Geekplus Technology (Geek+), a China-based warehouse robotics firm, raised a USD100m Series E1 from Intel Capital, Vertex Growth and Qingyue Capital Investment at a reported valuation of ~USD2b. Read more… Read More
Goldman Sachs agreed to provide up to USD150m for a debt facility for Clara, a Mexico-based startup offering corporate expense management for startups. Clara reached a USD1b valuation in 2021 with a USD70m Series B led by Coatue. Read more… Read More
SummitView Capital led a Series C extension for China-based self-driving auto chip manufacturer Black Sesame Technologies, for combined Series C rounds totaling more than USD500m. The round included participation from China’s Industrial Bank, GF Xinde Investment, Hina Group, Xin Ding Capital and others. Read more here… Read More
India-based online fashion retailer Nykaa acquired Little Black Book (LBB), a lifestyle discovery platform that is also India-based, for an undisclosed amount in an all-cash deal. LBB announced a INR65m (~USD1m) pre-Series B with follow-on from Athera Venture Partners (formerly Inventus India), Indian Angel Network’s IAN Fund, Blume Ventures and… Read More
Stepstone Group reached a USD2.36b close for its Capital Partners Fund V. The vehicle will invest in buyout, growth equity, and recapitalization transactions across a diverse set of managers, geographies, industries, vintage years and sizes. Read more… Read More
Epigenic (Yijie Like), a China-based biotech focusing on epigenetic regulation technology, raised more than CNY100m (~USD15m) in its angel and pre-Series A rounds from Morningside Ventures, Kingray Capital, Trinity Fund, TigerYeah Capital (Taiyu Capital) and FountainBridge Capital. Read more here and here. Read More
IDB and IDB Invest agreed to finance up to USD300m in credit for the construction of a Peru-based wind farm Punta Lomitas Wind Power Plant. Separately, IDB Invest agreed to MXN1.5b (~USD74m) in financing for Mexico-based housing developer Ruba, with a MXN500m (~USD25m) advance payment line for Ruba’s SME construction… Read More
Portage led a USD6.5m seed round for Kontempo, a Mexico-based startup B2B BNPL startup, with participation from SCOR, P&C Ventures, IGNIA Partners, Tectonic Ventures, Rhombuz VC and Asymmetric Capital Partners. The company also raised a USD25m debt facility from Upper90. Read more… Read More
RRJ Capital invested SGD140m (~USD101m) in new equity to merge Fullerton Healthcare Corporation with Fullerton Health, a Singapore-based pan-Asian healthcare provider. The company has also secured a SGD250m (~USD181m) senior loan facility from three banks to facilitate the merger. RRJ Capital’s existing perpetual securities and convertible preference shares have been… Read More
Flashpoint Venture Capital reached a USD102m final close for its VCIII Fund surpassing its USD100m target. The vehicle focuses on global Series A B2B software companies with founders from CEE and Israel. Széchenyi Funds agreed to invest USD20m in the fund, becoming Flashpoint’s first institutional limited partner. Read… Read More
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