Dubai Future District Fund

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27 October, 2023

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 ......

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27 August, 2024

Why Dubai's DFDF is pressing on early-stage bets as the way forward

Dubai Future District Fund (DFDF), the region’s first evergreen venture capital fund-of-funds, has endorsed early-stage bets, particularly in fintech and ......

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14 August, 2024

Dubai Future District Fund sees change of guard as CEO steps down

Dubai Future District Fund (DFDF), the region’s first evergreen venture capital fund-of-fund is undergoing a change of guard with Sharif ......

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26 July, 2024

MENA Digest: Pathfinder leads funding this week; Saudi's OTO gets another VC onboard

UAE-based retail technology solutions provider Pathfinder led funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa region this week, securing ......

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Finance

10 July, 2024

DFDF CEO on funding trends and why MENA startups didn't see steeper valuation drop

Dubai Future District Fund (DFDF), the region’s first evergreen venture capital fund-of-fund, has deployed over a quarter of its initial ......

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05 December, 2023

Dubai Future District Fund allocates 20% corpus to climatetech in MENA

The Dubai Future District Fund (DFDF), Middle East’s first evergreen venture capital fund of funds, has committed about a fifth ......

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Finance

19 October, 2023

Dubai Future District Fund makes LP-style bet on regional VC fund

The Dubai Future District Fund (DFDF), the region’s first evergreen venture capital fund-of-funds, has made a limited partner-style commitment to ......

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06 October, 2023

Gulf Digest: HyperSpace, Jisr secure record funding; DFDF backs AI firm Camb

Funding activity in the Gulf region during the first week of October was dominated by growth-stage and high value deals. ......

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28 July, 2023

Gulf Digest: WellX, DESAISIV snag funding; HyperPay buys Sanad Cash

Insurance-tech startups WellX and DESAISIV led funding activity in the Middle East region this week while Saudi Arabian blockchain startup ......

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17 May, 2023

How Dubai Future District Fund's LP portfolio is different from direct bets

The Dubai Future District Fund (DFDF), an evergreen venture investment and fund of funds that was created a year and ......