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Befor Capital Reaches Combined USD106.8m First Close Across China VC Funds

Chinese VC Befor Capital has reached a USD76.3m first close for Fund III and a USD30.5m first close for Fund IV. Befor invests in the consumption upgrade, advanced technology, and modern services fields in China. Read More

Sanlam Reaches Second Close for SME Debt Fund and Invests in Three South African Business

Sanlam Investments has reached a second close for its SME Debt Fund, adding ZAR100m (approximately USD6.6m) to the ZAR250m (approximately USD16.6m) raised in September 2020. The SME Debt Fund has committed ZAR110m (approximately USD7.3m) in debt relief to three South Africa-based businesses: non-banking financial institutions Mettle Administrative Services and Retail Capital, and black-owned specialist retailer Oilstar. Read More

TLcom Leads USD3.75m Series A for Kenyan Healthtech Ilara Health

TLcom Capital led a USD3.75m Series A for Kenya-based healthtech Ilara Health, with participation from DOB Equity, Global Ventures, and Chandaria Capital. Read More

Quona Leads USD21m Series B for Indian Agtech Arya

Quona Capital led a USD21m Series B for Arya, an India-based agtech focused on post-harvest services for farmers, with participation from Omnivore and LGT Lightstone Aspada. Read More

Ethos Secures Advisory Contract for Ninety One’s Africa PE Funds

Ethos Private Equity has secured an advisory contract to manage Ninety One’s Africa Private Equity Fund I and Fund II, effective on December 15, 2020. Ninety One will maintain control and oversight of the portfolio, while Ethos will oversee the day-to-day management of the assets. The two Ninety One funds hold seven assets in Africa across sectors including telecommunications, retail,… Read More

Enterprise Investors Invests USD30.5m in Poland’s Software Mind

Enterprise Investors invested EUR25m (approximately USD30.5m) for 50.2% stake in Polish Software Company Software Mind. Read More

CVC Invests USD124m in Philippines Logistics Company Fast Group

CVC Capital Partners invested PHP6b (approximately USD124m) for a 40% stake in Philippines third-party logistics company Fast Group. Read More

CVC to Acquire Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Green Towers in USD700m Deal

CVC Capital has agreed to acquire Myanmar-based telecom tower company Irrawaddy Green Tower in a deal reportedly valued at USD700m. Read More

India Alternatives Partially Exits Indian Credit Information Company TransUnion CIBIL for USD46m

India Alternatives has partially exited its 2.9% stake in India-based credit information company TransUnion CIBIL via a USD46m sale to Malaysian sovereign fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad. Read More

PE-Backed Chinese E-Commerce Company Pop Mart Makes Hong Kong Trading Debut with USD674m IPO

Sequoia Capital China-, China Renaissance Group-, and Loyal Valley Capital-backed Pop Mart International Group, a Chinese fashion toy retailer, completed a USD674m IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Read More

BCIE to Invest up to USD50m in Infrastructure Fund Targeting Central America

Banco Centroamericano de Integracion Economica (BCIE) will invest up to USD50m in Fondo de Capital Privado de Infraestructura para el Desarrollo de Centroamerica (KorBCIE) to target infrastructure projects in Central America. Read More

Karma Ventures and BlackFin Lead USD4m Seed Round for Estonian Core Banking Platform Modularbank

Karma Ventures and BlackFin Capital Partners led a USD4m late seed round for Estonia-based core banking platform Modularbank, with participation from Plug and Play Ventures, Siena Capital, and former Twilio and Skype CTO Ott Kaukver. Read More