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India’s Bizongo gets $30 million Series C
Indian B2B packaging marketplace Bizongo raised $30 million in a Series C round led by Schroder Adveq.
PSP buys Australian almond orchards, water rights
Schroder Adveq has sold 12,000 hectares of almond orchards in Australia to Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP) for an undisclosed sum. The pension plan has also agreed to pay Olam International A$490 million ($332.5 million) for permanent...
Deal focus: China’s data-enabled Workday
By applying artificial intelligence to human resources management, China's IfChange claims to make recruitment and retention more efficient. The company is now pushing to expand its customer base and product coverage
Chinese HR SaaS platform secures $80m Series C
Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sunshine Life Insurance have led a $80 million Series C round of funding for IfChange, a Chinese software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that specializes in human resources management.
Taiwan PE remains a tough sell for LPs – AVCJ Forum
Appreciation of Asia’s private equity has grown among LPs as commitments to the asset class pay off in developed and emerging markets, but investing in Taiwan is difficult to justify due to the absence of a strong local identity.
Fund focus: Maison in dollar fund breakthrough
China’s Maison Capital raises its first US dollar-denominated fund with a view to expanding its mandate while staying focused on a thriving domestic consumer market
China’s Maison secures $200m for US dollar fund
Chinese growth capital private equity firm Maison Capital has closed its first US dollar-denominated fund at $200 million.
China project funds: Cut to fit
Project funds have become popular in China on the back of increased demand for PE exposure from corporates and high net worth individuals. It remains to be seen if they have true staying power
Adveq agrees sale to Schroders
Adveq, a global fund-of-funds that deploys $100-200 million every year in Asia, has agreed to an acquisition by UK-listed asset manager Schroders.
LP interview: Adveq
Active in Asia for about two decades, fund-of-funds Adveq has a preference for China and India, and a relatively strong bias towards VC. Jun Qian, head of China investment, explains what he wants in a GP
Dual currency fundraising: Servant of two masters
A resurgence in renminbi fundraising has prompted GPs best known for US dollar funds to enter the local currency market. Addressing conflicts of interest in an increasingly complex industry will prove difficult
VC-backed FirstCry buys rival Babyoye
VC-backed Indian baby and child-focused retailer FirstCry.com has acquired rival children's store chain and e-commerce outlet Babyoye.
IFC leads $60m round for India's Lenskart
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has led a INR4 billion ($60 million) Series D round of funding for Indian online eyewear retailer Lenskart.
Australian agriculture: Mean fields?
The Australasian agricultural space is increasingly interesting to LPs that want an inflation hedge and a proxy to rising demand for quality food in emerging Asia, but local superannuation funds are slow to bite
BVCF raises $200m for third China life sciences fund
BVCF, a China life sciences-focused PE firm, has reached a final close of $200 million on its third fund.
Adveq buys into Australia’s king of crops
The term "real assets" doesn't generally conjure up images of almonds. And these assets aren’t widely available. California, Spain and Australia account for around 80% of a global almond market set to be worth $5 billion in 2013.
Adveq in $200m Australia almonds play
Adveq’s real assets division has completed the purchase of 18,000 hectares of almond orchards in Australia for A$211 million ($200 million) from commodities conglomerate Olam International. Municipal Employees’ Retirement System of Michigan and Danica...
Adveq appoints new Asia head
Swiss fund-of-funds Adveq has promoted Viswanathan Parameswar to executive director and chosen him to head the firm's Asia program.
Adveq hires first China head
Swiss fund-of-funds Adveq has appointed Ron Li as head of China, in a bid to develop its private equity and real assets offering in the country.
Adveq establishes third Asia office
Adveq has opened an office in Hong Kong, its third in the region. The move comes after the asset manager announced plans in January to increase its investment in China to RMB3.5 billion ($554 million) over the next two years.
Adveq set to increase China investment to $550m
China will remain the focal point of international institution investors for the next 10 years, according to Adveq Management. The private equity fund-offunds manager plans to increase its investment in China to RMB3.5 billion ($554 million) over the...
Speed bumps ahead for Asian private equity returns
Buyer beware: Not all that investors touch turns to gold
Industry Q&A: Bruno Raschle
Bruno E. Raschle, Executive Chairman at Zurich-based fund of funds Adveq Management, talks about Asia-focused trends among GPs, LPs and regulators, and what this implies for the future of the asset class in the region.
Adveq's Wong leaves in Beijing
Darren Wong, MD of the Beijing office of leading Swiss-headquartered fund-of-funds Adveq Management, has left the firm, with Nils Rode, MD and Co-Head of Adveq's overall investment management practice, assuming management of Adveq's Asian funds business.