Grupo Carrefour Brasil has agreed to acquire Grupo BIG Brasil, a Brazil-based food retailer backed by Advent International, for BRL7b (~USD1.3b). Once the deal is completed, Advent and Walmart will retain a combined 5.6% stake in the company. Read more… Read More
Advent International has sold its stake in Mexico-based funeral services provider Grupo Gayosso to Servicios Funerarios GG for USD49m. Advent originally invested in Gayosso in October 2007. Read more… Read More
EXEO Capital, through its Agri-Vie Fund II, has made an undisclosed investment in the Maia Group, a South Africa-based holding company focused on consumer health businesses. Read more… Read More
CardinalStone Capital Advisers has reached a USD64m final close for CardinalStone Capital Advisers Growth Fund. The vehicle aims to support the growth and institutionalization of SMEs in Nigeria and Ghana. Read more… Read More
Vault (the holding company of VANSO) led a USD2m seed round for Bankly, a Nigeria-based fintech for under-banked consumers, with participation from Plug and Play Ventures, Rising Tide Africa and Chrysalis Capital. Read more… Read More
IFC and Goldman Sachs led a USD25m Series C for OpenCo, a Brazil-based consumer financing fintech resulting from the merger of fintechs Geru and Rebel, with Raiz Investmentos as a co-investor and with follow-on from monashees, LTS, Chromo and Sampa. Read more… Read More
Quona Capital led a USD4.1m pre-Series A for Rupifi, an India-based financing platform for SMEs, with participation from Ankur Capital and Binny Bansal (Flipkart). Read more… Read More
Gulf Capital has acquired US-based healthtech companies Eclat Health and Hansei Solutions for USD60m in a bolt-on acquisition aimed at expanding its healthcare-focused RCM platform. Gulf Capital already has a majority stake in UAE-based RCM provider Accumed. Read more… Read More
Pitango Ventures and Evli Growth Partners led a EUR22m (~USD26m) Series C for Poland-based D2C furniture startup Tylko, with participation from angel investors Brian Walker (Hermann Miller) and Mark Williamson (MasterClass). Read more… Read More
FTV Capital led a USD35m Series B for Vortx, a Brazil-based tech-enabled corporate and trust service provider for fund managers and corporate issuers. Read more… Read More
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