Middle East

Advent’s new office in ADGM, Abu Dhabi’s international financial center, gives the firm a local base for engaging investors across the Middle East.

The firm started raising the strategy in Q2 and aims to reach final close by Q1 next year as more funds emerge in this space, Private Equity International has learned.

Mallah joins from Sagard, where he worked as a managing director and head of MENA.

The power of the global M&A market increasingly hinges on the presence of mega-deals.

In today's edition, A 'democratisation' expert says GPs will only get one chance to deliver; Blackstone reckons evergreen 'tests' are helpful for the industry; New Mountain wants to deepen its Korea ties.

The Middle East and North Africa region has become increasingly attractive to managers as they attempt to tap its massive stock of sovereign wealth fund capital.

The aviation investment manager plans to raise a new fund that will build on JetBlue Ventures’ existing portfolio and expand founders’ access to more strategic relationships around the world.

VCs invested a total of $9.1bn in emerging venture markets in 2024, down from $15.3bn in 2023 and a high of $25.1bn in 2021.

Roman and Kirill Gurskiy left EY in 2017 to pursue their passion at GEM Capital and they have never looked back.

Stripe's $1.1bn acquisition of Bridge signals more mainstream acceptance of stablecoins among fintech players, especially those eyeing scale-up opportunities in developing markets.