Saudi Arabia
Finance
VC investments in Middle East fall year-on-year but rise from pre-pandemic levels
Venture capital investments in the Middle East declined during 2023, albeit not too significantly, with the region appearing as a ......
TMT
MENA Digest: Startups strike early-stage deals but overall activity slows
Early-stage funding deals drove dealmaking in the Middle East and North Africa region, even though overall activity slowed down due ......
TMT
MENA Digest: Mazadak grabs $10 mn as Saudi startups lead funding activity
Dealmaking activity in the Middle East and North Africa region increased this week, led by a slew of early-stage funding ......
Finance
Investcorp set to mark final close of Saudi Pre-IPO Growth Fund
Bahrain-based alternative investment firm Investcorp, which manages assets worth $50 billion across the globe, is set to wrap up fundraising ......
TMT
MENA Digest: Saudi firm CoreVision buys VeFund; MoneyHash, Hayi get funding
Saudi investment firm CoreVision led dealmaking activity in the Middle East and North Africa region during the week as it ......
TMT
MENA Digest: Lokalee, Maalexi get pre-Series A cheques; MEVP backs Clinicy
Dealmaking in the Middle East and North Africa region accelerated in the second week of 2024, with a slew of ......
Finance
In Charts: How Middle East sovereign funds are cementing their global dominance
Sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern nations deployed more capital in 2023 than the year before ......
Finance
Saudi wealth fund PIF splashes cash in 2023 as Singapore's GIC slows investments
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund accounted for about a quarter of the almost $124 billion spent by sovereign wealth funds ......
General
Gulf Digest: Two Saudi startups propel deal momentum this week
Funding activity in the Middle East was led by growth-stage funding of two startups during the final week of 2023. Soum ......
TMT
Flashback 2023: How startup dealmaking panned out across the MENA region
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has recorded a surge in startup activity over the last few years ......