Dilasha Seth

Dilasha, based in Dubai, reports on the Middle East and Africa's investment ecosystem, focusing on LPs, private equity, and venture capital. With 12+ years in New Delhi, she specialized in macroeconomic policy and broke significant stories on international trade and taxation.

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Finance

11 March, 2025

Turkish PE Pragma Capital Partners launches $100-mn fund for industrial firms

Pragma Capital Partners, the private equity arm of Turkey’s investment banking company Pragma, which supports tech and industrial companies, has ......

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11 March, 2025

African PE firms Phatisa, Alterra acquire restaurant chain as Actis exits

Phatisa, a Mauritius-based private equity firm that focuses on food and affordable housing investments across sub-Saharan Africa, has teamed up ......

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Finance

11 March, 2025

Helios set to onboard returning LP for fifth private equity fund

Helios Investment Partners, one of the largest private equity firms in Africa that manages assets worth more than $3 billion, ......

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Finance

11 March, 2025

Around 3-4 MENA portfolio firms set for IPO in 2-3 years: 500 Global MENA's Ahmad

US multi-stage venture capital firm 500 Global, which has backed over 275 startups in the MENA region since 2012, currently ......

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Finance

10 March, 2025

Old Mutual Alternative Investments' education impact fund set to acquire school chain

Old Mutual Alternative Investments (OMAI), the private equity arm of South Africa’s financial services group Old Mutual, is set to ......

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07 March, 2025

MENA Digest: Egypt's Mrkoon, UAE's BILRS, FanTV secure funding

Funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region slowed down this week due to the ongoing Ramadan ......

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Finance

06 March, 2025

Multi-asset investor Artal Capital secures another Saudi LP for maiden PE fund

Artal Capital, a Riyadh-based multi-asset investment firm that manages assets worth $600 million across five different asset classes, has onboarded ......

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Finance

06 March, 2025

Turkey-focused VC firm Revo Capital onboards two LPs for third fund

Revo Capital, a Turkey-focused venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology startups, has secured commitments from a state-owned firm and ......

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Finance

05 March, 2025

Turkish PE firm Mediterra gets LP commitment from state-owned investor for Fund III

Mediterra Capital, a private equity firm focused on Turkey that backs small to mid-sized companies, has secured a limited partner ......

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Finance

05 March, 2025

Moove backer LoftyInc marks first close of latest fund

LoftyInc Capital, a pan-African early-stage venture capital firm and an early investor in three unicorn startups, has announced the first ......