Abu Dhabi
Finance
Ruya Partners aims final close of $250 mn private credit fund by December-end
Ruya Partners, the Gulf region’s first partner-owned private credit firm, is eyeing a final close of its $250-million target fund ......
General
MENA Digest: Global Ventures-backed Abhi leads fundraising this week
Abhi, a UAE-based fintech startup, which is backed by Global Ventures and VentureSouq, led fundraising activity in the Middle East ......
Finance
LP Summit Dubai 2024: UAE's institutional LPs keen on Sharia-based credit financing
Institutional limited partners operating in the United Arab Emirates, including endowment funds, family office investors and banks have an inclination to ......
Infrastructure
Gulf Capital partially exits bolt-on acquisition after eight years
Gulf Capital, a UAE-based private equity firm that manages over $2.4 billion in assets, partially monetised one of its bolt-on ......
TMT
MENA Digest: UAE startups lead fundraising activity this week
UAE-based startups led fundraising activity in the Middle East and North Africa region this week, securing early-stage investments. While Web3 ......
Consumer
SVC, Jada-backed PE firm acquire stake in Saudi edtech company
Saudi Venture Capital (SVC)-backed private equity firm Olive Rock Partners has acquired a strategic stake in a leading Saudi Arabian ......
TMT
Affirma-backed Prime Focus' arm gets a cheque from Middle East investor
Homegrown media services company Prime Focus’ London-based movie technology unit DNEG Group has roped in a Middle Eastern investor for ......
TMT
MENA Digest: Connect Money leads fundraising; Smpl Holdings sets up VC fund
Egyptian fintech startup Connect Money led funding activities in the Middle East and North Africa region this week. It raised $8 ......
Finance
Shorooq Partners eyes Saudi expansion with ‘oversubscribed' Bedaya Fund II
Shorooq Partners, an Abu Dhabi-based venture capital firm, is set to double down on its commitments in Saudi Arabia from its oversubscribed ......
TMT
ADQ, Oman Investment Authority float VC fund to make bets in buzzing MENA startup market
Gulf sovereign wealth investors – Abu Dhabi’s ADQ and Oman Investment Authority – have jointly floated a tech-focussed venture capital ......