DEG led a USD12m Series B for Brazil-based SME online lender BizCapital, with participation from MELI Fund and existing investors Quona Capital, Monashees, Chromo Invest, and 42k Investments. Read more… Read More
Owl Ventures led a USD32m investment in India-based workforce-focused edtech Degreed to support the company’s upskilling platform. Read more… Read More
KaszeK Ventures led a USD10m Series A in Colombia-based proptech La Haus. Read more… Read More
Impact Ventures has invested EUR1.3m (approximately USD1.5m) in Hungary-based programming bootcamp Green Fox Academy. Read more… Read More
Change Ventures led a EUR2.2m (approximately USD2.5m) seed round for Planet42, an Estonia-based fintech operating in Africa and focused on providing access to the underbanked, with participation from Bolt Co-Founder Martin Villig, Pipedrive Co-Founder Ragnar Sass, MeetFrank Co-Founder Marko Virkebau, Katana Co-Founder and CEO Kristjan Vilosius, and other… Read More
Kaszek Ventures led a BRL110m (approximately USD21m) investment in Brazil-based fintech Remessa Online, with participation from Kevin Efrusy, partner at Accel, and Bewater Ventures. Read more… Read More
India-focused private equity fund manager InvAscent has invested INR700 (approximately USD9.25m) in India-based drug delivery system producer Murli Krishna Pharma through India Life Sciences Fund III. Read more… Read More
Qiming Venture Partners, IDG Capital, and Walden International led a CNY1.1b (approximately USD155m) Series A for China-based AI chip manufacturer Biren Technology, with participation from Gree Venture Capital, Green Pine Capital Partners, V Fund, CDB Equipment Manufacturing Industrial Investment Fund, Meridian Capital, CCI Holdings, Glory Ventures, and others. Read More
BeeNext has reached a USD110m final close for its fourth emerging Asia VC fund. The vehicle will invest in early-stage startups in the e-commerce, fintech, healthtech, agtech, edtech, and AI-enabled technology sectors across India and Southeast Asia. Read more… Read More
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), managed by Ninety One, has invested USD30m in a UK-listed bond issued by HTA Group, a subsidiary of African telecom towers operator Helios Towers, a company backed by Helios Investment Partners. The issue received USD750m in total. Read more… Read More
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