India-focused private equity firm Parampara Capital and IDFC Alternatives, the alternative asset management arm of India-focused infrastructure financing company IDFC, have invested US$1 million in India-based cybersecurity company Data Resolve. Parampara and IDFC invested through their joint venture IDFC Parampara Early Stage Opportunities Fund. Data Resolve, which offers cybersecurity analytics… Read More
India-based intra-city logistics startup Blowhorn has raised US$3.65 million in Series A funding from IDG Ventures India, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and existing investors Draper Associates and Unitus Seed Fund, an impact investing affiliate of Unitus Group. The company, which connects customers with mini-truck owners for intra-city deliveries,… Read More
IDG Ventures India has reached a final close for IDG Ventures India Fund III with US$200 million in capital commitments. The fund will invest in India-based technology companies across the consumer internet, software, health technology and fintech sectors. Separately, IDG Ventures India and Aavishkaar Venture Management participated in India-based agriculture… Read More
Brookfield Asset Management has agreed to acquire 100 percent of outstanding shares of NASDAQ-listed, emerging markets-focused renewable power platform TerraForm Global for US$787 million in cash and the assumption of approximately US$455 million in net debt. TerraForm Global owns and operates, or has contracts to acquire, 31 wind and solar… Read More
CLSA Capital Partners, the alternative asset management arm of Hong Kong-based brokerage and investment group CLSA, has invested in China-based e-commerce solutions provider Azoya. The round also included further commitments from Azoya’s existing investors. CLSA invested through ARIA Investment Partners IV. Azoya provides solutions for international e-commerce platforms and traditional… Read More
Vietnam-focused private equity firm Vietnam Investment Group (VI Group) has led a US$2 million Series A round for a 15 percent stake in Vietnam-based online-to-offline real estate platform Congnhadat.net. Australia-based real estate services provider Realestate.com.au also participated in the round. Congnhdata.net, which manages 230,000 listings in seven major cities in… Read More
MENA-focused venture capital firm Wamda Capital has led a financing round for Turkey-based modest fashion e-commerce site Modanisa. MENA-focused venture capital firm STC Ventures also participated in the round. The company plans to use the new capital to expand further in MENA, Europe and the United States. Financial details of… Read More
Global growth private equity firm TA Associates has completed its first investment in Africa by acquiring a minority stake in Interswitch, a Nigeria-based integrated digital payments and commerce company. Africa-focused private investment firm Helios Investment Partners, which invested in Interswitch in 2011, will remain the company’s majority shareholder. Interswitch’s operations… Read More
Apis Partners, a private equity asset manager focused on financial services in Africa and South Asia, has reached a final close for Apis Growth Fund I with US$287 million in capital commitments. Investors in the final close include development finance institutions African Development Bank and SIFEM, funds of funds 57… Read More
True North, an India-focused private equity firm formerly known as India Value Fund Advisors, has reportedly sold the majority of its 74 percent stake in India-based financial services group Fincare Business Services to LeapFrog Investments, TA Associates and Tata Capital Private Equity’s Tata Opportunities Fund. Kotak Life Insurance, SIDBI Venture… Read More
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