Zhanjiang Newpro Foods Receives a US$6.5 Million Funding Round from CNEI (Asia)

China-focused growth capital fund manager China New Enterprise Investment (CNEI) has invested US$6.5 million in Zhanjiang Newpro Foods, a China-based prawn farming and processing company. Newpro sells larvae and baby prawns to cultivators and farmers in China and processed prawn products to distributors and wholesalers in both export and domestic… Read More

Warburg Pincus Invests in Ecom Express (Asia)

Global private equity firm Warburg Pincus has invested more than INR8.5 billion (approximately US$133 million) in India-based e-commerce logistics company Ecom Express. Ecom Express will use the new investment to grow its operations in rural areas and small towns in India, strengthen its technology and infrastructure and expand its management. Read More

Aspada Investment Company Invests in EM3 AgriServices (Asia)

Aspada Investment Advisors, an investment firm focused on small- and medium-sized enterprises in India, has invested INR200 million (approximately US$3.1 million) in EM3 AgriServices, an India-based farm mechanization and technology services company. The transaction was structured through Aspada Investment Company, a venture capital-focused holding company managed by Aspada Investment Advisors. Read More

Silver Lake Leads a US$500 Million Investment Round in Qunar (Asia)

Global technology-focused investor Silver Lake has led a US$500 million round of funding in China-based mobile and online travel platform Qunar in the form of two percent senior unsecured convertible notes with an initial conversion price of US$55 per share. Silver Lake invested US$330 million, while another undisclosed investor contributed… Read More



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