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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 ......
TMT
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 ......
Infrastructure
Brookfield to acquire majority stake in GII's 1.5-mn-sq-ft logistics portfolio
Canadian alternative investment firm Brookfield Asset Management will acquire a controlling stake in UAE-based Gulf ......
Finance
Ruya Partners' Omar Al Yawer on why private credit is picking up in Middle East and more
Abu Dhabi-based private credit firm Ruya Partners was set up in late 2020 by Rashid Siddiqi and Mirza Beg. Omar Al ......
Finance
Ruya Partners hits halfway mark for debut private credit fund, eyes final close
Abu Dhabi-based Ruya Partners aims to make a final close of its maiden private credit fund by the second quarter ......
Finance
Saudi PIF-backed Jada makes first LP bet on private credit fund
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF)-backed Jada Fund of Funds has made its first limited partner-style ......
Finance
Dubai's NB Ventures floating VC fund with India partner after making LP, direct bets
Dubai-based venture capital firm NB Ventures, which makes direct bets on growth-stage startups as well as limited ......
TMT
How Vaibhav Kashyap went from fighting obesity to founding a wellness insurance startup
Vaibhav Kashyap weighed 96 kg in ninth grade. “I ate a lot and moved very little,” he says. But that ......
Finance
Aim to back Asian firms eyeing Middle East expansion from new fund: Gulf Capital CEO
The UAE-based private equity firm Gulf Capital is set to roll out its fourth fund that it expects will have ......
