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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
TLCom and Partech Lead USD20m Series A for Nigeria’s Vendease
TLCom and Partech led a USD20m Series A for Vendease, a Nigeria-based supplies procurement and financial services platform for restaurants, with participation from VentureSouq, Hustle Fund, Hack VC, GFR Fund, Kube VC and Magic Fund. Vendease also secured an additional USD10m in debt financing. Read More
Gaja Capital Leads ~USD26m Round for India’s Signzy
Gaja Capital led a INR2.1b (~USD26m) round for Signzy, an India-based digital banking services provider, with participation from Mastercard, Kalaari Capital and Stellaris Venture Partners, as well as follow-on from Vertex Ventures and Arkam Ventures. Read More
Temasek Leads USD40m Series B2 for China’s Well-Link Technologies
Temasek led a USD40m Series B2 for Well-Link Technologies, a China-based provider of real-time cloud rendering solutions, with follow-on from Future Capital and CDH Venture and Growth Capital (VGC). Read More
Temasek Leads USD85m Round for India’s Molbio Diagnostics
Temasek invested USD85m in Molbio Diagnostics, an India-based PCR testing platform for infectious diseases. Read More