Middle East
Finance
Investcorp rejigs top deck, names Rishi Kapoor vice chairman as co-CEO quits
Bahrain-based alternative investment firm Investcorp has overhauled its top management and reorganized its global investment activities under three broad verticals ......
Consumer
American PE firm TA Associates strikes control deal for GCC school chain
TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm managing a portfolio of over 120 companies across more than 20 countries, ......
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 ......
Finance
VC firm Waad Investment launches debut fund with $200 mn target
Waad Investment, a Saudi Arabia-based venture capital firm backed by a consortium of Gulf-based investors and family offices, launched its ......
Finance
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 ......
Finance
Golden Gate Ventures' Lints on portfolio mix for first MENA fund, LPs and more
Golden Gate Ventures (GGV), a Singapore-based early-stage venture capital firm that launched a $100 million target Middle East and North ......
TMT
MENA Digest: Volume low this week; July funding amount jumps threefold
Startup funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa region this week was led by UAE-based meals aggregator platform ......
People
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 ......
TMT
Jordan's ISSF raises LP-style bet on early-stage VC fund
Jordan’s Innovative Startups and Small and Medium Enterprises Fund (ISSF) made a limited partner-style follow-on investment in an existing portfolio ......
Infrastructure
Alpha Dhabi Holding to sell stake in oilfield services firm to JV with ADNOC Drilling
Alpha Dhabi Holding, a unit of Abu Dhabi’s International Holding Company (IHC), will transfer its controlling stake in an oilfield ......