Company Insights Investcorp Banking and Finance Investcorp News Real Estate Bahrain’s Investcorp to spend $1bn on real estate across GCC Investcorp is planning to invest up to $1 billion in the GCC real estate market over the next five years, it said on Tuesday. The Bahrain-based company’s announcement follows its first property acquisition in Saudi Arabia: a 215,000-sq-ft temperature-controlled warehouse in Dammam. Investcorp is assessing $100 million worth of potential real estate investments in the […] January 10, 2023 Banking and Finance Investcorp targets mid-sized buys in $500m China investment push The Bahrain-based asset manager has launched a fund with Hong Kong's Fung Capital, to snap up family-owned firms with growth potential November 29, 2022 Analysis MENA startup valuations take a hit as funding tightens Funding for startups in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has continued to decline this year, in line with global trends, but industry experts remain optimistic that the end of the year will see a resurgence. The tightening of cash has also meant investors are looking for increasingly bigger stakes, resulting in startup valuations […] October 18, 2022 EXCLUSIVE Banking and Finance Bahrain’s Investcorp plans three Saudi deals this year Investcorp plans to pump millions into at least three companies by the end of this year under its Saudi Pre-IPO Growth Fund, a senior executive has told AGBI. The first of the three planned deals is with TruKKer Holding, a Riyadh-based digital freight company often referred to as “the Uber of lorries” in the Middle […] September 12, 2022 Banking and Finance After a slow start, Gulf firms are winning at ESG As the world’s largest producer of hydrocarbons, the Middle East region has been slow to adopt environmental social governance (ESG) practices. But momentum is picking up, according to industry experts. “It’s fair to say that the Middle East is considered somewhat behind the curve on ESG,” said Jessica Robinson, senior advisor for ESG and sustainability […] June 1, 2022 Posts navigation Previous 1 … 5 6
Real Estate Bahrain’s Investcorp to spend $1bn on real estate across GCC Investcorp is planning to invest up to $1 billion in the GCC real estate market over the next five years, it said on Tuesday. The Bahrain-based company’s announcement follows its first property acquisition in Saudi Arabia: a 215,000-sq-ft temperature-controlled warehouse in Dammam. Investcorp is assessing $100 million worth of potential real estate investments in the […] January 10, 2023
Banking and Finance Investcorp targets mid-sized buys in $500m China investment push The Bahrain-based asset manager has launched a fund with Hong Kong's Fung Capital, to snap up family-owned firms with growth potential November 29, 2022
Analysis MENA startup valuations take a hit as funding tightens Funding for startups in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has continued to decline this year, in line with global trends, but industry experts remain optimistic that the end of the year will see a resurgence. The tightening of cash has also meant investors are looking for increasingly bigger stakes, resulting in startup valuations […] October 18, 2022
EXCLUSIVE Banking and Finance Bahrain’s Investcorp plans three Saudi deals this year Investcorp plans to pump millions into at least three companies by the end of this year under its Saudi Pre-IPO Growth Fund, a senior executive has told AGBI. The first of the three planned deals is with TruKKer Holding, a Riyadh-based digital freight company often referred to as “the Uber of lorries” in the Middle […] September 12, 2022
Banking and Finance After a slow start, Gulf firms are winning at ESG As the world’s largest producer of hydrocarbons, the Middle East region has been slow to adopt environmental social governance (ESG) practices. But momentum is picking up, according to industry experts. “It’s fair to say that the Middle East is considered somewhat behind the curve on ESG,” said Jessica Robinson, senior advisor for ESG and sustainability […] June 1, 2022
