Dilasha Seth

Infrastructure

08 April, 2024

Brookfield monetises Dubai office asset in deal with UAE's Lunate, Saudi firm Olayan

Canadian alternative investment firm Brookfield Asset Management and its partner, state-owned Investment Corporation of Dubai, have sold part of their ......

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Finance

08 April, 2024

Jordanian climate infra-focused PE firm Catalyst Investment gets European LP

Catalyst Investment Management, a Jordan-based private equity firm focused on renewable energy and climate infrastructure in the Middle East and ......

TMT

05 April, 2024

MENA Digest: Bahrain's Daleel, Oman's Mubashir raise funding

Dealmaking activity in the Middle East and North Africa region remained muted this week amid Ramadan. The handful of startups ......

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Finance

05 April, 2024

Francophone Africa-focused Janngo Capital set to get LP for startup fund

Janngo Capital, a Francophone Africa-focused multi-stage venture capital firm that backs tech-based small and medium enterprises, is set to rope ......

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Finance

03 April, 2024

Mauritian PE firm Adenia Partners closes fifth fund with oversubscription

Adenia Partners, a Mauritius-based private equity firm that focuses on mid-sized businesses across Africa, has marked the final close of ......

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Finance

01 April, 2024

DFDF to tread cautiously as VC in 2024 but bullish on LP bets

Dubai Future District Fund (DFDF), a backer of 24 startups and venture capital funds, outlined its “cautious venture capital approach” ......

People

01 April, 2024

Saudi Venture Capital appoints Nora Alsarhan as deputy CEO

Riyadh’s state-owned Saudi Venture Capital (SVC), which manages assets worth $2.2 billion, has appointed Nora M Alsarhan, its chief investment ......

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Finance

01 April, 2024

Why Dutch PE firm XSML Capital is limiting equity exposure in African deals

XSML Capital, an Africa-focused Dutch private equity firm, that backs small- and mid-sized businesses across Central and Eastern Africa, is ......

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Finance

29 March, 2024

Palestinian VC Ibtikar Fund may get European LP for second fund

Ibtikar Fund, the conflict-stricken Palestine’s only venture capital firm, which backs early-stage Palestinian-founded startups in the West Bank, Gaza, and ......

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TMT

29 March, 2024

MENA Digest: Egypt's Sprints, Bahrain's Ahlan raise funds, dealmaking slows down

Dealmaking slowed down sharply during the week amid Ramadan. Among the deals that did happen were early-stage fundraises by Egyptian ......