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Greenstone's expansion to the DIFC reinforces its market leadership as the largest independent placement agent in the GCC. Greenstone-represented funds have raised more than $100 billion across private equity, venture capital, private credit, private real estate, secondaries, hedge funds, and infrastructure. Greenstone bridges the gap between...
10 September, 2025
Onex Corporation (TSX: ONEX) and its mid-market private equity platform ONCAP has held final close for ONCAP V, with US $1.3 billion in total commitments, including US $250 million from Onex. Finex Hong Kong Limited of Hong Kong and Greenstone Equity Partners of Dubai, UAE acted as placement agents. ONCAP said the fund has achieved several key objectives relative to...
7 April, 2025
(Dubai, UAE) Greenstone Saudi Arabia, a Saudi Arabia-based subsidiary of Greenstone Equity Partners, the largest fund placement firm in the Middle East, is pleased to announce that it has recently received approval from the Capital Market Authority of Saudi Arabia (the “CMA”) to commence operati...
6 February, 2024
(Dubai, UAE) Greenstone Equity Partners, the Middle East’s leading capital raising firm, has announced an alliance with North American real estate investment firm Trez Capital to enable investors in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region to access short-duration, income-oriented...
18 January, 2024
(Dubai, UAE) For the sixth year in a row, Greenstone Equity Partners features as a top placement firm in Preqin’s Alternative Asset Service Providers league tables. Preqin’s league tables provide a definitive ranking...
13 November, 2023
(Dubai, UAE) Industry Ventures announced the close of their Secondary X Fund with over $1.45 billion in commitments and the close of Tech Buyout II Fund with over $260 million in commitments. Industry Ventures’ Secondary X Fund is a secondaries vehicle that focuses on leading later-stage venture- capital companies, while Tech Buyout II is a hybrid fund that focuses on small s...
18 October, 2023
(Dubai, UAE) Greenstone Equity Partners , the GCC’s leading institutional-grade placement firm, is pleased to announce its strategic partnership with Rockwood Capital , a premier U.S. real estate investment firm. Rockwood has an established track record investing in real estate dating...
26 July, 2023
(Dubai, UAE) Greenstone Equity Partners , the leading licensed fund placement firm in the Middle East, today announced their successful fundraise for U.S.-based Mercato Partners ’ Traverse Fund IV, a $400 million growth fund. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Dubai, Greenstone E...
8 March, 2023
(Dubai, UAE) Pelion Venture Partners , a leading U.S. early-stage venture capital firm, has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Greenstone Equity Partners , the largest capital raising firm in the Middle East, with an objective to broaden Pelion’s GCC investor base as they raise capital...
13 February, 2023
(Dubai, UAE) Greenstone GCC Investor Insights Report 2022 findings show that GCC investors plan to increase their allocations to private equity and real estate funds in 2023 Greenstone Equity Partners today announced the public release of its first annual Greenstone GCC Investor Insights report, which represents the most comprehensive GCC-oriente...
22 November, 2022
(Dubai, UAE) For the fifth year in a row, Greenstone Equity Partners features as a top placement firm in Preqin’s Alternative Asset Service Providers league tables. Preqin’s league tables provide a definitive ranking of the leading and most influential firms in private capital. Preqin is generally recognized as the most trust...
09 November, 2022
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September 19, 2022
(Dubai, UAE) Greenstone Equity Partners , the largest independent fund placement firm in the Middle East specializing in raising capital for global alternative funds from GCC-based investors, won the award for “Best Capital Raising Firm” at the annual MEA Finance Wealth & Investment Awards. The MEA Finance Wealth and Inves...
07 October, 2022
(Dubai, UAE) Greenstone Equity Partners and aosphere have launched a strategic collaboration to provide fund managers with a comprehensive, low-cost regulatory solution for Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, the UAE, the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC), and the Ab...
30 August, 2022
(London, UK) Optimum Asset Management , a boutique real estate investment manager, has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Greenstone Equity Partners , a leading capital raising firm operating across the GCC. The partnership seeks to broaden Optimum’s investor base in the Middle Ea...
1 August, 2022
(Dubai, UAE) Paladin Capital Group announced the close of their Paladin Cyber Fund II at $372 million, exceeding their initial target of $250 million. Paladin’s Cyber Fund II is a multi-stage fund focusing on cybersecurity startups that bring innovative technologies to the market. Greensto...
June 13, 2022
(Dubai, UAE) Greenstone Equity Partners , the largest independent fund placement firm in the Middle East and leading provider of regulatory-compliant fund marketing and registration services in the GCC, won the award for “Best Risk & Compliance Implementation” at the third annual MEA Finance Banking Technology Summit & Award...
May 23, 2022
(Dubai) In an article by Institutional Investor, Greenstone Equity Partners was highlighted as the top placement agent for funds closed from the beginning of 2018 through June 30, 2019. Greenstone assisted 32 funds which attracted a total of $17.9 billion over that period, according to Preqin's December 2019 League Tables special report on Prominent Placement Agents. Pr...
December 5, 2019
(Dubai) In the wake of the Abraaj collapse, Greenstone Equity Partners observes GCC-based investors accelerating towards well-established fund managers in the U.S. and Europe, preferring to commit fund capital to safer havens in a flight to quality. Greenstone’s Chairman and CEO Alex Gemici was quoted in Bloomberg as stating: “The collapse of Abraaj has e...
August 1, 2019
(Dubai) Greenstone Equity Partners is leading the dialogue on challenges faced by bankers looking to go it alone in the Middle East. Greenstone Equity Partners' Alex Gemici , was quoted: Even if the founder has deep personal relationships within the region, clients and counterparties want to feel...
April 7, 2019
(Dubai) Greenstone Equity Partners shares it's depth and breadth of expert industry knowledge on hedge funds. Alex Gemici, Greenstone's CEO has been quoted: There has been a swing back to high quality hedge funds in recent years as investors have begun to ascribe greater value to liquidity. In asset classes such as private equity or ventur...
April 7, 2019