Shorooq, the 'Blackstone of the Middle East' wants to shake up global finance

  • Often dubbed the "Blackstone of the Middle East", UAE venture capital firm Shorooq Partners has bigger ambitions to be a "Shorooq for the world" by being a "multi-dimensional" investor. Bilal Baloch, Partner at Shorooq talks more about how it's expanding beyond venture capital to private credit, why Saudi Arabia is key to its strategy, and its next big bet - in AI.