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Middle East Private Equity Activity: H1 2025 Roundup

September 22, 2025
By Tim Nixon, Fadi Chedid, Oliver Twinam & Sam Lings

The region’s private equity market is maturing, as measured by the share of exits increasing, converging to that of the U.S.

While exit activity has historically been driven by larger Software & IT deals, we expect an increase in diversity driven by markets maturing further.

Released capital from exits is expected to continue supporting re-investment into Private Equity activity across the region.

Key Outcomes:
  • Capital Redistribution: Exit proceeds return to LPs, replenishing their available capital and supporting appetite for further PE investments
  • Fundraising Enablement: Realized exits strengthen GP track records, directly supporting efforts to raise subsequent rounds of funding
  • Secondary Market Liquidity: Higher exit volumes supply deal flow into secondary markets, growing liquidity and transaction options

As we therefore expect, 2025 deal flow appears to be outpacing 2024, indicating regional Private Equity activity is continuing to rebound.

Teneo’s Management Consulting team supports local and international investors throughout the asset lifecycle with a range of services.

The views and opinions in these articles are solely of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of Teneo. They are offered to stimulate thought and discussion and not as legal, financial, accounting, tax or other professional advice or counsel.

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