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People

10 May, 2024

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 ......

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Finance

10 May, 2024

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 ......

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Healthcare

09 May, 2024

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 ......

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TMT

03 May, 2024

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 ......

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General

02 May, 2024

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 ......

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General

30 April, 2024

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 ......

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Finance

23 April, 2024

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 ......

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Finance

15 April, 2024

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 ......

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Finance

08 April, 2024

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 ......

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Finance

01 April, 2024

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” ......