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WAMEX Announces the Final Closing of its Mexico PE Fund MIF II at US$160 Million (Latin America)
Mexico City-based WAMEX Private Equity has announced the final closing of its second growth equity fund MIF II with US$160 million in total commitments. While WAMEX raised the majority of commitments from Mexico’s pension funds, it has secured additional commitments for MIF II from institutional investors, including family offices, insurance companies and high net-worth individuals, through a parallel partnership. To… Read More
TalentSprint Raises Series A Funding from Nexus Venture Partners (Asia)
TalentSprint, an India-based skills development and training company, has raised INR200 million (roughly US$3.7 million) in Series A equity funding from Indian venture capital firm Nexus Venture Partners. TalentSprint offers employability programs to young professionals using experiential learning and iPEARL, its proprietary technology platform. With learning facilities in Hyderabad and Chennai, TalentSprint aspires to train 500,000 college graduates by 2020.… Read More
Ciklum is Horizon Capital’s First Investment in the IT Sector (CEE/CIS)
Horizon Capital, a private equity fund manager focused on mid-cap companies in Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, has acquired a minority stake in Ciklum, an information technology (IT) company based in Ukraine, through its Emerging Europe Growth Fund II (EEGF II). The deal marks Horizon Capital’s first investment in the IT sector. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. Read More
212 Capital Partners Announces Investment in CloudArena (CEE/CIS)
212 Capital Partners, a Turkey-focused venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, has announced its fifth investment of the year in CloudArena, which specializes in “Software as a Service” solutions to the hospitality industry. Separately, 212 Capital Partners announced an investment in Hazinem.com, an online jewelry store. Financial details for the transactions were not disclosed. Read More
PineBridge Investments and Integer.pl Make EUR108 Million Joint Investment (CEE/CIS)
Global multi-asset class investment manager PineBridge Investments and Polish postal group Integer.pl Group have announced a joint investment to develop and roll-out a parcel system called EasyPack in Europe and CIS countries. Already operating in Poland and Russia, EasyPack enables the sending and collecting of packages 24 hours a day. PineBridge Investments plans to invest EUR50 million in the project,… Read More
China’s CDB Raises US$1.4 Billion for Private Equity Fund (Asia)
CDB Capital, the fund management arm of China Development Bank, has reportedly raised RMB9 billion (approximately US$1.4 billion) for a private equity fund of funds. The CDB Guochuang Kaiyuan Private Equity Fund of Funds is targeting RMB10 billion in total commitments. The fund is part of the Guochuang Fund of Funds, created in December 2010 by CDB Capital and Chinese… Read More
CapMan Invests in Top League (CEE/CIS)
CapMan Russia, a Russian private equity fund managed by CapMan, has acquired a minority stake in local sporting goods retail chain Top League. The chain currently consists of 55 stores located in 16 cities in the Southern, North-Caucasus and Central Federal Districts of Russia. The funding will be used to accelerate the company’s expansion across Russia over the next few… Read More
SAIF and Accel Lead Second Round of Funding for PropTiger (Asia)
Private equity and venture capital firms SAIF Partners and Accel Partners have jointly invested in PropTiger Realty Private Limited, which runs PropTiger.com, an Indian technology-enabled real estate marketing services platform. The deal is valued at INR250 million (approximately US$5 million). The company plans to use the new funding to further strengthen its position in the top eight Indian cities where… Read More
GP Investments Announces the Sale of its Remaining Stake in BR Properties (Latin America)
GP Investments, an alternative asset investment firm in Latin America, has sold its remaining stake in Brazilian commercial property company BR Properties. GP Investments founded BR Properties in 2006 with an initial investment of US$25 million from, in part, its private equity fund GP Capital Partners III (GPCPIII). GPCPIII invested a total of US$49.2 million in BR Properties, which generated… Read More
TVS Logistics Announces an Investment by KKR and Goldman Sachs (Asia)
TVS Logistics Services, an Indian provider of logistics solutions across multiple verticals including automotive, distribution, electronics and discrete component manufacturing, has reached an agreement with an affiliate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Goldman Sachs. The deal is valued at approximately US$53 million, of which KKR will invest approximately US$47 million. The primary proceeds will be used to further… Read More
General Atlantic Raises US$129 Million Through Zhongsheng Sale (Asia)
Global private equity firm General Atlantic has completed its third partial exit from Chinese automobile dealership group Zhongsheng Group, reducing the firm’s stake in the company to an approximate 5 percent. The value of the transaction is estimated at US$129 million. General Atlantic reportedly sold 65 million shares of the Hong Kong-listed company at a price of HKD15.38 each. Read More
Olympus Capital Buys 4.8 Percent in Karur Vysya for US$38.34 Million (Asia)
Asia-focused middle market private equity firm Olympus Capital Holdings Asia has acquired a 4.8 percent stake in India-based Karur Vysya Bank. The PIPE transaction is valued at approximately US$38.34 million. The stake was purchased through market transactions on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India. Read More