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Sequoia India, Alpha Wave and Tiger Global Invest USD100m in India’s Absolute
Sequoia Capital India, Alpha Wave Global and Tiger Global invested USD100m in India-based agtech Absolute. Read More
EXEO Capital Acquires South Africa’s Chemical Process Technologies
EXEO Capital acquired Chemical Process Technologies, a South Africa-based manufacturer of animal active pharmaceutical ingredients, for an undisclosed amount. Read More
HAVAÍC Universum Core African Fund Reaches USD20m Final Close
HAVAÍC Universum Core African Fund, a vehicle established by a joint venture between HAVAÍC and Universum Wealth, reached a USD20m final close. The fund will target investments in early-stage technology companies in South, East and West Africa. Read More
Square Peg Capital Leads USD37m Series B for Malaysia’s LottieFiles
Square Peg Capital led a USD37m Series B for LottieFiles, a Malaysia-based motion graphics platform for designers and developers, with participation from XYZ Venture Capital and GreatPoint Ventures, and follow-on from 500 Global and M12. Read More
Accel Leads USD65m Series A for Lithuania’s Kevin
Accel led a USD65m Series A for Kevin, a Lithuania-based payments fintech for online and retail stores, with participation from Eurazeo, OTB Ventures, Speedinvest, OpenOcean and Global Paytech Ventures. Read More
Insight Partners Leads USD196m Series B for Mosyle
Insight Partners led a USD196m Series B for Mosyle, a Brazil- and US-based mobile device management platform for Apple devices, with participation from StepStone Group and follow-on from Elephant and Album VC. Read More
Apollo Invests USD750m Debt in Mumbai International Airport
Apollo invested USD750m in debt in Mumbai International Airport via a private placement. Read More
Karma Ventures and Hoxton Ventures Lead a USD15m Series A for Romania’s Druid
Karma Ventures and Hoxton Ventures led a USD15m Series A for Druid, a Romania-based developer of enterprise chatbots. Read More
Advent International To Invest in Colombia’s GHL Hotels
Advent International agreed to make an undisclosed investment in Colombia-based third-party hotel operator GHL Hotels as part of partnership to support the company’s expansion across Latin America. Read More
AIIM, SAHIF and STOA Acquire Additional 25.8% Stake in South Africa’s MetroFibre; Sanlam and African Rainbow Capital Exit
AIIM, alongside a consortium comprising South African Housing & Infrastructure Fund (SAHIF) and STOA, completed the acquisition of an additional 25.8% stake in MetroFibre Networx, a South Africa-based open access fiber network operator, from Sanlam Private Equity, African Rainbow Capital and a minority shareholder. The transaction follows the ZAR1.5b (~USD97m) investment completed by AIIM, SAHIF and STOA in December 2020.… Read More
EC Investments and J&T Capital Lead ~USD63m Series B for Czech Republic’s DoDo Group
EC Investments and J&T Capital led a EUR60m (~USD63m) Series B for DoDo Group, a last-mile B2B logistics tech company based in Czech Republic. Read More
KASZEK and Avenir Growth Lead USD111m Series B for Chilean Fintech Xepelin
KASZEK and Avenir Growth led a USD111m Series B for Xepelin, a Chile-based payments and lending platform for SMEs, with participation from PayPal Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst, DST Global, Wellington, Picus, Battery Ventures, MSA Novo, FJ Labs, Amarena, Gunderson, Cathay-Seaya Latam, Gilgamesh and angel Carlos Garcia (Kavak). Read More