glendonTodd Capital, a U.S.-based private equity firm specializing in business services and real estate, has partnered with Brazilian middle-market investor Performa Partners to acquire Toutatis, a business process outsourcing (BPO) provider based in São Paulo. Toutatis, which offers human resource, accounting, and procurement outsourcing services, manages its clients’ operations… Read More
Lightspeed China Partners (LCP), the China-based division of global venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, has made a Series A investment in Tujia.com, a China-based online vacation rental services provider. China-based CDH Investments and travel service providers Ctrip.com International and HomeAway also participated in the investment round. Tujia plans… Read More
The Aureos Southern Africa Fund (ASAF) has sold its 49 percent stake in Golden Lay, a Zambia-based producer of chicken table eggs, as part of a sale of 100 percent of the company to Phatisa’s African Agriculture Fund, a private equity fund focused on sustainable food production in Africa. Read More
Creador, a private equity manager focused on India and Southeast Asia, has invested MYR45.7 million (US$15 million) in OldTown White Coffee, a packaged instant coffee producer and restaurant chain manager based in Malaysia. OldTown has 202 restaurant outlets in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, with plans to expand into China… Read More
Stratus Group, a Brazil-based mid-market private equity investor, has listed its portfolio company, Senior Solution, on the BOVESPA MAIS, a segment of the BOVESPA exchange. The listing is the first for a private equity-backed company on the Brazilian equivalent of the NASDAQ. Senior Solution, an IT company specializing in… Read More
Baring Vostok is investing US$50m into Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank (TCS Bank), a Russian mid-sized lender specializing in credit services. Oleg Tinkov, TCS Bank’s founder and majority owner, is currently developing a “branchless” model that will enable access to consumer credit in local stores. Baring Vostok will join Tinkov,… Read More
Moolchand Healthcare, an Indian healthcare provider, has received INR1 billion (approximately US$18.5 million) from Sequoia Capital. Sequoia’s investment will be part of an INR5 billion (US$92.5 million) capital pool for the acquisition and development of new hospitals. Moolchand Healthcare is Sequoia’s fourth recent investment targeting the healthcare market in… Read More
Capital International Private Equity Funds (CIPEF), a U.S.-based emerging market fund manager, has announced the final close of Capital International Private Equity Fund VI (CIPEF VI) at its hard cap of US$3 billion. Citing EMPEA data, CIPEF declared Fund VI the largest global emerging markets private equity fund to… Read More
ChrysCapital, an India-focused investment manager based in Mauritius, has announced the final close of its sixth fund on US$510 million. ChrysCapital VI, which received commitments from around 30 LPs including Harvard Management Company and Stanford Management Company, will target growth capital investments in India with ticket sizes from US$20… Read More
The African Agriculture Fund (AAF), managed by Phatisa, has concluded an agreement to make a total investment of US$ 24 million in Golden Lay Limited, a company involved in the production, distribution and sale of chicken table eggs – located in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. The deal team… Read More
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