Middle East
Finance
Singapore VC firm Golden Gate Ventures rolls out $100-mn MENA fund
Golden Gate Ventures, a Singapore-based early-stage venture capital firm that manages assets worth $250 million across three continents, has launched ......
TMT
MENA Digest: WheeKeep, Airwater, Lune raise funding; Beco Capital gets an exit
Funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa region during the week was led by a slew of UAE ......
Markets
Abu Dhabi's Lunate launches ETF tracking Japan equities
Abu Dhabi investor Lunate Capital is launching an exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracking Japanese equities that will be listed on the ......
Infrastructure
Qatar Airways to invest in an airline in southern Africa
Qatar Airways will soon announce an investment in an airline in southern Africa, its CEO said on Wednesday, part of ......
People
VC firm 500 Global elevates key executive as MENA managing partner
500 Global, a multi-stage venture capital firm that emerged as one of the most active investors in the Middle East ......
Finance
MENA Digest: Egyptian startups lead funding activity
Egyptian fintech startups Swypex and MNZL led funding activities in the Middle East and North Africa region,, even as overall ......
Healthcare
Kelix Bio to acquire five UAE-based pharma entities post Mubadala deal
Kelix Bio, an emerging markets-focused specialty generic biopharmaceutical company is looking to acquire five UAE-based pharma entities to further expand ......
Manufacturing
ADNOC scraps talks to buy stake in Brazil's Braskem
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has terminated talks to buy a controlling stake in Braskem, the Brazilian petrochemical producer ......
Finance
Abu Dhabi's IHC to hold buyback of up to $1.36 bn
International Holding Company (IHC), Abu Dhabi's largest listed company, said on Monday it would buy back up to 5 billion ......
Infrastructure
Proptech Square Yards tops $100-mn annual revenue mark
Delhi-based proptech startup Square Yards, which is expected to file its listing documents with capital markets regulator soon, has topped ......