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Portag3 and Gradient Ventures Lead USD14m Series A+ for Mexican Fintech Fondeadora

Portag3 and existing investor Gradient Ventures led a USD14m Series A extension for Mexico-based challenger bank Fondeadora, with participation from angel investors. Gradient Ventures led the USD14m first tranche of the company’s Series A in August 2020. Read More

SHUAA Capital Leads USD50m Venture Debt Investment for UAE’s Agtech Pure Harvest Smart Farms

SHUAA Capital led a USD50m venture debt investment for UAE-based agtech Pure Harvest Smart Farms. Sancta Capital led a USD10m equity round in January 2021. Read More

Ninety One’s EAIF Provides USD34.6m in Financing to Urbasolar Project in Burkina Faso

Ninety One’s EAIF has agreed to provide EUR29m (approximately USD34.6m) in financing to Urbasolar, the developer of a 30MW solar plant in Burkina Faso. The new solar energy plant will supply all the electricity it produces to Burkina Faso’s national power utility. Read More

Derayah Ventures Leads USD7.2m Series A for Saudi Fintech Lendo

Derayah Ventures led a USD7.2m Series A for Saudi Arabia-based fintech Lendo, with participation from Seedra Ventures, Shorooq Partners, 500 Startups and Impact46. Read More

Warburg and Hillhouse Lead USD700m Series A for China’s JD Property

Warburg Pincus and Hillhouse Capital led a USD700m Series A for JD Property, the infrastructure asset management arm of China-based online retailer JD.com. Read More

Boa Vista Acquires Crescera-Backed Konduto for USD30.6m

Boa Vista has acquired 100% of Konduto, a Brazilian anti-fraud startup backed by Crescera Capital, for BRL172m (approximately USD30.6m). Read More

Openspace Reaches USD200m Final Close for Southeast Asia VC Fund

Openspace Ventures has reached a USD200m final close for its third Southeast Asia VC fund targeting Series A and B rounds for companies in the B2C and B2B technology sectors. Read More

Tencent, Centurium Capital and ZWC Partners Invest USD139m Series D for Chinese E-Signature Specialist Fadada

Tencent Holdings, Centurium Capital and ZWC Partners have invested a CNY900m (approximately USD139m) Series D for Fadada, a China-based e-signature and cloud contract service provider. Read More

Ares SSG Acquires Altico Capital India for USD380m

Hong Kong-based stressed asset specialist Ares SSG has acquired real estate lending firm Altico Capital India for INR28b (~USD380m). Read More

XP Asset Management Invests USD8.7m Debt in Brazilian Fintech Acqio

XP Asset Management has invested BRL50m (approximately USD8.7m) in a convertible debt round for Brazil-based fintech Acqio. Read More

BlackRock Partially Exits South Korean E-Commerce Platform Coupang via ~USD4.5b IPO

BlackRock Private Equity Partners has partially exited its stake in South Korea-based e-commerce platform Coupang via the company’s ~USD4.55b IPO on the Nasdaq. BlackRock sold approximately 26.6m shares at a price of USD35 per share for an aggregate USD931m. Other existing investors include SoftBank, Sequoia Capital, Greenoaks Capital and others. Read More

L Catterton Lists SPAC on Nasdaq and Raises USD250m

L Catterton Asia Acquisition, a consumer-focused SPAC launched by L Catterton Asia, has raised USD250m in its IPO on the Nasdaq under the symbol LCAAU. Read More