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Golden Gate Ventures Leads Seed Round for Singapore’s Arkadiah
Golden Gate Ventures led a seed round for Arkadiah, a Singapore-based climate tech solutions provider for nature restoration projects, with participation from The Radical Fund and Money Forward Venture Partners (HIRAC Fund). Read More
India’s SK Finance Raises ~USD160m from BPEA, Motilal Oswal, TPG and Others
SK Finance, anIndia-based NBFC for SMEs and vehicles, raised a INR13.28b (~USD160m) round from Motilal Oswal Alternates, Duro Capital, Axis Alternatives, Ananta Capital and Mirae Asset Venture Investments, as well as follow-on from Baring Private Equity India, TPG Growth and Norwest Venture Partners. Read More
AC Ventures Reaches USD210m Final Close for Fund V
AC Ventures reached a USD210m final close for its fifth fund focused on early-stage digital disruptors in Indonesia. Read More
Kenya’s Shamba Pride Kenya’s Raises USD3.7m Equity and Debt Pre-Series A
Shamba Pride, a Kenya-based online-to-offline platform for farmers, raised a USD3.7m equity and debt pre-Series A from EDFI AgriFI and Seedstars Africa Ventures. Read More
Actis-Led Consortium Acquires Telecom Tower Portfolio from Serbia’s Telekom Srbija
A consortium led by Actis acquired a tower portfolio from Telekom Srbija, a Serbia-based telecommunications operator. The deal includes 1,800 macro towers across Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro. Read More
Temasek-backed Heliconia Capital Partially Exits Vietnam’s Medical Saigon Group to KKR
Heliconia Capital, a wholly-owned unit of Temasek, partially exited Medical Saigon Group, a Vietnam-based eye hospital chain, via a sale to KKR. Read More
CEECAT Capital To Exit Turkey’s Anatolia Hospitals to Koc Holding
CEECAT Capital agreed to fully exit its 80% stake in the Turkey-based hospital chain Anatolia Hospitals through a sale to Koc Holding at an enterprise valuation of EUR110m (~USD120m). Read More
Ascent Venture Group Leads USD2.3m Seed Round for Indonesia’s DayaTani
Ascent Venture Group led a USD2.3m seed round for DayaTani, an Indonesia-based agtech platform to increase farming yields, with participation from Northstar Ventures, BRI Ventures and Gentree Fund. Read More
Ezdehar Acquires Minority Stake in Egypt’s Yodawy for USD10m
Ezdehar acquired a minority stake in Egypt-based healthcare platform Yodawy for USD10m. Read More
Horizon Capital Invests in Ukraine’s Viseven
Horizon Capital invested in Viseven, a Ukraine-based pharmaceutical marketing agency. Read More
TVM Capital Healthcare, The Fred Hallows Foundation and Rohto Pharmaceutical Invest in Vietnam’s Alina Vision
TVM Capital Healthcare, The Fred Hallows Foundation and Rohto Pharmaceutical invested in Alina Vision, a Vietnam-based eyecare services provider. Read More
Multiples Reaches USD800m Final Close for Fund IV
Multiples Alternate Asset Management reached a ~USD800m final close for its fourth fund to invest in India’s green economy, financial services, pharma & healthcare and consumer & enterprise technology sectors. Read More