MEVP Funding, a member of the Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) Group announced that it has actually obtained its Category 3C license from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to operate as a DFSA Authorized Firm. MEVP Capital is just one of the first DFSA-licensed Venture Capital (VC) Possession Supervisors in the United Arab Emirates. This considerable step validates that MEVP is running within the new Equity capital regulative structure revealed by the UAE Government in 2014.

Over the past 5 years, the Venture Capital industry has grown enormously in the region as a key provider for resources purchased start-ups and growth-stage organisations, contributing to the acceleration of overall economic development. However, the VC industry has actually been mainly self-regulated. Because of this, the UAE government recently established coverage and operational principles that would certainly guarantee a minimum standard of governance for the Venture Capital industry along with develop a safe, eye-catching, innovative and affordable investment environment.

Walid Hanna, MEVP Founder and CEO, said: "MEVP is the VC veteran in the region and has actually been pioneering ideal operating and governance practices since 2010. MEVP has a task to lead the way right into regulating the VC industry by releasing MEVP Capital, one of the first licensed VC property managers. We anticipate all other reputable VCs to adhere to in our footprints and seek to be licensed; this would certainly be in the very best passions of the whole VC ecosystem.

Arif Amiri, Chief Executive Officer of DIFC Authority, said: "DIFC is welcome MEVP, among the region's most introducing Venture Capital firms to the Centre. Business like MEVP Capital are necessary in regards to further enhancing the thorough community in DIFC. They invest in and assistance launch like those from the FinTech Hive at DIFC, and then that has actually helped Dubai come to be acknowledged as one of the world's top 10 FinTech centers."

The DFSA Category 3C permit establishes an extensive framework for improved risk management, improved reporting and full KYC and AML compliance. Running within the Classification 3C certificate boosts investor self-confidence and will certainly enable MEVP Capital to solicit Limited Partner dedications from a wider pool of capitalists, especially from global Institutional capitalists who can only transact with controlled VC Property Managers.

Walid Hanna included: "The VC field is a riskier asset course and investors will gain from a regulative framework that secures their civil liberties and offers them transparency. Equity capital firms, capitalists, business owners and other stakeholders in the VC industry see law as a favorable step as the industry matures. Eventually, MEVP intends to develop a self-sustainable start-up environment that will place the UAE and the MENA region, as an attractive investment hub for global investors."

MEVP recently announced the launch of its 3rd MENA Venture Capital fund, the Middle East Venture Fund III (MEVF III). MEVF III will certainly purchase innovative Collection B and growth-stage innovation business in the MENA region consisting of Turkey. The target fund dimension of US$ 250 million placements MEVFIII as one of minority independent Equity capital funds efficient in devoting considerable capital to fuel the development demands of modern technology companies in the region.