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Gulf Capital Leads Investment in Egypt’s Vezeeta
Gulf Capital led an undisclosed investment in Vezeeta, an Egypt-based healthtech offering appointment booking and practice management solutions, with participation from VNV Global. Read More
Hong Kong’s Airwallex Raises a USD100m Series E2
Hong Kong-based fintech Airwallex raised a USD100m Series E2 from existing investors Square Peg, Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia Capital China, Lone Pine Capital, Hermitage Capital, 1835i Ventures and Tencent. Read More
Women’s World Banking and IDC Ventures Lead USD12m Series B for Peru’s and Mexico’s Tienda Pago
Women’s World Banking Asset Management and IDC Ventures led a USD12m Series B for Tienda Pago, a Peru- and Mexico-based provider of working capital to small retailers, withparticipation from Alumni Fund and follow-on from KASZEK, QED Investors, Agrega Partners, Accion Venture Lab and Oiko Credit. Read More
DILA Capital Leads USD20m Series B for Colombia’s Elenas
DILA Capital led a USD20m Series B for Elenas, a Colombia-based social commerce platform, with participation from FJ Labs, Endeavour Catalyst, IDB Lab, Broadhaven Ventures, Mercado Libre, Grupo Bolívar and Leo Capital. Read More
Inflexor Ventures Leads ~USD1m Pre-Series A for BioPrime
Inflexor Ventures led a INR90m (~USD1m) pre-Series A for India-based agricultural biologicals developer BioPrime AgriSolutions, with follow-on from Omnivore. Read More
BroadStream Capital Leads USD10m+ Series C1 for China’s PhotonIC
Broadstream Capital led a USD10m+ Series C1 for PhotonIC Technologies, a China-based designer of semiconductors for cloud, 5G and photonic-sensing interfaces, with participation from ICY Capital and Walden International. Read More
GL Ventures Leads USD1.4m+ Pre-Series A+ for China’s Huiye Technology
GL Ventures led a CNY10m+ (USD1.4m+)pre-Series A+ for Huiye Technology, a China-based AI virtual character developer and service provider, with participation from Shunwei Capital. Read More
Motilal Oswal Invests ~USD27m in India’s Asian Footwears
Motilal Oswal Alternate Investment Advisors acquired a minority stake in India-based shoe retailer Asian Footwears for INR2.25b (~USD27m). Read More
Broadstream Capital Leads USD10m Series C1 for China’s PhotonIC Technologies
Broadstream Capital led a ~USD10m Series C1 for PhotonIC Technologies, a China-based optoelectronic integrated circuit chips provider, with participation from ICY Capital and Walden International. Read More
Warburg Pincus To Acquire India’s Vistaar Finance for USD300m; WestBridge, Elevar, Omidyar and Saama Capital to Exit
Warburg Pincus agreed to acquire a majority stake in Vistaar Finance, an India-based non-banking financial company (NBFC) that lends to SMEs, for a reported USD300m. The deal will facilitate exits for WestBridge Capital, Elevar Equity, Omidyar Network and Saama Capital. Read more here and h Read More
Softbank Vision Fund II Leads USD100m+ Series D for China’s SprintRay
Softbank Vision Fund II led a USD100m+ Series D for SprintRay, a China-based 3D printer manufacturer focused on digital dentistry, with participation from Yiheng Capital and ZWC Partners, and follow-on from CDBI Partners and Marathon Venture Partners. Read More
DOMO Invest Invests ~USD1.3m in Brazil’s Nobli
DOMO Invest invested BRL7m (~USD1.3m) in Nobli, a Brazil-based securities-based lending fintech, with participation from Redpoint eventures. Read More