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Infrastructure

03 May, 2024

Brookfield to acquire majority stake in GII's 1.5-mn-sq-ft logistics portfolio

Canadian alternative investment firm Brookfield Asset Management will  acquire a controlling stake in UAE-based Gulf Islamic Investments' logistics real estate platform ......

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Finance

13 December, 2023

Ruya Partners' Omar Al Yawer on why private credit is picking up in Middle East and more

Abu Dhabi-based private credit firm Ruya Partners was set up in late 2020 by Rashid Siddiqi and Mirza Beg. Omar Al Yawer joined ......

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Finance

04 December, 2023

Ruya Partners hits halfway mark for debut private credit fund, eyes final close

Abu Dhabi-based Ruya Partners aims to make a final close of its maiden private credit fund by the second quarter ......

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Finance

29 November, 2023

Saudi PIF-backed Jada makes first LP bet on private credit fund

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF)-backed Jada Fund of Funds has made its first limited partner-style investment in a private ......

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Finance

24 November, 2023

Dubai's NB Ventures floating VC fund with India partner after making LP, direct bets

Dubai-based venture capital firm NB Ventures, which makes direct bets on growth-stage startups as well as limited partner-style investments in other VC funds, ......

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TMT

14 November, 2023

How Vaibhav Kashyap went from fighting obesity to founding a wellness insurance startup

Vaibhav Kashyap weighed 96 kg in ninth grade. “I ate a lot and moved very little,” he says. But that ......

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Finance

09 November, 2023

Aim to back Asian firms eyeing Middle East expansion from new fund: Gulf Capital CEO

The UAE-based private equity firm Gulf Capital is set to roll out its fourth fund that it expects will have ......

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Finance

27 October, 2023

Gulf Capital ups fourth fund size, eyes region's largest growth buyout vehicle

Abu Dhabi-based Gulf Capital has increased the target size of its planned fourth private equity fund to be deployed across ......

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Consumer

25 October, 2023

Gulf Islamic Investments scores an exit from India-related transaction

The UAE-based Gulf Islamic Investments (GII), which manages more than $3 billion in private equity, venture capital, and real estate asset classes, has ......

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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 ......