Joulon, an oil and gas asset management services platform established in 2015 by global investment firm KKR and industry veteran Deepak Munganahalli, has acquired a majority stake in India-based drilling equipment manufacturer Sara Sae. As part of the transaction, India-focused private equity firm Multiples Alternate Asset Management, which originally invested… Read More
U.A.E.-based media platform and events company STEP Group has raised a US$2 million Series A round from MENA-focused venture capital firm Wamda Capital, U.A.E.-based investment company Equitrust, international venture capital firm North Base Media and Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority. STEP Group operates various English- and Arabic-language media outlets, as well… Read More
Africa-focused private investment firm Helios Investment Partners and Netherlands-based energy and commodities group Vitol have agreed to acquire a 20 percent stake in Africa-focused downstream petroleum company Vivo Energy from Royal Dutch Shell for US$250 million. Upon completion of the deal, Helios and Vitol will own 100 percent of Vivo Energy. Read More
Middle East-focused private equity firm Foursan Group has sold its stake in Amman Stock Exchange-listed Jordan Dubai Islamic Bank (JDIB) to Jordan-based Bank Al-Etihad, realizing a reported 2.5x gross multiple of invested capital. Foursan originally invested in JDIB in 2012 through Foursan Capital Partners I. Financial details of the transaction… Read More
Emerging markets financial services and health care specialist investor LeapFrog Investments has sold a partial stake in India-based non-banking financial company IFMR Capital to Standard Chartered Private Equity, the private equity arm of Standard Chartered Bank. LeapFrog originally invested in IFMR Capital in 2014. Financial details of the transaction were… Read More
India-focused venture capital firm Saama Capital has reached a final close for its third fund with US$58 million (approximately INR3.9 billion) in capital commitments. The fund will focus on seed and Series A rounds for companies in the fintech, software-as-a-service (SaaS) and non-technology consumer sectors. Read More
Global asset manager PineBridge Investments has partially exited National Stock Exchange- and Bombay Stock Exchange-listed specialty hospital chain Narayana Health (formerly Narayana Hrudayalaya) via the sale of a 1.3 percent stake for a reported INR900 million (approximately US$13.2 million). Narayana has a network of 23 hospitals and seven heart centers… Read More
Russia and CIS-focused private equity firm Baring Vostok Capital Partners, along with Stockholm Stock Exchange-listed investment company Vostok Emerging Finance (VEF), has agreed to invest up to US$20 million in Russia-based retail payment solutions specialist Revo Technologies and digital marketing services provider Sorsdata. VEF had previously invested in the two… Read More
Global investment firm KKR has invested INR4 billion (approximately US$59 million) in the promoter family of India-based TVS Logistics via a long-term structured credit partnership. The promoters of TVS plan to use the funds to buy the company’s shares from private equity funds. KKR originally invested in TVS Logistics in… Read More
Central and Eastern Europe-focused private equity fund manager Resource Partners has reached a first close for Resource Eastern European Equity Partners II (REEEP II) with EUR100 million (approximately US$106 million) in capital commitments. The close took place in December 2016. Investors in the fund include development finance institutions the European… Read More
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