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East Ventures Reaches USD550m Final Close Across Two Funds
East Ventures reached a combined USD550m final close across two funds, raising USD400m for its second growth vehicle and USD150m for its ninth early-stage fund. Read More
BPEA Invests USD10m Series A for Hong Kong’s CBX Software
Baring Private Equity Asia invested a USD10m Series A for CBX Software, a Hong Kong-based extended product life cycle management platform provider. Read More
Coinbase Ventures, Alameda, Others Invest USD23m in Kenya’s MARA
MARA, a Kenya-based crypto exchange, raised USD23m in equity and token sales from Coinbase Ventures, Alameda Research, Distributed Global, TQ Ventures, DIGITAL, Nexo, Huobi Ventures, Day One Ventures and Infinite Capital and DAO Jones. Read More
Macquarie Invests USD610m in Southeast Asia’s Bersama Digital Infrastructure
A consortium led by Macquarie Asset Management, via Macquarie Asia-Pacific Infrastructure Fund 3, acquired a significant minority stake in Bersama Digital Infrastructure, a Southeast Asian regional digital infrastructure platform controlled by Provident Capital and PT Saratoga Investama Sedaya, for ~USD610m. Read More
Vinci Partners Exits Brazil’s Pro Infusion Via Sale to Viveo Group
Vinci Partners agreed to sell its stake in Pro Infusion, a Brazil-based outsourcing company of pharmaceutical compounding services, to Viveo Group, which is acquiring 100% of the company for BRL256.7m. Vinci originally acquired a 43% stake in the company through Vinci Impacto e Retorno IV in August 2020. Read More
Carlyle and Tiger Global Lead USD200m Series D for China’s Sensors Data
The Carlyle Group and Tiger Global led a USD200m Series D for China-based marketing technology provider Sensors Data, with participation from FutureCap, DCM Ventures, Linear Venture, Sequoia Capital China, Warburg Pincus, Bessemer Ventures, M31 Capital, Xiang He Capital, 5Y Capital and GGV Capital. Read More
TPG Growth and Temasek Invest USD136m in India’s Dr. Agarwal’s Health Care; ADV Partners Exits
TPG Growth and existing investor Temasek invested USD136m in India-based eyecare chain Dr. Agarwal’s Health Care. The deal includes a secondary transaction that facilitated an exit for ADV Partners. Read More
Jump Crypto Leads USD150m Pre-Series B for Singapore’s KuCoin
Jump Crypto led a USD150m pre-Series B for Singapore-based crypto exchange KuCoin at a reported USD10b valuation, with participation from Circle Ventures, IDG Capital and Matrix Partners. Read More
Felicis Ventures Leads USD80m Series B for Singapore’s Supabase
Felicis Ventures led a USD80m Series B for Supabase, a Singapore-based open source alternative to Google’s Firebase, with participation from Coatue and Lightspeed. Read More
Monk’s Hill Ventures Leads USD5.15m pre-Series A for Singapore’s Hannah Life
Monk’s Hill Ventures led a USD5.15m pre-Series A for Singapore-based fertility startup Hannah Life Technologies, with participation from Golden Gate Ventures and Anthro Ventures. Read More
SIBF and Nati Harpaz Lead USD6m Seed Round for Cyprus’ BridgerPay
Nati Harpaz (Catch Group) and SIBF led a USD6m seed round for BridgerPay, a Cyprus-based payment operations platform provider. Read More
Paradigm Leads USD30m Series A for DRC’s Jambo
Paradigm led a USD30m Series A for Jambo, a startup building a Web 3 user acquisition platform in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with participation from ParaFi Capital, Pantera Capital, Delphi Ventures, Kingsway Capital and Gemini Frontier Fund. Read More