International Data Corporation / Bahrain Development Bank / GCC Energy Fund / Ithmar Capital / MENA Investment Promotion Agencies / VCBank / Research Studies Press Ltd. / Venture Capital Goes Global / Dubai International Financial Corporation / Foreign Venture Capital Seeking Potential Investments / IBM / Venture Capital / Family Owned Enterprises / Cisco Systems / Oracle / Abraaj Capital / 2nd Public Company / VC Bank / Global Emerging Markets Group / HP / Compaq / SMEs / Microsoft / Venture Capital Bank / Islamic Finance / /
Continent
Europe / AFRICA / Asia / /
Country
Bahrain / Egypt / Kenya / United Kingdom / Israel / Germany / Saudi Arabia / Italy / Oman / Tunisia / United Arab Emirates / Kuwait / Qatar / Jordan / Austria / United States / Syria / Morocco / Lebanon / /
Currency
USD / EUR / / /
Event
Reorganization / Funding / M&A / /
Facility
Bahrain Business Incubator Center / University of Bocconi / /
IndustryTerm
regulatory infrastructure / bank finance / technology players / insurance / legal and technical services / finance industry / finance / high-tech knowledge firms / finance cluster / bank / financial services / high technology industry / real estate sectors / high tech sector / adequate finance / insurance sector / technology clusters / oil prices / high tech bubble / technology products / venture capital / appropriate solution / business angels networks / high tech regional / transmission chain / technology boom / equity finance / capital finance needs / regulatory systems / oil / bank-based financial systems / high-tech enterprises / Internet City / finance networks / retail investment / debt finance / technology hot-spots / technology tie-up / technology intensive industries / high technology investment / technology forums / technology hotbed / /
NaturalFeature
Valley of Death / Arabian Gulf / /
Organization
International Monetary Fund / US Department of Commerce / Bahrain Business Incubator Center Bahrain Business Incubator Center / Arab Private Equity Association / United Nations Industrial Development Organization / British Venture Capital Association / OECD / UAE government / Finance Ministry / Union of Arab Banks / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development / University of Bocconi / Gulf Venture Capital Association / European Union / Saudi VC Fund / Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority / Gulf Co-operation Council / European Venture Capital Association / Pension Fund Commission / International Trade Administration / European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association / National Venture Capital Association / World Bank / Emerging Markets Private Equity Association / Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship / General Organisation for Social Insurance / /
Person
MENA PE / Alissa Koldertsova / Amr Al Dabbagh / Alexander Böhmer / / /
MENA INVESTMENT POLICY BRIEF ISSUE 1, APRIL 2006 VENTURE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT IN MENA COUNTRIES – TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE CURRENT OPPORTUNITY