India-focused venture capital fund manager WaterBridge Ventures has reached a final close for its maiden fund with US$30 million in capital commitments. The fund will make early-stage investments in technology-focused startups across various sectors in India. Read More
Global alternative investment firm KKR has partially exited its stake in India-listed coffee shop operator Coffee Day Enterprises. KKR, which originally invested in the company in 2010, sold a total of 12.5 million shares for INR4.05 billion (approximately US$62 million) on the open market. Read More
NASDAQ-listed and China-based mobile social networking platform Momo has agreed to acquire a 100 percent equity stake in China-based social and dating application Tantan for a consideration of 5.3 million newly issued Class A ordinary shares in Momo and US$601 million in cash. Previous investors in Tantan include Genesis Capital,… Read More
Singapore- and India-based retail software solutions provider Capillary Technologies has raised US$20 million from a consortium including global private equity fund managers Warburg Pincus and Sequoia Capital. The round also includes a secondary investment of US$2.5 million from LionRock Capital, facilitating an exit for employees and early-stage angel investors. Capillary… Read More
EMPEA Members log in to receive exclusive access to the detailed report (PDF) and underlying data (Excel). Download the Year-End 2017 Statistics (PDF) » Fundraising highlights from EMPEA’s Year-End 2017 Industry Statistics: The composition of fundraising by strategy has shifted as venture capital, infrastructure and private credit… Read More
India-based Hiveloop Technology, which operates business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce platform Udaan, has raised a US$50 million Series B round led by existing investor Lightspeed Venture Partners and new investor Yuri Milner, who invested through his Apoletto Fund. Lightspeed reportedly invested between US$30 million and US$35 million while Yuri Milner accounted for… Read More
Southeast Asia-focused venture capital fund manager Insignia Ventures Partners has reportedly reached a final close for its first fund with US$120 million in capital commitments. Insignia Ventures Partners Fund I targets Southeast Asia-based technology startups. Read More
Korea-focused private equity fund manager VIG Partners has agreed to acquire an 83 percent stake in Korea-based food wholesaler WinPlus for KRW74 billion (approximately US$69 million) through its third fund. The deal includes a primary capital injection of KRW45 billion (approximately US$42 million). With VIG’s support, WinPlus plans to open… Read More
China- and Southeast Asia-focused private equity firm NDE Capital has reached a third close for NDE Capital II with US$357 million in capital commitments. The fund, which has surpassed its initial US$350 million hard cap, is reportedly targeting US$450 million in total capital commitments. Investors in the fund include development… Read More
India-based SME financing platform Lendingkart has raised a US$87 million Series C round led by Singapore-based Fullerton Financial Holdings. Existing investors Sistema Asia Fund, Bertelsmann India Investments, Mayfield Fund, India Quotient and Saama Capital also participated in the round. Lendingkart will use the new funds to improve its technological and… Read More
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