announcements - VC, Private Equity and Real Estate

It is a pleasure for us to announce that DubaiBeat.com is an official media partner of the Private Equity International Capital Connect: MENA 2012 which will be held 18-19 April 2012 at Dubai.

This re-designed conference format will bring together the engines of economic change in the Middle East, convening the leading private equity managers to meet entrepreneurs and connect with fresh capital. This year's forum will gather investors and fund managers from both local and global markets to discuss the vital role that private equity will play in the economic evolution of the region and beyond.

Among other partners of the event you can find KPMG, DIFC and CNBC Arabia. See more details and a list of speakers here.

It is a pleasure for us to announce that DubaiBeat.com is an official media partner of the ArabNet Digital Summit 2012 which will be held 27-31 March 2012 at Beirut, Lebanon.

ArabNet Digital Summit 2012 is an international digital event for 5 days featuring panel discussions, specialized workshops, competitions, networking sessions, social activities and more. The program will include Two Developer Days with technical discussions and workshops for programmers; Industry Day about how web & mobile are transforming traditional industries, like healthcare, travel and education; Two Forum Days, the largest gathering of digital business leaders in the region, covering the latest trends & technologies in web and mobile. A Community Day raising public awareness about the power of digital. Community Day is a day of free activities for students, NGOs and the general public, raising awareness about and providing training in digital technologies.

Among other partners of the event you can find Nokia, Qualcomm, Google and Microsoft. See more details and a list of speakers here

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.