Dragoneer Investment Group led a USD83m Series C for Yoco, a South Africa-based payments and software platform for SMEs, with participation from Breyer Capital, HOF Capital, The Raba Partnership, 4DX Ventures and TO Ventures, and follow-on from Quona Capital, Partech, Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures and Orange Ventures. Read more… Read More
Temasek and Moore Strategic Ventures led a USD145m Series F for ShareChat, an India-based social media platform that includes the Moj app, at a reported USD3b valuation. Mirae-Naver Asia Growth Fund participated in the round. Read more… Read More
TPG Capital reached a USD5.4b first close for TPG Rise Climate. The vehicle has a target size of USD7b and will focus on five climate sub-sectors: clean energy, enabling solutions, decarbonized transport, greening industrials and agriculture and natural solutions. Read more… Read More
Brookfield Asset Management reached a USD7b first close for its Brookfield Global Transition Fund. The vehicle has a target size of USD12.5b and will focus on the global transition to a net-zero economy. Read more… Read More
Tiger Global led a USD235m Series D for Chile-based foodtech NotCo, with participation from DFJ Growth Fund, ZOMA Lab and athletes Lewis Hamilton and Roger Federer, at a reported USD1.5b valuation. Read more… Read More
Baring Vostok, Winter Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs invested USD50m in Russia-based edtech GetCourse. Read more… Read More
Ninety One’s EAIF agreed to provide EUR25m (~USD29.5m) in financing to Ivoire Hydro Energy to build a 44MW hydro electricity generation plant in Côte d’Ivoire. Read more… Read More
Infraestructura en Colombia CAF-AM Ashmore I, a fund managed by CAF Asset Management and Ashmore Group, provided a USD75m senior loan to Autopista Río Magdalena, a Colombian concession company and subsidiary of the Spanish company Aleatica, as part of a USD747m financing package for the development of the Río Magdalena… Read More
Stonepeak agreed to acquire the Latin American operations of Lumen Technologies for USD2.7b. Read more… Read More
CCB International, the venture unit of China Construction Bank, led a CNY750m (USD116m) Series C for China-based DNA sequencing company Geneplus Technology, with participation from Fortune Capital, GGV Capital, Suzhou Harvest Capital, Baidu Ventures, Alibaba’s AliHealth and JM Capital. Read more… Read More
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