Brazil-focused private equity firm Gávea Investimentos has agreed to sell its 31.75 percent stake in Brazil-based rice and bean producer Camil Alimentos to global private equity firm Warburg Pincus. Gávea Investimentos originally invested in Camil Alimentos in 2011 through GIF IV. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Read More
Southeast Asia-focused early-stage venture capital firm Golden Gate Ventures has reached a final close for Golden Gate Ventures Fund II with US$60 million in capital commitments, exceeding its original US$50 million target. Investors in the fund included Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek, angel investor Eduardo Saverin, Korea-based Hanwha Life Insurance,… Read More
Development finance institution International Finance Corporation (IFC) and IFC Asset Management Company (IFC AMC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of IFC, have invested US$140 million in Consorcio Financiero, a Chile-based financial services company focused on the insurance and banking sectors. IFC and IFC AMC contributed US$100 million and US$40 million, respectively to… Read More
Global private markets asset management firm Hamilton Lane has reached a final close on Hamilton Lane Strategic Opportunities Fund 2016, a credit-oriented investment fund, with more than US$210 million in capital commitments, exceeding its initial target of US$150 million. Investors in the fund included insurance companies, Taft-Hartley pension plans, endowments… Read More
Venture capital firm Energy Access Ventures (EAV) has led a US$4.3 million Series A round for Ghana-based pay-as-you-go financing company PEG with participation from impact investment group Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P). Other investors included family office Blue Haven Initiative and Engie Rassembleurs d’Energie, the sustainable energy initiative of power generation… Read More
Bulgaria-focused growth private equity firm BlackPeak Capital and venture capital group PostScriptum Ventures have acquired a minority stake in Software Group, a Bulgaria-based IT vendor for microfinance institutions, credit unions and banks. Software Group plans to use the new capital to support its global expansion, facilitate research and development, and… Read More
South African venture capital firm 4Di Capital has reached a first close for its new technology venture capital fund with ZAR256 million (approximately US$16.8 million) in capital commitments. Investors in the fund included Exponential Ventures, the investment arm of Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed financial services group MMI Holdings. The fund will… Read More
Darby Private Equity, the private equity arm of Franklin Templeton Investments, has agreed to sell its stake in Brazil-based fuel distributor Alesat Combustíveis (ALE) to Brazil-based fuel company Ipiranga Produtos de Petróleo. The total value of the acquisition of ALE by Ipiranga is BRL2.1 billion (approximately US$614 million). Darby Private… Read More
NBK Capital Partners, a private equity and mezzanine fund manager focused on the Middle East and North Africa, has held a first close for NBK Capital Partners Mezzanine Fund II with US$110 million in capital commitments. Investors in the fund include institutional investors and family offices. The fund will target… Read More
Africa-focused private investment firm Helios Investment Partners has acquired a 60 percent stake in landline phone service provider Telkom Kenya from France-based telecommunications company Orange. The transaction was structured through Helios Investors III. The Government of Kenya also increased its stake in Telkom Kenya from 30 percent to 40 percent. … Read More
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