UAE
Infrastructure
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 ......
Finance
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 ......
Finance
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 ......
Finance
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 ......
Finance
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, ......
TMT
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 ......
Finance
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 ......
Finance
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 ......
Consumer
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 ......
Finance
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 ......