Sep 24, 2014 | MENA, News
ISTANBUL, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Turkey’s Yildiz Holding, which owns food maker Ulker Biskuvi, said on Wednesday that it was interested investing in British snacks producer United Biscuits. Yildiz made the statement in a filing to the Istanbul stock exchange...
Sep 11, 2014 | MENA, News
LONDON/DUBAI, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Dubai private equity firm Ithmar Capital has sold a 7.3 percent stake in Al Noor Hospitals for 10.30 pounds per share, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday, in a deal worth 87.55 million pounds ($142 million). *...
Aug 26, 2014 | MENA, News
Turkey’s Iyzico, which provides a platform to let e-commerce sites and other apps easily accept online payments (and can be thought of as the ‘Stripe of Turkey’), has raised a $1.4 million series B round. The funding was led by Turkish VC 212 Invest, along with...
Aug 21, 2014 | China, East Asia, MENA, News, Western Europe
JERUSALEM, Aug 21 (Reuters) Aug 21 (Reuters) – The Catalyst CEL Fund said on Thursday it had agreed to invest $42 million in Lamina Technologies, a Swiss-based maker of metal-cutting tools. The fund said it would invest $10 million of new capital into Lamina,...
Jul 15, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, MENA, News, Russia
Moscow Times July 15, 2014 Turkish companies are planning to build a five-star hotel complex in Makhachkala, the capital of Russia’s restive southern region of Dagestan, at a price of more than $100 million. Named Sarir after a medieval kingdom that once resided...
