India-focused private equity firm IDFC Alternatives has agreed to acquire a 24 megawatt wind power generation business in Maharashtra from National Stock Exchange-listed power generation company Jindal Steel and Power. IDFC will invest through India Infrastructure Fund II. Financial details of the transaction, which is subject to customary regulatory approval,… Read More
Global investment management firms Hillhouse Capital and Warburg Pincus have led a Series C round of more than US$100 million for China-based bike sharing mobile application Mobike. Venture capital firms Sequoia Capital and Qiming Venture Partners also participated in the round. Mobike was launched in December 2015 and has an… Read More
Private equity advisory firm Jacob Ballas Capital India has partially exited its investment in India-based active pharmaceutical ingredients and chemicals maker Vivimed Labs, selling an 8 percent stake on the Bombay Stock Exchange. Jacob Ballas, which originally invested through Jacob Ballas India Fund III, sold 6.5 million shares for INR10… Read More
China-focused private equity firm FountainVest has reached a final close for FountainVest China Capital Partners Fund III with US$2.1 billion in capital commitments. Investors in the fund, which was oversubscribed, include pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies and other institutions from North America, Europe, Australia, the Middle East and… Read More
China-focused venture capital fund manager Linear Venture has reached a final close for its second fund with approximately US$70 million in capital commitments. The fund comprises both RMB- and U.S. dollar-denominated tranches. Investors in the fund include an Asia-focused hedge fund, as well as founders and executives of internet companies… Read More
ViSenze, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence company for e-commerce and digital businesses, has completed a US$10.5 million Series B funding round led by Rakuten Ventures, the venture capital arm of internet company Rakuten, and venture capital firms WI Harper Group and Enspire Capital. Other investors in the round included Singapore Press… Read More
Venture capital firms Sequoia Capital and Ascent Capital have sold their stakes in India-based payments technology company Citrus Pay as part of the company’s 100 percent acquisition by PayU, a global online payment service provider owned by South Africa-based internet company Naspers, for US$130 million. Sequoia reportedly sold a 32… Read More
CGN Private Equity Fund Management Company has reached a second close for CGN Capital Partners Infrastructure Fund III with CNY3.2 billion (approximately US$478 million) in commitments. Investors in the fund include Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, Postal Savings Bank of China and People’s Insurance Company… Read More
Private equity firm India Value Fund Advisors (IVFA) has acquired a majority stake in India-based seed manufacturer SeedWorks International for US$40 million. The transaction was completed via a secondary share purchase from an undisclosed seller. IVFA plans to work with SeedWorks to improve its sales and marketing efforts. Read More
China-focused venture capital firm Sinovation Ventures has closed two funds with total capital commitments of approximately US$674 million. The two funds include one U.S. dollar-denominated fund, which raised US$300 million, and an RMB-denominated fund which raised the equivalent of approximately US$374 million. The U.S. dollar fund was anchored by Taiwan-based… Read More
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