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Alpha JWC Ventures and White Star Capital Lead USD30m Series B for Singapore’s Una Brands
Alpha JWC Ventures and White Star Capital led a USD30m Series B for Una Brands, a Singapore-based e-commerce aggregator. Read More
CrossBoundary To Invest USD60m in ENGIE Energy Access for Nigerian Mini-Grid Project
CrossBoundary Energy Access agreed to provide USD60m in project financing to energy developer ENGIE Energy Access for the construction of mini-grids that will provide electricity to 150,000 people in Nigeria. The project will also receive a performance-based grant funded by the World Bank and administered by the Rural Electrification Agency and the Nigeria Electrification Project. Read More
Nclude and Plus Venture Capital Leads USD1.5m Pre-Seed Round for Egypt’s Partment
Nclude and Plus Venture Capital (+VC) led a USD1.5m pre-seed round for Partment, an Egypt-based vacation home co-ownership platform. Read More
Serena Ventures Leads USD12.3m Equity and Debt Round for Uganda’s Numida
Serena Ventures led a USD12.3m equity and debt round for YC-backed Numida, a Uganda-based lender to small businesses, with participation from Breega, 4Di Capital, Launch Africa, Soma Capital and Y Combinator. Read More
Dymon Asia Private Equity Reaches USD650m Final Close for Third Private Equity Fund
Dymon Asia Private Equity reached a USD650m final close for its third private equity fund, Dymon Asia Private Equity Fund III, focused on privatizations, management buyouts and growth capital investments in Southeast Asia. Read More
Kandeo Asset Management and CrossRegional Partners Invest in Colombia’s Liquitech
Kandeo Asset Management and CrossRegional Partners invested in Liquitech, a Colombia-based factoring platform for SMEs. Read More
ArcTern Ventures Leads ~USD15.7m Round for Czech Republic’s Woltair
ArcTern Ventures led a EUR16.3m (~USD15.7m) round for Woltair, a Czech Republic-based provider of residential energy solutions, with participation from Westly Group, Aternus, Kaya VC, Inven Capital and Movens Capital. Read More
Crescera To Acquire ~10.6% of Brazil’s Vitru for ~USD56m
Crescera agreed to acquire a ~10.6% stake in Brazil-based, US-listed higher education platform Vitru for BRL300m (~USD56m). Read More
Torrent Pharma To Acquire 100% of India’s Curatio Healthcare for ~USD245m; ChrysCapital, Sequoia Capital India To Exit
Torrent Pharma agreed to acquire 100% of India-based cosmetic dermatology provider Curatio Healthcare for INR20b (~USD245m); ChrysCapital and Sequoia Capital India will exit. Read More
GIC, LINE Lead USD265m Series B for Thailand’s Line Man Wongnai
GIC and LINE led a USD265m Series B for Line Man Wongnai, a Thailand-based e-commerce and delivery platform, with participation from BRV Capital Management, PTT Oil and Retail, Bualuang Ventures and Taiwan Mobile. Read More
China-Belgium Direct Equity Investment Fund and China-US Green Fund Lead ~USD308m Series B for China’s Lihao Semiconductor
China-Belgium Direct Equity Investment Fund and China-US Green Fund led a CNY2.2b (~USD308m) Series B for Lihao Semiconductor, a China-based manufacturer of semiconductor materials, with participation from Harvest Capital, Zhejiang United Investment Group (ZUIG), Changjiang Securities Innovation Investment, V Fund, Oceanpine Capital and others. Read More
Goldman Sachs-backed Global Compute Infrastructure and Southern Cross Group To Invest in Colombia’s Data Horizon Americas
Goldman Sachs-backed Global Compute Infrastructure and Southern Cross Group agreed to invest in Colombia-based data center property developer Data Horizon Americas. Read More