Templeton Asset Management, a financial services subsidiary of Franklin Templeton Investments, has invested US$15.8 million in Indo Trans Logistics Corporation (ITL), a Vietnam-based third-party logistics and warehousing company. The transaction was structured through Templeton Strategic Emerging Markets Fund IV, which is managed by the Templeton Emerging Markets Group of Templeton… Read More
Global private equity firm Warburg Pincus has led a US$45 million Series C funding round for Singapore-based cloud software company Capillary Technologies. Venture capital firms Sequoia Capital and Norwest Venture Partners, both existing investors in the company, also participated in the round. Capillary will use the fresh capital to expand… Read More
Africa-focused private equity infrastructure fund manager African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) has partnered with Hydroneo Afrique, a subsidiary of global hydro power plant equipment manufacturer MECAMIDI, to develop a pipeline of hydro power projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. AIIM and Hydroneo Afrique will establish a 50/50 joint venture to develop, finance,… Read More
Pan-emerging markets private equity firm Actis has acquired a minority stake in South Africa-based home furnishings retailer Coricraft Group. Other investors in the round included Westbrooke, a South Africa-based investment group, and Coricraft Group’s management. Coricraft intends to use the new capital to expand nationally and in Sub-Saharan Africa. Financial… Read More
Adenia Partners, a private equity fund manager focused on growth opportunities and mid-cap buyouts in Sub-Saharan Africa, has exited its investment in Newpack, a Madagascar-based corrugated cardboard packaging company active in the Indian Ocean region. Adenia Partners originally invested in Newpack in June 2008, in a transaction structured through Adenia… Read More
West Africa-focused private equity fund manager Cauris Management has sold its stake in Benin-based mineral water bottler and distributor Eau Technologie Environnement (ETE) to Les Eaux Minérales d’Oulmès, a Morocco-based bottling and distribution company. The transaction was structured through Cauris Croissance, a fund managed by Cauris Management. The firm originally… Read More
Africa-focused investment management firm Convergence Partners has acquired a minority stake in Nigeria-based financial technology-focused holding company Venture Garden Nigeria (VGN) for US$20 million. The transaction was structured through Convergence Partners Communications Infrastructure Fund. VGN will use the new capital to accelerate its growth plans domestically in Nigeria and across… Read More
Apis Partners, a private equity asset manager focused on financial services in Africa and South Asia, has reached a first close for Apis Growth Fund I with capital commitments of more than US$157 million. Investors in the first close included development finance institutions CDC Group, FMO and Swedfund; European Union… Read More
Global growth markets investor The Abraaj Group has acquired a stake in Turkey-based Yü-Ce Tıbbi Gereçler İthalat İhracat Mümessillik Sanayi ve Ticaret (Yu-Ce Medical), a medical supplies manufacturer. The transaction was structured through Abraaj’s Anatolia Growth Capital Fund. The company plans to use the funds to increase its production capacity,… Read More
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group and China-based conglomerate Huo’s Group have agreed to acquire a 75 percent stake in China-based Tongyi Lubricants, a lubricant supplier founded as a joint venture of Huo’s Group and global energy company Shell, from Shell. Carlyle’s investment will be structured through Carlyle Asia… Read More
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