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Samena

Samena Capital is a principal investment group established in 2008 and based in Dubai, concentrating on the Subcontinent, Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. The firm has successfully raised approximately $1.1 billion in assets and has achieved around $500 million in returns from over 40 full and partial exits. Currently, Samena Capital oversees total capital commitments of about $700 million, employing three main investment strategies: private equity, direct investments, and credit. Additionally, the firm manages the Samena Special Situations Fund III, a restructuring fund launched in 2017, which specifically targets investments in the Indian subcontinent and Asia.
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Haitham Abdulkarim

Vice President, Investor Relations

Mudit Bali

Senior Vice President, Private Equity

Ankit Bengani

Senior Vice President

Siddharth Bhargava

Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, SC India Manager Private Limited

Vincent Chan

Senior Managing Director and Head of Asia

Markus Federle Ph.D

Senior Managing Director, General Counsel and Head of Group Compliance

Chetan Gupta

Managing Director, Private Equity

Pavan Gupte

Managing Director

Grant Harding

Group Finance and Operations Director

Ramiz Hasan

Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer, Director and Member of Executive Committee

Sara Abou Khalil

Associate, Investor relations

Kenyon Lee

Managing Director, Private Equity

Barney Lu

Associate, Private Equity

Wassim Moukahhal

Managing Director, Private Equity

Bechara Nasr

SVP

Dushyant Sahani

Associate, Private Equity

Shirish Saraf

Co-Founder, Executive Vice Chairman and Board Member

Michael Schmidt

Managing Director, Private Equity

Ashita Shenoy

Senior Associate - Private Equity

Maral Sivzattian

Senior Associate, Private Equity

Suraj Warrier

Senior Vice President, Credit

James Yu

Vice President, Private Equity

Past deals in Lebanon

Anghami

Series B in 2016
Anghami is a music streaming app providing unlimited Arabic and International music to stream and download for offline mode. Anghami is designed for the Middle-East and North Africa providing the largest music catalog of licensed content from the major Arabic labels such as Rotana, Melody, Mazzika, Platinum Records and many other indies. It also features the international majors EMI, Sony, Warner and Universal. Anghami is largest digital music venture ever in the Middle-East funded by multiple VC firms.