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.
Finance
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 ......
Consumer
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 ......
Finance
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, ......
Finance
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 ......
Finance
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 ......
TMT
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 ......
Finance
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 ......
Finance
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 ......
Finance
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 ......
Finance
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 ......