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Kotak Invests ~USD48m India’s Biorad Medisys

Kotak invested ~INR4b (~USD48m) in India-based medical device manufacturer Biorad Medisys. Read More

Ventures Platform Leads USD3.2m Debt and Equity Round for Senegal’s Maad

Ventures Platform led a USD3.2m debt and equity round for Maad, a Senegal-based logistics platform for informal retailers, with participation from Seedstars International Ventures, Reflect Ventures, Oui Capital, Launch Africa, Voltron Capital and Alumni Ventures. Read More

Temasek-backed SeaTown Leads USD40m Investment in Singapore’s Linnovate Partners

SeaTown, a firm owned by Temasek-backed asset management group Seviora, led a USD40m investment in Linnovate Partners, a Singapore-based asset services provider. Read More

Breakthrough Energy Ventures, GenZero, Temasek and Wavemaker Impact Lead  USD14m Series A for Singapore’s Rize

Rize, a Singapore-based agritech platform focused on sustainable rice cultivation, raised a USD14m Series A led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, GenZero, Temasek and Wavemaker Impact.  Read More

AfricInvest sells part of its stake in One Tech

AfricInvest partially edited its stake in One Tech, a Tunisia-based electrical equipment manufacturer and services provider, for TND8m (~USD2.6m). Read More

GIC led USD105m Series C for Atlan w/ Meritech Capital, Salesforce Ventures and Peak XV Partners

GIC led USD105m Series C for Atlan, a Singapore-founded data and AI governance platform, with participation from Meritech Capital, Insight Partners and Waterbridge Ventures, as well as follow-on from Salesforce Ventures and Peak XV Partners. Read More

GEF invests INR5.6b (USD70m) into TI Clean Mobility

GEF Capital Partners invested INR5.8b (~USD69.5m) in TI Clean Mobility, an India-based manufacturer of electric three-wheelers for logistics and passenger transportation. Read More

Quadria invests INR8.5b (USD102m) into NephroPlus

Quadria Capital invested INR8.5b (~USD102m) in NephroPlus, an India-based dialysis service network, providing a partial exit for Investcorp. Read More

Community Investment Management extends USD75m credit to Jeeves

Jeeves, a US-based B2B payments and corporate card platform, secured a USD75m credit facility from Community Investment Management. The financing will be used to scale Jeeves’ financial product suite in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. Read More

Navis Capital Partners exits SEGi

Navis Capital Partners fully exited its remaining 20.5% stake in SEG International (SEGi), a Malaysia-based education group, for MYR113m (~USD23.7m) through a sale to SEGi managing director Clement Hii. Read More

Openspace and others invest in Fano Labs Series B

Openspace Ventures led a Series B for Fano Labs, a China-based startup leveraging AI to develop speech and natural language processing solutions, with participation from HSBC, Greater Good Investment, as well as follow-on from Horizon Ventures and Saltagen Ventures. Fano Labs will use the funding to expand into the APAC market and establish a Singapore office. Read More

Janus Henderson To Acquire Kuwait’s NBK Wealth

Janus Henderson agreed to acquire NBK Wealth, the wealth management arm of the National Bank of Kuwait Group. #MiddleEast Read More