United by a long-term investment approach, GPCA Members are leading private capital investors active across Asia, Latin America, Africa, CEE and the Middle East, who collectively manage more than USD2 trillion in assets. Read More… Read More
The Global Private Capital Association announced that it has added four new members to its board of directors, representing a quartet of prominent investors. Read More… Read More
The collapse of FTX has underscored a “distortion” in the venture capital market and the need for a correction across the industry, the boss of a global investment body has said. Chief of the Global Private Capital Association Cate Ambrose said the implosion of FTX, which had garnered a $32bn… Read More
The private capital investment value in the Global Private Capital Association’s markets declined 29% from the second quarter to the third quarter of 2022 to $38.8 billion from $54.5 billion, following “record-high deal activity” from 2021 through the first half of 2022. Read More… Read More
The global investment slowdown reached all regions in Q3 – echoing declines experienced in North America, Western Europe and China earlier in the year – with financial services and fintech, as well as consumer-facing segments, most affected. Still, overall PE and VC deal value in GPCA’s markets exceeded pre-pandemic levels. Read… Read More
PG says climate-related opportunities have emerged as one of the firm’s “bright spots” this year. Plus: China fundraising doesn’t appear to have been dented by 18 months of uncertainty; and Ethos Private Equity’s mid-market team is going solo. Read More… Read More
Following several years of largely dormant activity in the region, we have seen a significant resurgence in private capital investment in MENA since the beginning of 2020. Read more… Read More
Julie Ruvolo, Managing Director of Venture Capital of the Global Private Capital Association (GPCA), said that Egyptian companies raised $670 million through 67 financing deals in the first quarter of this year. Read More… Read More
The poor global economic environment is making it tough for venture capital (VC) firms in Southeast Asia to find buyers for their portfolio companies, according to investors. As public markets languish, demand from M&A buyers, private equity (PE) sponsors, and institutional investors has also declined, they said. Read More
Aliph Capital, a GCC-focused private equity fund manager that recently raised $125 million from Abu Dhabi holding company ADQ, expects to make its maiden investment deal before the end of this year. Read more… Read More
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