P2 Brasil, an infrastructure fund managed by Brazilian private equity firm Pátria Investimentos and engineering company Promon Engenharia, has invested BRL300 million (approximately US$142 million) to create Highline, a company that will manage wireless telecommunications towers in Brazil. Highline will build the towers under orders from carriers, renting the… Read More
Fonds Cauris Croissance II, a private equity fund managed by West African fund manager Cauris Management, has agreed to invest XAF4 billion (approximately US$8 million) in Azalaï Hotels, a West African hotel chain. Headquartered in Mali, Azalaï operates six hotels in Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau and Mali, and… Read More
Ukraine-based private equity fund manager Horizon Capital has agreed to sell its 100 percent stake in local life insurance company Fidem Life to Netherlands-based insurance, pensions and asset management company Aegon. Horizon first invested in the insurer in 2010 through its Emerging Europe Growth Fund II. Financial details of… Read More
Emerging markets private equity investor Actis has partially exited its holding in Brazilian independent brokerage XP Investimentos by selling approximately half of its stake to global private equity firm General Atlantic. Actis had originally invested US$58 million in XP Investimentos in November 2010. Financial details of the transaction were… Read More
Darby Overseas Investments, the private equity arm of global investment manager Franklin Templeton, has invested in Ecuadorian logistics company Tabacarcen S.A. Tababela Cargo Center. Tabacarcen is the logistics and cargo operator at Mariscal Sucre airport in the Ecuadorian capital of Quito. Darby made the investment through its Darby Latin… Read More
Indian venture capital firms Helion Venture Partners and Footprint Ventures have reportedly invested US$6 million in vegetarian food chain Mast Kalandar, owned by Indian restaurant operator Spring Leaf Retail. Mast Kalandar currently operates 40 outlets and will use the funding to expand to 100 outlets across eight Indian cities. Read More
Venture capital firm Sequoia Capital China and Fidelity Growth Partners Asia, the Asia-focused private equity arm of Fidelity Investments, have invested alongside an undisclosed private investor in the Series B financing round of Chinese rental car company Reocar. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed, but the invested… Read More
CX Partners, an Indian private equity firm, has signed a binding letter of intent to invest INR1.2 billion (approximately US$22.9 million) in Transaction Solutions International (TSN), an operator of ATMs that is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Under the terms of the transaction, CX Partners will acquire a… Read More
Indonesia-focused private equity firm Saratoga Capital and investment firm Provident Capital have sold a combined 4.4 percent stake in Indonesian telecommunications tower operator Tower Bersama Infrastructure on the Indonesian Stock Exchange. Saratoga and Provident collectively sold 210 million shares at IDR5,750 per share (approximately US$0.60) for IDR1.2 trillion (approximately… Read More
Southeast Asia-focused private equity investment manager Lombard Investments has sold its 10 percent stake in Thai retail chain Robinson Department Store for approximately US$219 million. Lombard’s affiliate, Asia Investment International, sold 111.3 million shares on the Stock Exchange of Thailand at THB60.5 (approximately US$1.95) per share. Robinson… Read More
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