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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 ......
TMT
MENA Digest: Abyan Capital, Bon Plus raise early-stage funds
Dealmaking activity in the Middle East and North Africa decelerated compared to the previous week but saw at least two ......
General
European VC SpeedInvest to expand into MENA by opening office in UAE
SpeedInvest, a European early-stage venture capital fund, which manages assets worth $1 billion across 40 countries, is set to establish ......
General
Global asset manager Barings opens office in Dubai
Barings, a global investment management firm that manages assets worth $406 billion, has opened an office in Dubai to help ......
Finance
Saudi multi-asset investor Artal Capital hits first close of PE fund
Artal Capital, a Riyadh-based multi-asset investment firm, has marked the first close of its mid-market-focused private equity fund to back ......
Finance
In Charts: How Dubai Future District Fund deployed corpus across startups, VC funds
The Dubai Future District Fund (DFDF), the region’s first evergreen venture capital fund-of-funds, has committed about a fifth of its ......
Finance
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 ......
Finance
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” ......