Sequoia Capital China, IDG Capital and Hidden Hill Capital led a USD186m Series E for China-based electronic signature services provider eSign, with participation from Sealand Innovation Capital, Guangxi Investment Group and Wens Capital, and follow-on from Fortune Capital and Grand Flight Investment. Read more… Read More
MELI Kaszek Pioneer Corp, a SPAC formed by Mercado Libre and KASZEK targeting tech in Latin America, filed with the SEC to raise up to USD250m. Read more… Read More
Jungle Ventures reached a USD225 first close for its fourth fund. The vehicle has a target size of USD350m and plans to invest in startups primarily in Southeast Asia, but it will also make investments in India. Read more… Read More
Aqua Spark, Nutreco and PFR Life Science, a specialist vehicle of the Polish Development Fund, led a EUR21m (~USD24.6m) in Proteon Pharmaceuticals, a Poland-based biotech aiming to reduce reliance on antibiotics within aquaculture and livestock farming, with participation from Montis Capital, Seventure Partners and angel investors. Read more… Read More
Temasek, Google and existing investors Tiger Global and 3one4 Capital invested a USD62m Series C for India-based neobanking platform Open. Temasek invested USD34.4m, Tiger Global contributed USD7.4m, while 3One4 and Google invested USD4.87m and USD14.7m, respectively. Read more… Read More
The Facility for Energy Inclusion (FEI), managed by Lion’s Head Global Partners, led a EUR60m (~USD71m) multi-country debt facility for the African subsidiaries of energy services company AktivCo. FEI is providing EUR27m (~USD32m), while Proparco and Norfund are providing EUR16m (~USD19m) and EUR9m (~USD11m) respectively. The balance of EUR8m (~USD9.5m)… Read More
Capital Operation and Sunic Capital led a USD511m Series B for China-based silicon wafer manufacturer Zhongxin Jingyuan Semiconductor, with participation from SDIC Chuangyi, China SME Development Fund, Shanghai Guosheng Group, Hangzhou Qiantang Industrial Investment Fund, China Cinda Asset Management, Zhongjin Pucheng Investment, CCB International and BoCom International. Yangtze Optical Fibre… Read More
Openspace Ventures and EDBI led a USD10m Series A for Neuroglee Therapeutics, a Singapore-based startup developing digital therapeutics for people with neurodegenerative diseases, with participation from Ramen Singh (Mundipharma) and Kuldeep Singh Rajput and Wendou Liu (Biofourmis), and follow-on from Japanese healthcare company Eisai. Read more… Read More
Baring Vostok led a USD11m Series A for EBAC Online, a Brazil-based upskilling platform for design, marketing and software engineer professionals, with follow-on from Begin Capital, AngelsDeck and angel Sergey Solonin (The FinTech Association). Read more… Read More
Amethis acquired an undisclosed minority stake in Avacare Global, a pan-African distributor and manufacturer of pharmaceuticals and healthcare consumable products. Read more… Read More
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