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18 November, 2024

VC firm MEVP marks second full exit from Fund II, DPI reaches 118%

Gulf-focused venture capital firm Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP), which invests in early and growth-stage tech startups and is currently ......

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Finance

12 November, 2024

Former Investcorp executive floats own asset management firm

Mubadala-backed alternative investment firm Investcorp’s former top executive has rolled out an asset management firm that will deploy capital in ......

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Infrastructure

10 September, 2024

Gulf Capital partially exits bolt-on acquisition after eight years

Gulf Capital, a UAE-based private equity firm that manages over $2.4 billion in assets, partially monetised one of its bolt-on ......

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Finance

06 September, 2024

MENA Digest: Deal activity picks up with two big Series A funding

Fintech startups in the Middle East and North Africa region accelerated the dealmaking activity this week led by UAE’s Ziina ......

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30 August, 2024

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 ......

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16 August, 2024

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 ......

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People

14 August, 2024

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 ......

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12 July, 2024

MENA Digest: UAE startups lead weekly funding; investment activity slows in June

At least three UAE-based startups secured venture capital funding during the week, even as the overall deals activity in the ......

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Finance

10 July, 2024

DFDF CEO on funding trends and why MENA startups didn't see steeper valuation drop

Dubai Future District Fund (DFDF), the region’s first evergreen venture capital fund-of-fund, has deployed over a quarter of its initial ......

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17 May, 2024

Dubai's DFDF plans to deploy half corpus by this year across direct, fund-of-fund bets

Dubai Future District Fund (DFDF), the region’s first evergreen venture capital fund-of-fund, aims to hit the halfway mark of its ......