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Impact46 Leads USD6.5m Series A for Saudi Fintech Hala
Impact46, through its Impact46 Growth Fund, led a USD6.5m Series A for Saudi Arabia-based fintech Hala, with participation from Wamda and strategic investors. Read More
Imperii Capital and Angels Invest USD1.2m Pre-Seed Round for Armenian Crypto Portfolio Management Platform CoinStats
Imperii Capital and angel investors have invested a USD1.2m pre-seed round for Armenia-based cryptocurrency portfolio management platform CoinStats. Read More
Temasek Leads USD50m Round for Chinese Container Trucking Platform Duckbill
Temasek led a USD50m round for China-based container trucking platform Duckbill, with participation from Pavilion, Future Capital, Discovery Fund, Shunwei Capital, Furong Capital and Zip Capital. Read More
BeeNext, Qualgro and Insignia Invest Pre-Series A+ for Vietnamese Edtech Edmicro
BeeNext, Qualgro and existing investor Insignia Venture Partners have invested an undisclosed pre-Series A extension for Vietnam-based edtech Edmicro. Read More
TPG Growth Leads USD125m Series C for India’s Stelis Biopharma
TPG Growth led a USD125m Series C for Stelis Biopharma, the biopharmaceutical unit of Mumbai-listed Strides Pharma Science, with participation from Route One, Think Investments and Mankekar Family. Strides also announced that Stelis closed a USD70m Series B, bringing total capital raised across the latest funding rounds to USD195m. Read More
Affirma Capital and IFC Partially Exit India’s Craftsman Automation via IPO
Affirma Capital and IFC have partially exited their stakes in India-based automotive component and precision engineering company Craftsman Automation via the company’s INR8.2b (~USD113m) IPO on the NSE and BSE. Affirma and IFC sold 1.55m and 1.4m shares for INR2.32b (~USD32m) and INR2.1b (~USD29m), respectively. Read More
Patria SPAC Files for USD250m IPO
Patria Acquisition, a SPAC formed by Patria Investimentos targeting Latin American companies, has filed to raise up to USD250m in an IPO on the Nasdaq. Read More
DILA Capital SPAC Files for USD50m IPO
DILA Capital Acquisition, a SPAC formed by DILA Capital targeting tech-enabled sectors in Latin America, has filed to raise up to USD50m in an IPO on the Nasdaq under the symbol DILAU. Read More
Homebrew Leads USD3.3m Round for Mexican B2B Payments Company Higo
Homebrew led a USD3.3m round for Higo, a Mexico-based B2B payments company focused on SMEs, with participation from Susa Ventures, Haystack and J Ventures. Read More
Better Tomorrow, 1982 Ventures, Others Invest Seed Round for Indonesian Fintech Brick
Better Tomorrow, PT Prasetia Dwidharma, 1982 Ventures, Antler and Rally Cap Ventures have invested an undisclosed seed round for Indonesia-based financial API provider Brick. The round also saw participation from angel investors including Shefali Roy (TrueLayer), Kunal Shah (Cred), Reynold Wijaya (Modalku), Quek Siu Rui (Carousell) and the founders of Nium, Xfers, Aspire, BukuWarung, ZenRooms and CareemPay. Read More
CMB International and Tiantu Capital Lead USD300m Series D for Chinese Ingredients Supplier Guoquan
CMB International and Tiantu Capital led a USD300m Series C for China-based hot pot ingredients supplier Guoquan Shihui. Read More
Eximius Ventures Reaches USD10m Final Close for Debut India VC Fund
Eximius Ventures has reached a USD10m final close for its maiden fund, a micro VC vehicle targeting early-stage investments in the edtech, healthtech, fintech, gaming, B2B, SaaS and online media sectors in India. Read More