Emerging markets specialist fund manager LeapFrog Investments has sold its stake in Ghana-based pension trustee Petra Trust to pan-African investment firm African Capital Alliance (ACA). LeapFrog originally invested in Petra in 2014 through LeapFrog Financial Inclusion Fund. ACA acquired LeapFrog’s stake through Capital Alliance Private Equity IV. Petra currently manages… Read More
Global alternative investment firm KKR has partially exited its stake in India-listed coffee shop operator Coffee Day Enterprises. KKR, which originally invested in the company in 2010, sold a total of 12.5 million shares for INR4.05 billion (approximately US$62 million) on the open market. Read More
NASDAQ-listed and China-based mobile social networking platform Momo has agreed to acquire a 100 percent equity stake in China-based social and dating application Tantan for a consideration of 5.3 million newly issued Class A ordinary shares in Momo and US$601 million in cash. Previous investors in Tantan include Genesis Capital,… Read More
Financial inclusion-focused impact fund manager Goodwell Investments has acquired an equity stake in Nigeria- and Croatia-based Oradian, a provider of digital solutions for financial institutions in frontier markets, through uMunthu Inclusive Growth Investment Fund. Oradian’s cloud-based banking platform, Instafin, currently serves more than 50 financial institutions across seven countries. Oradian… Read More
Brazil-focused private equity fund manager Portcapital has invested more than BRL3 million (approximately US$1 million) in Brazil-based flight simulation startup Virtual Avionics, through the Embraer-backed aerospace and defense vehicle Fundo Aerospacial. Virtual Avionics plans to use the funds to manufacture and market virtual cockpits for pilot training. Read More
Singapore- and India-based retail software solutions provider Capillary Technologies has raised US$20 million from a consortium including global private equity fund managers Warburg Pincus and Sequoia Capital. The round also includes a secondary investment of US$2.5 million from LionRock Capital, facilitating an exit for employees and early-stage angel investors. Capillary… Read More
India-based Hiveloop Technology, which operates business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce platform Udaan, has raised a US$50 million Series B round led by existing investor Lightspeed Venture Partners and new investor Yuri Milner, who invested through his Apoletto Fund. Lightspeed reportedly invested between US$30 million and US$35 million while Yuri Milner accounted for… Read More
Southeast Asia-focused venture capital fund manager Insignia Ventures Partners has reportedly reached a final close for its first fund with US$120 million in capital commitments. Insignia Ventures Partners Fund I targets Southeast Asia-based technology startups. Read More
Korea-focused private equity fund manager VIG Partners has agreed to acquire an 83 percent stake in Korea-based food wholesaler WinPlus for KRW74 billion (approximately US$69 million) through its third fund. The deal includes a primary capital injection of KRW45 billion (approximately US$42 million). With VIG’s support, WinPlus plans to open… Read More
Investec Asset Management’s African private equity arm and development finance institutions International Finance Corporation and FMO have completed a follow-on equity investment in Germany-based Mobisol, a provider of off-grid solar home systems in Africa. The follow-on equity investment, along with new debt facilities secured during the last six months, will… Read More
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