Middle East
Consumer
American PE firm TA Associates strikes control deal for GCC school chain
TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm managing a portfolio of over 120 companies across more than 20 ......
TMT
MENA Digest: UAE startups lead fundraising activity this week
UAE-based startups led fundraising activity in the Middle East and North Africa region this week, securing early-stage ......
Finance
VC firm Waad Investment launches debut fund with $200 mn target
Waad Investment, a Saudi Arabia-based venture capital firm backed by a consortium of Gulf-based investors and family ......
Finance
Why Dubai's DFDF is pressing on early-stage bets as the way forward
Dubai Future District Fund (DFDF), the region’s first evergreen venture capital fund-of-funds, has endorsed early-......
Finance
Golden Gate Ventures' Lints on portfolio mix for first MENA fund, LPs and more
Golden Gate Ventures (GGV), a Singapore-based early-stage venture capital firm that launched a $100 million target ......
TMT
MENA Digest: Volume low this week; July funding amount jumps threefold
Startup funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa region this week was led by UAE-based meals aggregator ......
People
Dubai Future District Fund sees change of guard as CEO steps down
Dubai Future District Fund (DFDF), the region’s first evergreen venture capital fund-of-fund is undergoing a change of......
TMT
Jordan's ISSF raises LP-style bet on early-stage VC fund
Jordan’s Innovative Startups and Small and Medium Enterprises Fund (ISSF) made a limited partner-style follow-on ......
Infrastructure
Alpha Dhabi Holding to sell stake in oilfield services firm to JV with ADNOC Drilling
Alpha Dhabi Holding, a unit of Abu Dhabi’s International Holding Company (IHC), will transfer its controlling stake in......
TMT
MENA Digest: UAE startups lead weekly funding; investment activity slows in June
At least three UAE-based startups secured venture capital funding during the week, even as the overall deals activity in......
