Russia and CIS-focused private equity firm Baring Vostok Capital Partners and Russian sovereign wealth fund Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) have announced a US$48 million joint investment in newly issued shares of Australia-listed Tigers Realm Coal (TIG), a company with coking coal assets in Russia’s Chukotka province. Baring Vostok,… Read More
China-based financial institution China Cinda Asset Management, backed by private equity firms such as CITIC Capital and Oaktree Capital, has raised HKD19 billion (approximately US$2.5 billion) by selling 5.3 billion shares, priced at HKD3.58 apiece, in the biggest initial public offering (IPO) of the year on the Hong Kong… Read More
Ghana-based Rancard, a provider of social recommendations technology for mobile content and services, has received a second round of investment led by investment management firm Peninsula Capital. Existing investors private equity fund manager Adlevo Capital and Intel Capital, Intel’s global investment and M&A organization, also participated in the round. Read More
India-based online lingerie retailer Zivame has received US$6 million in a Series B funding round led by Unilazer Ventures, an investment group promoted by UTV founder and entrepreneur Ronnie Screwvala. Existing investors, venture capital firms IDG Ventures and Kalaari Capital, which had invested US$3 million in Zivame earlier this… Read More
An investor group led by global private equity firm Advent International has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 22 percent interest in Colombia-based Oleoducto Central, a crude oil transportation system, from oil and gas companies Talisman Energy, Total Colombia Pipeline and Compañía Española de Petróleos. Talisman will receive… Read More
Pan-emerging markets private equity firm Actis has closed its third energy fund, Actis Energy 3, with US$1.15 billion in capital commitments. The fund was oversubscribed, exceeding its original target of US$750 million. Investors in the fund include public pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and families from the United States,… Read More
Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), a private equity firm focused on growth capital investing in Africa, has exited its investment in Côte d’Ivoire-based mobile network operator MTN Côte d’Ivoire (MTNCI) through Planor Capital International, a special purpose vehicle established to hold a substantial equity stake in MTNCI. ECP, which initially… Read More
LeapFrog Investments, a specialist investor in emerging markets financial services, has exited Ghana-based insurance provider Express Life, selling its majority stake to financial services institution Prudential. LeapFrog originally invested US$5.5 million in the company in May 2012. Since then, Express Life, which provides savings and insurance products to emerging… Read More
South Africa-based Lereko Metier Sustainable Capital Fund, managed by black-owned investment company Lereko and private equity fund management business Metier, has reached a final close with ZAR690 million (approximately US$67 million) in capital commitments, exceeding initial targets. The fund received commitments from retirement fund Transnet Retirement Fund and development… Read More
South Africa-based Lereko Metier Sustainable Capital Fund, managed by black-owned investment company Lereko and private equity fund management business Metier, has reached a final close with ZAR690 million (approximately US$67 million) in capital commitments, exceeding initial targets. The fund received commitments from retirement fund Transnet Retirement Fund and development… Read More
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