Lightspeed China Partners Invests in Tujia.com (Asia)

Lightspeed China Partners (LCP), the China-based division of global venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, has made a Series A investment in Tujia.com, a China-based online vacation rental services provider. China-based CDH Investments and travel service providers Ctrip.com International and HomeAway also participated in the investment round. Tujia plans… Read More

Creador Invests US$15 Million in OldTown (Asia)

Creador, a private equity manager focused on India and Southeast Asia, has invested MYR45.7 million (US$15 million) in OldTown White Coffee, a packaged instant coffee producer and restaurant chain manager based in Malaysia. OldTown has 202 restaurant outlets in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, with plans to expand into China… Read More

Moolchand Healthcare Raises INR1 Billion from Sequoia Capital (Asia)

Moolchand Healthcare, an Indian healthcare provider, has received INR1 billion (approximately US$18.5 million) from Sequoia Capital. Sequoia’s investment will be part of an INR5 billion (US$92.5 million) capital pool for the acquisition and development of new hospitals. Moolchand Healthcare is Sequoia’s fourth recent investment targeting the healthcare market in… Read More

ChrysCapital Closes Fund VI at US$510 Million (Asia)

ChrysCapital, an India-focused investment manager based in Mauritius, has announced the final close of its sixth fund on US$510 million. ChrysCapital VI, which received commitments from around 30 LPs including Harvard Management Company and Stanford Management Company, will target growth capital investments in India with ticket sizes from US$20… Read More

Marg Karaikal Port Attracts Equity Investment of US$39 Million (Asia)

Karaikal Port Private Limited, a subsidiary of Chennai-headquartered infrastructure company MARG Limited, has announced that Jacob Ballas Capital India has invested INR2 billion (approximately US$39 million) for a minority stake in the company. The investment, which came from the NYLIM Jacob Ballas India III fund, will be used for… Read More

Navis in 10x Sale to Partners Group (Asia)

Zug, Switzerland-based asset manager Partners Group has directly acquired Hong Kong-based business TrimCo, a provider of labels, tags and trimming products to apparel companies worldwide. Partners bought the stake from Southeast Asia-focused private equity firm Navis Capital. Navis bought a 70 percent stake in TrimCo in 2005 for US$11.1… Read More

GSR Ventures, HGI Capital Invest in Online Cake Shop (Asia)

Shanghai-based Tiantian Company, which operates the B2C e-commerce cake company Le Cake, has secured US$10 million in Series A financing from Chinese early-stage and venture capital investors GSR Ventures and HGI Capital. The proceeds will be used to build the company’s brand and optimize its website and hardware system. Read More

Forus Health Raises US$5 Million (Asia)

Indian venture capital funds IDG Ventures India and Accel Partners have invested US$5 million in Series A funding for local medical technology and solutions company Forus Health. The company plans to use the financing to drive manufacturing and sales of its flagship product 3nethra (a portable, low-cost, non-invasive pre-screening… Read More

Newsweek Expands Asian Presence with TStone Corp Partnership (Asia)

The Newsweek/DailyBeast Company LLC and TStone Corp, a Seoul-based private equity firm that focuses on media, education and financial services companies, are entering into a joint venture in Asia. The JV will create a pan-Asian media group with a focus on expanding the current Asian edition of Newsweek magazine… Read More



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