Baring Private Equity Partners India sold more than half its stake in India-based gold loan financier Manappuram Finance via a share offering worth USD101.2m. According to Baring PE India, the fund recorded a return of 6.4 times on its investment with an IRR of 29%. Baring PE India… Read More
Indigo Partners reduced its stake in Budapest-based low-cost airline Wizz Air from 20.6% to 3.4% by selling shares worth GPB500m (~USD648.5m). The partial exit was in an effort to comply with European Union ownership rules. Read more»… Read More
Unbox Capital led a USD40m Series B round in Solinftec, a Brazilian agtech. Also included in the round was USD20m agri asset-backed debt, led by Itaú BBA and Gaia Securitizations and backed by family offices and hedge funds. TPG Art made a separate undisclosed follow-on investment in the… Read More
Investment firm RSBC has acquired a 50% stake in Czech bus service Umbrella Investment Group from the company’s owner, Pavel Steiner. Umbrella operates FlixBus, Europe’s international bus transportation company. Read more»… Read More
Korean real estate investor Pebblestone Asset Management acquired BLK Pyeongtaek Logistics Center, a multi-tenant tech-enabled logistics facility, from a KKR-led consortium. The transaction represents an exit for its KKR Asian Fund II. Read more»… Read More
KKR and Altavair AirFinance acquired a portfolio of commercial aircraft from Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates for USD1b. The acquisition will be made through aircraft leasing investment platform Altitude Aircraft Leasing, which was established by KKR’s credit and infrastructure funds in 2018 to… Read More
VC firms Knollwood and Lumia Capital led a USD60m Series B round in Dubai-based shared kitchen and online food delivery platform Kitopi, with participation from new and existing investors including BECO, CE-Ventures, GIC, Rise Capital, Reshape, Global Ventures, and Wilshire Lane Partners. Read more»… Read More
Argentina-based investment firm Grupo Pegasus has made a USD5m follow-on investment in Latin American hostel operator Viajero Hostels, with the potential to increase the round to USD25m total. Grupo Pegasus previously invested USD15m in 2018. Read more… Read More
South Africa-based private equity firm Senatla Capital has received approval to acquire brand and communications group Joe Public United via two of its funds, SCEF II and SCEF III. Read more»… Read More
Brookfield Asset Management has agreed to invest INR14.5b (USD202m) for a 40% stake in IndoStar Capital, an Indian non-banking financial company established by Everstone Group. Read more»… Read More
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