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Q&A: Mubadala's Luca Molinari
Q&A: Mubadala's Luca Molinari

An Abu Dhabi-headquartered sovereign investor Mubadala has a USD 276bn portfolio with interests across six continents. Luca Molinari, who leads Asia direct investments, outlines the regional strategy

  • MENA
  • 08 November 2023
Saudi fund invests $100m in China's Pony.ai
Saudi fund invests $100m in China's Pony.ai

Saudi Arabia’s Neom Investment Fund, a strategic venture vehicle for the planned smart city of Neom, has made a USD 100m commitment to Chinese autonomous driving player Pony.ai.

  • Greater China
  • 26 October 2023
Emerging LPs: Fingers in every pie
Emerging LPs: Fingers in every pie

As more institutional investors dip their toes into private equity for the first time, managers must understand their motivations. Frontier sovereign wealth funds are an enticing wildcard

  • Greater China
  • 11 October 2023
Singapore green hydrogen player gets $115m
Singapore green hydrogen player gets $115m

Singapore-based InterContinental Energy, a company developing green hydrogen fuel projects in Australia and the Middle East, has raised USD 115m from GIC and specialist investor Hy24.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 29 September 2023
TPG Asia managing partner expands coverage to Middle East
TPG Asia managing partner expands coverage to Middle East

Ganen Sarvananthan, an Asia managing partner at TPG, has been awarded an expanded brief that now includes the Middle East.

  • GPs
  • 21 September 2023
Mitsui Sumitomo VC unit backs Israel fusion start-up
Mitsui Sumitomo VC unit backs Israel fusion start-up

Japan’s Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital (MSIVC) has joined a Series A round for Israel-based nuclear fusion start-up NT-Tao that had raised USD 22m as of February.

  • North Asia
  • 05 September 2023
QIA recruits Asia-focused portfolio manager from CPPIB
QIA recruits Asia-focused portfolio manager from CPPIB

Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has recruited Nicholas Low, previously an Asia-focused investment professional at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), to work on its global venture and growth funds platform.

  • People
  • 09 May 2023
Gulf gambit: Asia GPs court Middle East LPs
Gulf gambit: Asia GPs court Middle East LPs

As the Middle East becomes a focal point for private equity fundraising globally, Asia-based managers hope that macro trends work in their favour. Being the right size and the right strategic fit also helps

  • MENA
  • 04 April 2023
Saudi Arabia's PIF backs China e-sports platform
Saudi Arabia's PIF backs China e-sports platform

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has invested USD 265m in China’s VSPO, an e-sports broadcaster and events promoter formerly known as VSPN.

  • Greater China
  • 17 February 2023
Alibaba-backed eWTP pursues $1bn in VC fundraise
Alibaba-backed eWTP pursues $1bn in VC fundraise

EWTP Arabia Capital, an investment arm of the Electronic World Trade Platform (eWTP) backed by Alibaba Group and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, has raised nearly USD 1bn for an Asia-Middle East fund.

  • GPs
  • 15 February 2023
Aramco backs Japan drone start-up
Aramco backs Japan drone start-up

Saudi Arabia’s Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, has invested USD 14m in Japanese drone maker Terra Drone on the back of a JPY 8bn (USD 62m) Series B round.

  • MENA
  • 26 January 2023
Dalma Capital buys Singapore's Global CIO Office
Dalma Capital buys Singapore's Global CIO Office

Dalma Capital Group, a Dubai-headquartered alternative investment management platform, has agreed to buy The Global CIO Office, a Singapore-based outsourced CIO business that primarily serves family offices.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 14 December 2022
Korea's Bespin Global gets $100m Series D
Korea's Bespin Global gets $100m Series D

Korea-headquartered cloud services company Bespin Global has raised a USD 100m Series D round led by a unit of Emirates Telecoms Group.

  • North Asia
  • 13 December 2022
KKR, Mubadala form $1b Asia credit partnership

KKR and Mubadala Investment – a sovereign investor controlled by the government of Abu Dhabi – have established a partnership through which they will co-invest in performing credit opportunities across Asia Pacific.

  • MENA
  • 25 October 2022
Saudi Arabia's Sidra targets Asia, teams up with BlackRock
Saudi Arabia's Sidra targets Asia, teams up with BlackRock

Sidra Capital, a Saudi Arabia-based alternative asset manager, has teamed up with BlackRock to offer shariah-compliant private equity opportunities in Asia Pacific.

  • MENA
  • 24 October 2022
Q&A: Gulf Capital's Richard Dallas & Shantanu Mukerji
Q&A: Gulf Capital's Richard Dallas & Shantanu Mukerji

Richard Dallas, a senior managing director at Gulf Capital, and newly appointed Asia head Shantanu Mukerji on using Singapore as a regional hub, cross-border expansion, and why a dedicated regional fund is unlikely

  • Southeast Asia
  • 18 January 2022
Gulf Capital opens Singapore office
Gulf Capital opens Singapore office

Abu Dhabi-based Gulf Capital has opened a Singapore office and appointed Shantanu Mukerji as its first on-the-ground private equity managing director in Asia.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 17 December 2021
Korea's IMM leads $64m round for vertical farming company
Korea's IMM leads $64m round for vertical farming company

Korea’s IMM Investment has led a $64.5 million round for Abu Dhabi-based vertical farming company Pure Harvest Smart Farms as part of an Asian expansion

  • North Asia
  • 01 November 2021
Tiger Global leads $144m round for India's DealShare
Tiger Global leads $144m round for India's DealShare

Tiger Global Management has led a $144 million Series D round for Indian social e-commerce start-up DealShare.

  • South Asia
  • 11 July 2021
China's Crystal Stream backs Egypt e-commerce platform
China's Crystal Stream backs Egypt e-commerce platform

Chinese VC firm Crystal Stream Capital has doubled down on a Middle East and Africa strategy with participation in a $40 million investment in Egyptian logistics start-up MaxAB.

  • MENA
  • 09 July 2021
China's MSA Capital backs Saudi B2B start-up
China's MSA Capital backs Saudi B2B start-up

China’s MSA Capital has joined a $30.5 million round for Saudi Arabian B2B services marketplace Sary as part of a deepening Asia-Middle East agenda.

  • MENA
  • 07 May 2021
Japan's Samurai Incubate raises Africa fund
Japan's Samurai Incubate raises Africa fund

Japanese venture capital firm Samurai Incubate has closed its second Africa-focused fund above target at just over JPY2.02 billion ($18.6 million).

  • North Asia
  • 19 April 2021
India's PolicyBazaar raises $75m for Middle East expansion
India's PolicyBazaar raises $75m for Middle East expansion

PolicyBazaar, India’s largest insurance comparison portal, has raised $75 million from US-based Falcon Edge Capital for a Middle East expansion.

  • South Asia
  • 18 March 2021
Shariah investors in PE: Tailored exposure
Shariah investors in PE: Tailored exposure

Employees Provident Fund’s $600 million shariah-compliant co-investment mandate suggests increasing institutional appetite for Islamic finance solutions in private equity. Is the industry ready?

  • Southeast Asia
  • 16 March 2021
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