Advent International acquired the remaining 49% stake in Argentina-based payments company Prisma for USD350m. Advent first acquired a 51% stake in the company in 2019. Read more… Read More
Nigeria-based mobility fintech Moove raised a USD105m Series A2 round comprising equity and debt from existing investors Speedinvest, Left Lane Capital and thelatest.ventures, with participation from AfricInvest, MUFG Innovation Partners, Latitude and Kreos Capital. Read more… Read More
China-based 3D user-generated content platform XVERSE raised USD120m across a Series A and a Series A+ round. Sequoia Capital China led the Series A+, with participation from Temasek Holdings and CPE, and follow-on from Gaorong Capital, 5Y Capital and GL Ventures. Gaorong also led the Series A. Read More
Indian edtech giant Byju’s raised USD800m at a reported USD22b valuation. CEO Byju Raveendran invested USD400m, while Sumeru Ventures, Vitruvian Partners and BlackRock provided the rest. Read more… Read More
Kuramo Capital Management acquired debt interests in Plantations et Huileries du Congo, the operator of three palm oil plantations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, from BIO, CDC Group, DEG and FMO via a secondary debt transaction. Read more… Read More
Cloudview reached a CNY2b (~USD316m) first close for its second CNY-denominated fund targeting investments in growth stage companies in the semiconductors, renewable energy, healthcare and consumer durables industries. Read more… Read More
Heritas Capital led a USD20m Series B for Vietnam-based healthcare startup Jio Health, with participation from Fuchsia Venture Capital (the CVC of Muang Thai Group Holdings) and Kasikorn Bank Group, and follow-on from Monk’s Hill Ventures. Read more… Read More
Andreessen Horowitz, KASZEK and monashees led a USD10m seed round for Yuno, a Colombia-based checkout platform for last-mile delivery startups, with participation from Nazca, ONEVC, Latitud and Bridge Partners. Read more… Read More
TYH Ventures led a USD40m Series B for Silent Eight, a Singapore-based cybersecurity platform for financial institutions, with participation from HSBC Ventures, OTB Ventures, Wavemaker Partners, SC Ventures, Aglaia and Koh Boon Hwee. Read more… Read More
SoftBank led a USD60m Series C for Contabilizei, a Brazil-based tax filing and accounting platform for SMEs, with participation from Goldman Sachs and Pruven Capital, a US-based VC solely financed by Prudential Financial. Read more… Read More
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