Global investment banking and investment management group ThomasLloyd has contracted three new solar power stations in the Philippines. The transaction was structured through ThomasLloyd’s Cleantech Infrastructure Fund. The plants, due to reach completion in June 2015, will have a generating capacity of 41MW. Financial details of the transaction were not… Read More
Asia-focused multi-stage investment firm SAIF Partners has invested US$3 million in India-based online doctor appointment platform Qikwell Technologies’ Series A funding round, and participated in a US$37 million round for Elara Technologies, operator of India-focused real estate marketing platform PropTiger.com. Global media group News Corp invested US$30 million in Elara,… Read More
India-focused private equity firm Everstone Capital and United States-based equity fund Solmark have signed an agreement with India-based customer management service provider Servion Global Solutions to acquire a controlling stake in Servion for INR4 billion (approximately US$65 million). The transaction will be structured through Evertech, Everstone Group’s technology investment platform,… Read More
India-based conglomerate Future Group, through its consumer goods arm Future Consumer Enterprise, has acquired India-based supermarket chain Nilgiris for a reported INR3 billion (approximately US$49 million) from pan-emerging markets private equity firm Actis and company founders the Mudaliar family. Nilgiris operates across South India, with stores in Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra… Read More
A consortium led by Southeast Asia-focused private equity firm Navis Capital Partners has acquired Singapore-based MFS Technology, a provider of flexible printed circuit solutions to blue-chip customers, for US$95 million. The consortium also included mid-market private equity firm Novo Tellus Capital Partners, an unnamed Singapore-based technology-focused private equity fund and… Read More
China-based car rental company eHi Car Services has raised US$120 million through an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange. The company sold ten million shares at US$12 apiece, the bottom end of the indicative range. eHi Car Services is backed by private equity and venture capital… Read More
Southeast Asia-focused private equity firm Credence Partners has acquired 100 percent of Singapore-based Fassler Gourmet, a company specializing in seasoning, smoking, slicing and packing salmon and ocean trout. The transaction was structured through Credence Fund II. Credence intends to work with the Fassler Gourmet management team to expand its customer… Read More
China-based oncology company BeiGene has raised a financing round of more than RMB450 million (approximately US$75 million) from a group of investors including CITIC Capital Partners, the private equity arm of CITIC Capital Holdings, and Asia-focused investment firm Hillhouse Capital. The round also included existing angel and strategic investors. BeiGene… Read More
Global investment firm KKR has agreed to provide Singapore-based Amtek Global Technologies (AGT), a subsidiary of India-listed automotive component manufacturer Amtek Auto, with EUR235 million (approximately US$293 million) in long-term financing, intended to replace its existing bridge loan and consolidate the company’s existing debt. This facility will also act as… Read More
Global growth markets investor The Abraaj Group has acquired a majority stake in Southeast Asia-based food and beverage chain Wine Connection Group. The company, which has more than 55 outlets in Singapore and Thailand, intends to expand its footprint in existing markets and replicate its business model in new territories,… Read More
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