Middle East
Consumer
Esas Private Equity acquires Turkish cosmetics brand with co-investors
Esas Private Equity, the PE arm of Turkey’s largest family-owned investment firm Esas Holding, has acquired a leading Turkish cosmetics ......
Finance
Singapore VC firm Golden Gate Ventures rolls out $100-mn MENA fund
Golden Gate Ventures, a Singapore-based early-stage venture capital firm that manages assets worth $250 million across three continents, has launched ......
People
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 ......
Finance
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 ......
Healthcare
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 ......
TMT
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 ......
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 ......
General
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 ......
General
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 ......
Finance
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 ......
