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Eni profit falls due to dip in oil prices

Q2 net profit fell by 18% to $637 million.

Emirates NBD H1 profit $3.40bn

Total income rose by 12 percent in the same period.

ADIB H1 pre-tax profit $1.08bn

Q2 pre-tax net profit increases by 14 percent.

AstraZeneca to invest $50bn in US

Bulk of funds to go into a Virginia manufacturing center.

UAB net profit up by 50% for H1

Total assets increase by 11 percent.

STV takes part in 30 percent of all Saudi start-up funding rounds

    • The company also took part in 20 percent startup funding in the Middle East

    • STV is considering launching a second fund to invest in the growth of emerging companies

    Saudi Technology Ventures (STV), the venture capital arm of Saudi Telecom, took part in 30 percent of all start-up funding rounds in Saudi Arabia and 20 percent in the wider Middle East in recent years.

    The company Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Abdelrahman Tarabzouni, was by quoted by Asharq on Thursday as saying that STV, founded in 2017, invested in 12 funding rounds in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East during the past nine months, compared with seven rounds during the previous two years, The venture capital firm, which currently has a portfolio of $500 million, is considering launching a second fund to invest in the growth of emerging companies and lead advanced rounds in them. “Investments are now under study more than ever, and we are excited about the real estate sector,” he said.

    There is an opportunity to create four or five  unicorn companies in the real estate sector during the next year at about $8 billion, he said.

    Studies conducted by STV showed that there is an opportunity to create 40 unicorn companies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Saudi Arabia will have the lion’s share of these companies.