Addor Capital has reached a USD241m final close for its second healthcare fund, a vehicle targeting early-stage investments in Chinese healthcare companies with a focus on technology. Read more… Read More
Integral Venture Partners and existing investors Lead Ventures and PortfoLion have invested EUR7m (approximately USD8.4m) in Hungary-based coding school Codecool. Read more… Read More
Leo Capital, FJ Labs and existing investors Alpha4 Ventures and Meesho have invested a USD6m Series A for Colombia-based social commerce startup Elenas. The company previously raised a USD2m seed round in October 2020. Read more… Read More
SoftBank, through its SoftBank Latin America Fund, has made an undisclosed investment in UOL EdTech, a Brazil-based education technology company. Read more… Read More
Proparco has made a convertible note investment in Nuru, a renewable energy company based in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as part of the company’s Series B. Proparco invested alongside existing investors Energy Access Ventures (EAV) and EDFI ElectrFi, and new investors Gaia Impact and the Joseph Family… Read More
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), through its pan-African infrastructure fund AIIF3, has acquired a majority stake in Ghana-based data center Ngoya Etix DC. The investment was made alongside the management team of the Onix Data Centres Limited (Onix DC) platform. Read more… Read More
Warburg Pincus has sold its 31.5% stake in India’s Gangavaram Port to Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) for ~INR19.54b (approximately USD268m). Read more… Read More
Affinity Equity Partners has been selected as the preferred bidder for the acquisition of South Korea-based online recruitment platform Jobkorea. The transaction, which will see Affinity Equity Partners acquire 100% of Jobkorea from H&Q Korea, is valued at a reported KRW900b (approximately USD800m). Read more… Read More
International Finance Corporation has invested USD24m in Estonia-based ridesharing and food delivery services company Bolt to support the expansion of the startup’s operations in Africa and Eastern Europe. D1 Capital Partners led a ~USD182m round for Bolt in January 2021. Read more… Read More
Brazil-based VC DOMO Invest has reached a BRL105m (approximately USD18.5m) first close for Domo Ventures Fund 2, a vehicle focused on new D2C investment opportunities, with commitments from Caixa Seguridade, BB Seguridade and the pension funds of Syngenta, Novartis and Roche. Read more… Read More
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