Dilasha Seth
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Buffeted by headwinds, WazirX looks at new revenue streams
Leading homegrown cryptocurrency exchange WazirX is struggling to break even, after a promising period of profitability during most of its ......
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KoinX looking to go international amid lingering confusion around crypto taxation
KoinX, an Indian crypto taxation platform backed by a slew of industry leaders, is set to scale its offerings to the ......
Finance
Dubai VC firm MEVP's Sarwahi on AI and other exciting areas, LP pool and more
Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP), a Dubai-based venture capital firm, is eyeing startups in new tech areas such as augmented ......
Consumer
VC-backed Floranow acquires Saudi Arabian flower distributor Bloomax
The UAE-based business-to-business online floral marketplace Floranow has fully acquired Saudi Arabia’s Bloomax, a wholesale distributor of fresh flowers for ......
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Gulf Digest: BNPL startup Tabby secures debt; Cargoz raises bridge funding
Two key startups in the Gulf region led the funding activity in the last week of May even as overall ......
Finance
How Dubai VC Global Ventures' bigger third fund differs from its first two vehicles
Dubai-based venture capital firm Global Ventures has identified new focus areas to deploy capital from its third fund, a top executive told VCCircle, as ......
People
How this Jhunjhunwala pivoted Airpay, navigated a down round and turned a corner
A few months before the Covid-19 pandemic jolted businesses and economies worldwide in early 2020, Kunal Jhunjhunwala was battling an existential crisis of his ......
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Saudi PIF-owned Savvy buys gaming firm for $4.9 bn; STV fund gets LP cheque
Funding activity in the Gulf region remained subdued in the first week of April with only a handful of companies ......
Finance
LIC IPO may be postponed to April
India’s largest initial public offering of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India is to be postponed to April, according to ......
Consumer
African PE Bluepeak strikes eighth bet from inaugural fund
Bluepeak Private Capital, an Africa-focused alternative asset management firm that backs mid-market companies has struck the eighth bet from its ......