announcements - VC, Private Equity and Real Estate

We have just released our latest update to DubaiBeat's "Directory of Venture Capital and Private Equity in the Middle East". Now a total of 406 Middle Eastern investment firms and 836 contacts from those firms are listed in our investors directory.

This update is released in line with our regular enhancements to the directory. The last major updates have been released on Sep-2009, Jan-2010, Mar-2010 and Jan-2011.

As before, since the volume of the directory has increased rapidly - now a whopping 128 pages -, we are also including the raw Excel files of all 406 firms and 836 contacts. (At the moment the raw Excel files are free when you order the directory. So order and download now!)

It is a pleasure for us to announce that DubaiBeat.com is an official media partner of the Middle East Investments Summit 2011 which will be held 23-24 November 2011 at Park Hyatt Dubai, UAE.

The Middle East Investments Summit 2011 offers a unique format for sponsors to gain access to the leading institutional investors in MENA region. Over two days, sponsors will meet and interact with senior investment executives through a number of the one-to-one meetings and many networking activities.

Among other partners of the event you can find Banker Middle East, Zawya, GSN, and MENA Fund Manager. More details here.

It is a pleasure for us to announce that DubaiBeat.com is an official media partner of the TMT Finance & Investment Middle East 2011 which will be held 9-10 May 2011 at The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre, Dubai.

TMT Finance & Investment Middle East is an international conference for financial and strategic decision makers in the telecom, media and technology sectors. The conference features 10 key panel debates on Global Telecom Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Raising Finance; Leadership Strategy; Regulation; Infrastructure Sharing; Broadband and Telecom Growth Drivers.

Among other partners of the event you can find Thomson Reuters, PWC and Booz & Company.

It is a pleasure for us to announce that DubaiBeat.com is an official media partner of the 3rd Latin America Mid-East Investors Forum 2011 which will be held 9-10 May 2011 at Park Rotana, Abu Dhabi.

LA-MEIF will bring together delegations of Latin America’s corporate and financial leaders with potential investors and business partners from across GCC and greater Middle East.

Among other partners of the event you can find CNBC Arabia and Oxford Business Group.

It is a pleasure for us to announce that DubaiBeat.com is an official media partner of the FCF German Industry Capital Markets Day 2011 which will be held on 4th April 2011 at Yas Island Abu Dhabi.

The Germany Industry Day will uniquely connect the executive management of 16 “Premier League Companies” from Germany, Switzerland and Austria (“GSA”) with a selected group of institutional and high net-worth / family investors and industry experts from the Middle East.

The German Industry Day features 16 company presentations followed by the opportunity to meet for one-on-one dialogs with the presenting executives as well as an industry panel discussion on food and water industrial trends Expert panel speakers will discuss technological developments and the investment environment in this industry.

Find more information about the event on its website. (Investors register for Free!)