North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners has reached a final close for its fourth fund with US$4.1 billion in commitments. Investors in the fund include Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Singapore-based sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings and China-based sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corporation. The… Read More
Cross-border private equity firm Cathay Capital Private Equity has led a CNY100 million (approximately US$14 million) Series A+ round in China-based Yimidida, an online logistics platform providing crowd-sourced delivery services in China’s small counties and villages. Existing investors China-focused venture capital firm Source Code Capital and Singapore-based Global Logistic Properties… Read More
India-focused private equity firm Amicus Capital Partners has reportedly reached a first close for its first fund with approximately US$90 million in commitments. Investors in the fund include European family offices and multilateral institutions. The fund, which is targeting US$200 million in total commitments, will largely focus on acquiring minority… Read More
Southeast Asia-focused venture capital firm Jungle Ventures has reached a final close for Jungle Ventures II with US$100 million in commitments. Investors include sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings, Singapore-based National Research Foundation, Germany-based Hubert Burda Media, Singapore-based consumer electronics distributor Thakral and family offices Kewalram Chanrai Group and Khoon Hong… Read More
Global venture capital firm Accel Partners has reached a final close for its fifth India-focused fund with US$450 million in commitments. The fund will invest in the consumer internet, enterprise software, financial technology and health care sectors. Accel reportedly plans to begin investing from the fund in early 2017. … Read More
India-focused impact investment firm Lok Capital has led an INR450 million (approximately US$6.6 million) Series B round for India-based dairy producer HR Food Processing. Lok invested through its third fund, Growth Catalyst Partners. South- and Southeast Asia-focused impact fund advisory firm Aavishkaar also participated in the round via Aavishkaar II. Read More
China-focused private equity firm Everbright Reinfore has led a CNY700 million (approximately US$102 million) Series B round for Beijing DS365 Technology, a China-based provider of supply chain management, transaction and logistics solutions for convenience stores. Financial services provider China UCF Group also participated in the round. DS365 will use the… Read More
Korea-focused private equity firm IMM Investment has agreed to acquire Korea-based waste management and recycling services provider Eco Management Korea Holdings from JP Morgan Asset Management for KRW400 billion (approximately US$338 million). Almost half of the funding for the deal will come from IMM Investment’s blind pool fund, while the… Read More
Aspada Advisors, an investment firm focused on small and medium-sized enterprises in India, and the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation have invested INR67 million (approximately US$1 million) in India-based school financing company Shiksha Financial Services. Aspada invested through Aspada Investment Company. Shiksha will use the new capital to launch more… Read More
Global investment firm KKR and China-based property developer Sino-Ocean Group have agreed to invest HKD1.5 billion (approximately US$190 million) through new ordinary shares and perpetual convertible bond securities in Beijing Capital Juda, the Hong Kong-listed subsidiary of integrated property developer Beijing Capital Land. KKR will invest through China Growth Fund. Read More
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