ThomasLloyd Group, a global investment and advisory firm focused on the renewable energy sector in Asia, has sold Philippines-based solar power generation company Negros Island Solar Power to Philippine Investment Alliance for Infrastructure (PINAI), a fund managed by Macquarie Infrastructure Management (Asia), a member of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets. Read More
STC Ventures, a Saudi Arabia-focused venture capital fund anchored by the Saudi Telecom Company, has led a US$3 million Series A financing round for United Arab Emirates-based Compareit4me, a price comparison site for financial products. Additional investors in the round included MENA-focused venture capital firm Wamda Capital and Government of… Read More
Creador, a private equity firm focused on Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and India, has reached a first close for Creador III, the firm’s third fund, with US$250 million in capital commitments. About 80 percent of the capital committed in the first close came from Creador’s existing LPs. The fund, which has… Read More
Global private equity firm J.C. Flowers has agreed to acquire a 25 percent stake in Romania-based lender Banca Comercială Carpatica from existing shareholders. The transaction will be structured through J.C. Flowers III. J.C. Flowers additionally expressed interest in subscribing to a private placement in the company to further increase its… Read More
Southeast Asia- and India-focused venture capital firm Jungle Ventures has reached a first close on its second fund, Jungle Ventures II. The fund, which has a target of US$100 million, will focus on Series A financing rounds and later stage investments, with ticket sizes ranging from US$3 million to US$5… Read More
India-focused private equity firm InvAscent has invested INR1 billion (approximately US$15 million) in India-based Sarvejana Healthcare, operator of hospital chain Sunshine Hospitals. The transaction was structured through India Life Sciences Fund II, a fund managed by InvAscent. As part of the company’s expansion plans in India, Sunshine Hospitals will use… Read More
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has bought a 37 percent stake in Metropolis Healthcare, an India-based pathology laboratory service provider, from company shareholder Dr. GSK Velu and his affiliates. Financial details of the transaction, which was structured through Carlyle Asia Partners IV, were not disclosed. Read More
Pan-African private equity firm AfricInvest has sold its stake in Kenya-based private school company Brookhouse Schools to United Kingdom-based education-focused investment firm Educas. The transaction was structured through AfricInvest Fund II, which initially invested in the company in 2010. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Read More
A consortium of investors led by North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners has agreed to acquire Homeplus, the South Korea-based subsidiary of United Kingdom-based retailer Tesco, for GBP4 billion (approximately US$6.1 billion) in cash. The consortium also includes Canadian pension funds Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Public… Read More
Pan-Asia private equity firm STIC Investments and Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) have agreed to support Korea-based logistics company CJ Korea Express’s acquisition of a majority stake in China-based logistics company Rokin Logistics. The total transaction amount will be KRW455 billion (approximately US$378 million). STIC and NPS will structure their… Read More
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