Bridge, a financial services company focused on extending access to finance to customers in rural Philippines, has received a US$24 million investment from Accion, a global non-profit microfinance organization, development finance institutions FMO and DEG, Bamboo Finance, a global private equity firm specializing in microfinance, and Paul Kocourek, Bridge’s… Read More
U.S.-based venture capital firms Sequoia Capital and Matrix Partners have invested US$10 million in Series B financing in Beisen, a Chinese supplier of human resources testing tools and services. Beisen has developed a cloud-based platform offering integrated recruitment, evaluation and talent management services. The funding is intended for additional… Read More
Global private equity investment group Apax Partners has sold a 3.88 percent stake in Indian hospital operator Apollo Hospitals Enterprise to investment management firm Oppenheimer Funds for INR4.45 billion (approximately US$83 million). The transaction took place through a bulk share sale on the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock… Read More
AID Capital Partners, a China-based private equity firm, has purchased the Hong Kong and Singapore operations of U.K.-based music retailer HMV Group. AID acquired six retail stores and an e-commerce outlet in Hong Kong and two stores in Singapore, along with licenses in China, Taiwan and Macau. Financial details… Read More
A consortium of investors including Northstar Pacific Partners, the Indonesia-focused private equity affiliate of U.S.-based global private investment firm TPG, and businessman Garibaldi Thohir have reportedly purchased Indonesian telecommunications company Hutchison 3 Indonesia from Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Read More
CLSA Capital Partners, the alternative asset management arm of Hong Kong-based brokerage CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets, and venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers have invested US$10 million in Chinese water membrane manufacturing company Scinor Water Limited. CLSA structured the transaction through its Clean Resources Asia Growth Fund private equity… Read More
Indian private equity firm ChrysCapital has invested INR1.2 billion (approximately US$22.1 million) in Indian non-banking finance company Au Financiers for a 10 percent stake. ChrysCapital acquired 7 percent from Indian private equity firm Motilal Oswal Private Equity and the remaining 3 percent from the company’s founders, the Agarwal family. Read More
India-focused private investment firm WestBridge Capital and U.S.-based private equity firm TA Associates have together invested US$44 million in Dr. Lal PathLabs, an Indian pathology and diagnostics company. WestBridge invested US$35 million from its evergreen fund WestBridge Crossover Fund, with TA Associates contributing US$9 million. Under the terms of… Read More
Singapore-based private equity firm CMIA Capital Partners has invested US$23 million in the privatization of Singapore Stock Exchange-listed China Farm Equipment. The transaction was structured through CMIA China Fund IV, a private equity fund jointly managed by CMIA and China Merchants Technology Holdings, the venture capital arm of state-owned… Read More
Global private investment firm TPG has partially exited its investment in Indian logistics financier Shriram Transport Finance. TPG sold 23.15 million shares, representing an approximate 10 percent stake in Shriram, on the National Stock Exchange for INR16.6 billion (approximately US$303 million). Following the sale, TPG retains an ownership stake… Read More
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