Middle East Private Equity Investor: Company Profile

Starling, owned and managed by the Jawa family, has been an active investor in private equity investments for more than two decades.

The group invests primarily through interests in limited partnership positions, in Leveraged Buyout (MBO and LBO) , Growth Capital Private Equity Funds, Expansion Capital Private Equity Funds, Seed and Early Stage Growth Capital Private Equity Funds, Expansion Capital Private Equity Funds, Seed Early Stage Venture Capital Funds and Late Stage Venture Capital Funds. The group also makes direct investments in select transactions, either independently or through co-investment positions with existing private Equity and venture capital funds.

Through its investment partnerships, Starling holds equity positions in a number of prominent companies across a broad range of industries, technologies and geographic regions, investing in all phases of development.

The company’s disciplined and discerning investment professionals perform exceptional due diligence, studying the industry to identify specific opportunities and trends. Funds are selected on a clearly defined set of criteria.

Starling’s global investments currently span North America, Europe, Asia and the Pacific Rim countries and the MENA region. In the Middle East, the group’s direct investment portfolio includes Emaar Economic City, Al Salaam Bank and RAK Petroleum–in all of which the group was a founding investor.

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