Jungle Ventures led a USD10m Series B for India-based workforce management platform Betterplace, with follow-on from Unitus Ventures, 3one4 Capital, and Venture Highway. Read more… Read More
KawiSafi Ventures led a USD13.5m Series B for Angaza, a US- and Kenya-based pay-as-you-go technology platform enabling consumer access to essential products in emerging markets. Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures, the VC arm of broad energy company Total, participated in the round and existing investors Ajax Strategies, Emerson Collective,… Read More
CDC Group has invested an additional USD40m in Liquid Telecom, an pan-African fiber, data center, and cloud technology provider, after investing USD180m in 2018. Read more… Read More
Warburg Pincus has partially exited Converge ICT Solutions, a Philippines-based broadband operator, via the company’s USD600m IPO on the Philippine Stock Exchange. Warburg Pincus maintains a 13.8% stake. Read more here and here… Read More
Swedfund has invested USD1m in Kasha Global, an e-commerce platform with subsidiaries in Rwanda and Kenya that enables access, education, and confidential distribution of women’s contraceptives, menstrual and health products, primarily to underserved women. Read more… Read More
IDB Invest led a USD15m pre-Series C for Mexico-based furniture e-commerce startup GAIA. IDB Invest committed USD10m, with follow-on from existing investors. Read more… Read More
Genesia Ventures reached a USD75m final close for its Genesia Venture Fund II to invest in Japan and Southeast Asia-based companies covering the digital transformation, new economy, as well as media and entertainment sectors. Read more… Read More
Aqua Capital exited Fertiláqua, a Brazilian plant nutrition firm, via a sale to ICL, an Israel-based specialty minerals and chemicals company for USD120m. Read more… Read More
Baring PE Asia exited a 6.3% stake in India’s Coforge (previously known as NIIT Technologies) for INR8.78b (~USD119m) via open market transactions. Read more… Read More
VC Fil Rouge Capital invested a EUR1.2m (~USD1.4m) seed round for Slovenian machine translation platform TAIA. Read more… Read More
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