KKR has reached a USD15b final close for its KKR Asian Fund IV. The vehicle will make private equity investments in the Asia Pacific region. KKR will be investing approximately USD1.3b in capital alongside fund investors through the firm and its employees’ commitments. Read more… Read More
EFG Hermes Private Equity has reached a USD150m third close for its Egypt Education Fund with a ~USD16m commitment from the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Egypt. Read more… Read More
Long Hill Capital has reached a USD300m final close for its third fund, a vehicle targeting early-stage investments in the healthcare and longevity sectors in China. Read more… Read More
KKR has agreed to acquire a 20% stake in Sempra Infrastructure Partners, the new business platform of US-based energy infrastructure company Sempra Energy, for USD3.37b. Under the terms of the deal, KKR will acquire Sempra Energy’s indirect interest in IEnova, Sempra Energy’s subsidiary in Mexico. Read more… Read More
Falcon Edge Capital, Goldman Sachs, Think Capital, Amansa Capital and Carmignac have invested USD800m in India-based food delivery platform Swiggy, with follow-on from Prosus Ventures and Accel, at a reported USD5b valuation. Read more… Read More
EverSource Capital, through its subsidiary Radiance Renewables, has acquired solar rooftop assets with a 152MW capacity in India from Azure Power Global for INR5.36b (~USD73m). Read more… Read More
SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led a USD300m Series E for India-based social e-commerce company Meesho, with participation from Facebook, Prosus Ventures, Shunwei Capital, Venture Highway and Knollwood Investment, at a reported USD2.1b valuation. Read more… Read More
Ribbit Capital led a USD26.7m Series A for Cora, a Brazil-based digital lender for SMEs, with participation from KASZEK, QED Investors and Greenoaks Capital. Read more… Read More
Vinci Partners’ V2I Energia has acquired Brazilian wind farms Eólica Mangue Seco 3 and Mangue Seco 4 from Petrobras and Wobben. Read more… Read More
Sawari Ventures has reached a USD69m final close for its Egypt-focused fund. The vehicle will invest in early-stage and growth-stage tech companies in Egypt. Read more… Read More
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