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
Russia and CIS-focused private equity firm Baring Vostok Capital Partners and global private equity firm Capital Group Private Markets have fully exited their stakes in Russia-based auto leasing company Europlan as part of Russia-based lender B&N Bank’s 100 percent acquisition of the company. Capital Group’s exit was structured through Capital… Read More
India-focused private equity firm Zephyr Peacock India has partially exited its stake in India-based pre-engineered steel building manufacturer Pennar Engineered Building Systems in an initial public offering (IPO) on the National Stock Exchange and the Bombay Stock Exchange, returning INR892 million (approximately US$13.5 million) to Zephyr Peacock. Zephyr Peacock originally… Read More
India-based online lingerie retailer Zivame has raised a INR2.5 billion (approximately US$38 million) Series C investment round from venture capital fund Zodius Technology Fund and Government of Malaysia investment fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad. Venture capital firms IDG Ventures India, Unilazer and Kalaari Capital, all existing investors in the company, also… Read More
Mexico-focused venture capital firm DILA Capital has invested in Mexico-based online bus-ticketing platform Reserbus. The company seeks to develop a system to aggregate bus ticketing across Mexico’s independent bus operators. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Read More
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