SUSI Partners has reached a USD81m first close for its Asia Energy Transition Fund, a vehicle targeting investments in the renewable energy sector in Southeast Asia. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank contributed to the first close with a USD50m commitment. Read more… Read More
LifeQ, a South Africa-based provider of biometrics and health information derived from wearable devices, has raised a USD47m Series A from Invenfin, 4Di Capital, Allectus Capital, Mogul Capital, Tenhong Holdings, Analog Devices, Hannover Re, Convergence Partners, Stellar Capital Partners, Nedbank Corporate and Investment Bank, Delos, OneBio Seed Investment Fund, Virgin… Read More
CPE, Taikang Insurance Group and returning investor Tencent led a USD110m Series C for China-based asset data management company Xuncetech, with follow-on from Goldman Sachs and Greater Bay Area Homeland Investments. Read more… Read More
Ribbit Capital led a USD300m Series E for Brazilian proptech QuintoAndar, with participation from SoftBank LatAm Innovation Fund, LTS, Maverik, Alta Park, KASZEK, Dragoneer, Kevin Efrusy (Accel) and an undisclosed US-based asset manager, at a reported USD4b valuation. Read more… Read More
Ribbit Capital led a USD300m Series E for Brazilian proptech QuintoAndar, with participation from SoftBank LatAm Innovation Fund, LTS, Maverik, Alta Park, KASZEK, Dragoneer, Kevin Efrusy (Accel) and an undisclosed US-based asset manager, at a reported USD4b valuation. Read more… Read More
JD Logistics, the delivery arm of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, has raised ~USD3.2b in its Hong Kong listing. This is the largest HKSE listing in 2021 after China-based live streaming app Kuaishou raised ~USD6.2b in February. Read more… Read More
General Catalyst, DST Global and monashees have invested USD30m in Clara, a Mexico-based startup offering corporate expense management and credit cards for Mexican startups, at a reported USD130m valuation. Clara also secured a USD50m debt facility from an undisclosed investor as part of the round. Read more… Read More
SoftBank and WeWork have announced a joint venture that provides SoftBank Latin America Fund with the exclusive right to operate the WeWork brand in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico. Read more… Read More
Vivo Capital and Novo Holdings led a USD200m Series A for Esco Lifesciences, a Singapore-based developer of cell and gene therapy tools, with participation from China Investment Corporation and EDBI. Read more… Read More
Polaris Partners led a USD43m Series A for Singapore-based drug discovery platform Engine Biosciences, with follow-on from 6 Dimensions Capital, WuXi AppTec, DHVC, EDBI, Baidu Ventures, Vectr Ventures, Goodman Capital, WI Harper and Nest Bio Labs. Read more… Read More
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