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MENA Digest: Pathfinder leads funding this week; Saudi's OTO gets another VC onboard
UAE-based retail technology solutions provider Pathfinder led funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa ......
Finance
Standard Chartered boosts private bank team in UAE, Singapore, Hong Kong
Standard Chartered has hired more than a dozen new bankers to its private banking teams in Singapore, Hong Kong and ......
Consumer
Alpha Dhabi Holding unit forms $680 mn JV with US vertical farming startup Plenty
U.S. vertical farming startup Plenty is forming a joint venture with Mawarid, a subsidiary of Alpha Dhabi Holding, in a......
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US lawmakers raise worries about China in Microsoft deal with Emirati AI firm G42
Republican lawmakers asked the Biden administration for an intelligence assessment of Microsoft's $1.5 billion ......
Finance
In Charts: UAE dominates PE-VC activity in H1 2024 but Saudi Arabia makes a leap
The United Arab Emirates continued to dominate private equity and venture capital deals activity in the Middle East ......
Infrastructure
Egyptian, Emirati companies sign $500 mn real estate deal in Egypt
Egypt's Safwat Kaliouby Group (SKG) holding company and Emirati KSH Investment Company have signed a 24 billion ......
Finance
UAE's Global Ventures gets bigger cheque from returning LP for third fund
Global Ventures, a UAE-based growth-stage venture capital firm that manages a portfolio of over 60 companies, has ......
Finance
In Charts: How Middle East PE-VC dealmaking fared in H1 2024
The number of private equity and venture capital deals in the Middle East region fell by almost a fourth in ......
TMT
BitOasis backer Wamda Capital joins CoinDCX cap table as common investor Pantera stays put
UAE-based venture capital firm Wamda Capital, an early investor of BitOasis, has joined the cap table of Indian digital assets ......
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MENA Digest: Connect Money leads fundraising; Smpl Holdings sets up VC fund
Egyptian fintech startup Connect Money led funding activities in the Middle East and North Africa region this week. It ......