CEE-focused venture capital firm 3TS Capital Partners has invested US$6 million in Poland-based marketing technology company SALESmanago. The company uses cloud-based technology to automate marketing for e-commerce and business-to-consumer companies. SALESmanago will use the new capital to build out its technology platform and expand in Europe. Read More
Impact investment firm Goodwell Investments has acquired a minority stake in Musoni Services, a company that provides banking software for microfinance institutions in Africa. Musoni Services, which has licensed its services to 39 microfinance institutions across eight countries in Africa and one in Myanmar, plans to use the new capital… Read More
India-focused private equity firm IDFC Alternatives has agreed to acquire a 76 percent stake in India-based Bangalore Elevated Tollway—a special purpose vehicle that has developed and is currently operating an elevated highway in Bangalore—from India-based infrastructure development companies NCC Infrastructure and Soma Enterprise. NCC and Soma each hold a 38… Read More
Global alternative asset manager Global Environment Fund (GEF) has invested in Compagnie des Bois du Gabon, a vertically-integrated tropical forest harvesting and wood processing company that manages a contiguous forest concession near the southern coast of Gabon. The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, a philanthropic organization, co-invested… Read More
Enko Capital Managers, an Africa-focused asset management firm, has reached a final close for Enko Africa Private Equity Fund (EAPEF) with US$83.25 million in capital commitments. Investors in the fund included development finance institutions Proparco and African Development Bank, boutique investment manager Massena Partners, private family office Soros Brothers Investments… Read More
Global infrastructure asset manager Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) has closed its Asian regional infrastructure platform with US$3.1 billion in capital commitments. The platform includes the Macquarie Asia Infrastructure Fund, which reached its hard cap of US$2.3 billion, and specialist investment vehicles. Investors included pension funds New Mexico State… Read More
Philanthropic investment firm Omidyar Network has invested in India-based digital media platform Newslaundry. A number of individual investors have also participated in the round. Newslaundry will use the new capital to expand its team. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. … Read More
India-based e-commerce platform Jaypore has raised an INR300 million (approximately US$4.4 million) Series A round from South- and Southeast Asia-focused impact fund advisory firm Aavishkaar. The investment will be made in two tranches. Jaypore, which sells products such as apparel and accessories, will use the new capital to scale up… Read More
India-based e-commerce logistics company Xpressbees has raised US$12.5 million in a financing round from venture capital firms IDG Ventures India, New Enterprise Associates, Vertex Ventures and SAIF Partners. Hedge fund Valiant Capital Management also participated in the round. Xpressbees will use the new capital to upgrade its technology and expand… Read More
Southeast Asia-focused private equity firm KV Asia Capital, together with its local and international partners, has acquired a controlling interest in Malaysia-based hypermarket chain TF Value-Mart. The transaction was structured through KV Asia Capital’s investment vehicle Peta Sejahtera. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. … Read More
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