
Catalyst Investment Management, a Jordan-based private equity firm focused on renewable energy and climate infrastructure in the Middle East and ......
Finance
Francophone Africa-focused Janngo Capital set to get LP for startup fund
Janngo Capital, a Francophone Africa-focused multi-stage venture capital firm that backs tech-based small and medium enterprises, is set to rope ......
Finance
Mauritian PE firm Adenia Partners closes fifth fund with oversubscription
Adenia Partners, a Mauritius-based private equity firm that focuses on mid-sized businesses across Africa, has marked the final close of ......
Finance
Why Dutch PE firm XSML Capital is limiting equity exposure in African deals
XSML Capital, an Africa-focused Dutch private equity firm, that backs small- and mid-sized businesses across Central and Eastern Africa, is ......
Finance
Palestinian VC Ibtikar Fund may get European LP for second fund
Ibtikar Fund, the conflict-stricken Palestine’s only venture capital firm, which backs early-stage Palestinian-founded startups in the West Bank, Gaza, and ......
TMT
MENA Digest: Egypt's Sprints, Bahrain's Ahlan raise funds, dealmaking slows down
Dealmaking slowed down sharply during the week amid Ramadan. Among the deals that did happen were early-stage fundraises by Egyptian ......
