A consortium of investors led by Quadria Capital and including Gulf Islamic Investments reportedly invested up to USD120m in Encube Ethicals, an India-based contract development and manufacturing firm for topical drugs. The transaction facilitated a full exit for Multiples Alternate Asset Management. Read more… Read More
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), Adenia Partners and IFC acquired Eastcastle, a telecom tower infrastructure company focused on West Africa, for USD130m. Read more… Read More
Youshan Capital and China Merchants Capital led a CNY395m (~USD61m) Series B for Han’s Robot, a China-based manufacturer of industrial robots, with participation from CNPC Capital, TopoScend Capital and Founder Securities Capital. Read more… Read More
Fireside Ventures and an undisclosed international investor led a USD40m seed round for India-based e-commerce aggregator 10club, with participation from HeyDay, PDS international, Class 5 Global, Secocha Ventures and boAt founders Aman Gupta and Sameer Mehta. Read more… Read More
Venrock, CoinFund and 01 Advisors invested USD14.2m Series A for Rarible, a Russia-based non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace. Read more… Read More
NewQuest Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in India-based animation company Cosmos-Maya from Emerald Media, a vehicle set up by KKR. Details of the transaction were not disclosed. Read more… Read More
US-based e-commerce platform Etsy acquired Elo7, a Brazil-based handmade products marketplace, for USD217m, providing an exit for monashees, Accel Partners and Insight Partners. Read more… Read More
Ascension Capital Partners has reached a ZAR350m (~USD25m) first close for Ascension Private Equity Fund I. The vehicle will target investments in technology-driven businesses across healthcare, food security, fast moving consumer goods, water, sanitation and manufacturing in South Africa. Read more… Read More
Tamer Group acquired Mumzworld, a UAE-based e-commerce platform for mother, baby and child products, for an undisclosed amount. Read more… Read More
Brazilian environmental product and services company Ambipar acquired Australis-backed Disal Ambiental Holding, a Chilean environmental services company, for ~BRL800m (~USD163m). Australis acquired 67% of Disal in 2017. Read more… Read More
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