Dilasha Seth
Finance
In Charts: How Middle East sovereign funds are cementing their global dominance
Sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern nations deployed more capital in 2023 than the year before ......
Manufacturing
Saudi SWF Public Investment Fund strikes first 2024 bet in MENA paper industry
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign investor Public Investment Fund (PIF) has struck a bet for minority stake in a paper manufacturing and ......
TMT
Flashback 2023: How startup dealmaking panned out across the MENA region
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has recorded a surge in startup activity over the last few years ......
Finance
Alibaba-backed eWTP Arabia Capital gets new LP for $1 bn fund
Beijing and Riyadh-based eWTP Arabia Capital, which is in the process of raising its latest tech innovation vehicle, is set ......
General
NB Ventures' Bhatnagar on new fund, tweaked thesis, India's growth potential and more
Dubai-based NB Ventures, an India-focussed early-stage venture capital investor, is looking to float its latest investment vehicle by early 2024. The ......
TMT
Gulf Digest: Deal momentum, M&A activity rise; Lendo leads value race
Dealmaking in the Middle East region picked pace in the second week of December, led by a slew of acquisitions ......
TMT
Jada's streak of LP-style bets continues with investment in tech-based VC fund
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund-backed Jada Fund of Funds Company has marked its sixth investment in second half of 2023, ......
TMT
CoinDCX CEO Sumit Gupta on tax jolt in India, UAE plans and EBITDA aim
Amid regulatory uncertainty around virtual digital assets in India, crypto-exchange platform CoinDCX recently invested in Dubai-based crypto exchange BitOasis. However, ......
TMT
WellX co-founder Kashyap on attracting VCs amid funding winter, growth roadmap and more
The UAE-based insurtech platform WellX raised $2 million in seed funding in July from marquee Middle Eastern investors such as ......
TMT
Verod Capital, AfricInvest pick up majority stake in iSon Xperiences
African private equity firms Verod Capital and Africinvest have partnered to acquire a majority stake in business process outsourcing (BPO) ......