Mid Europa Partners, a private equity firm focused on Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey, has agreed to increase its stake in Hungary-based road freight transportation company Waberer's International from 56.8 percent to 97.1 percent. Mid Europa originally invested in Waberer’s in 2011. Financial details of the transaction, which is… Read More
MENA-focused private equity firm Emerging Investment Partners (EIP) has acquired General Cable Egypt (GC Egypt), the Egypt-based subsidiary of the United States-listed cable producer General Cable USA. With EIP’s support, GC Egypt intends to expand its market share in Egypt, as well as more broadly in the Middle East and… Read More
China-focused venture capital firm NewMargin Ventures has led a CNY70 million (approximately US$10.7 million) Series A financing round for China-based flower delivery platform Flower Plus. Other participants in the round included China-focused fund managers Guanghe Venture, Telescope Investment and Harmony Invest. Flower Plus plans to use the new capital to… Read More
Global private equity fund manager Northgate Capital has led an MXN530 million (approximately US$28.4 million) investment in Mexico-based hotel developer and operator Grupo Estancias Extendidas (Extended Suites) with participation from Mexico-focused private equity firm Alta Growth Capital. The company will use the capital to boost its expansion plan of adding… Read More
Direct secondaries fund manager NewQuest Capital Partners has reached a final close for its latest fund, NewQuest Asia Fund III, with US$540.5 million in capital commitments, exceeding its original US$500 million target. Investors in the fund included pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurers and financial institutions in Asia, North America,… Read More
Saudi Arabia-based jewelry manufacturer L’azurde Company for Jewelry, which is owned by a consortium of private equity firms comprising Investcorp, Eastgate Capital Group and The National Investor, has completed an initial public offering (IPO). The company raised SAR419.7 million (approximately US$111.9 million) in the retail tranche offering, which accounted for… Read More
In this Bulletin we address a number of commercial, governance, legal and regulatory issues, which we believe are both timely and of broad interest to the emerging market private equity, venture capital, and infrastructure investment community. We are certain that some of the topics covered will be discussed—vociferously perhaps—at… Read More
South Africa-focused private equity fund manager Ethos Private Equity has agreed to sell South Africa-based consumer and industrial products distributor Brandcorp Holdings to Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed conglomerate The Bidvest Group. Ethos Private Equity originally acquired Brandcorp in 2007 through Ethos Fund V. Financial details of the transaction, which is subject… Read More
Grupo Hotelero Santa Fe, a Mexico-based hotel operating platform backed by private equity firm Nexxus Capital, has raised MXN1.83 billion (approximately US$98.3 million) in a follow-on primary public offering. The offering took place through a modified Dutch auction on the Mexican Stock Exchange and Chile and Peru under the regulatory… Read More
India-focused impact investment firm Lok Capital has reached a first close for its third fund, Lok Fund III, with US$40.5 million in capital commitments. Investors in the fund included development finance institutions CDC, FMO and Proparco, as well as investment advisor TIAA Global Asset Management. Lok Fund III, which has… Read More
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