GIC Private
Asia’s LP landscape: North to south
Pools of institutional – and less institutional – capital in Asia are deepening, but it remains a multi-speed market with some investors just beginning their alternatives journey and others achieving maturity
Singapore green hydrogen player gets $115m
Singapore-based InterContinental Energy, a company developing green hydrogen fuel projects in Australia and the Middle East, has raised USD 115m from GIC and specialist investor Hy24.
Alibaba confirms Hong Kong IPO plan for logistics unit
Alibaba Group’s logistics unit has filed for an IPO in Hong Kong, potentially creating liquidity events for private equity backers such as Yunfeng Capital, Primavera Capital Group, and Princeville Global, as well as for GIC, Temasek Holdings, and Khazanah...
Deal focus: Riding the wave in India single-speciality hospitals
TPG Capital’s Asia Healthcare Holdings has tapped a rich vein for private equity in acquiring India’s only nephrology and urology hospital. Technological leadership will support expansion
TPG healthcare platform acquires India hospital chain
Asia Healthcare Holdings (AHH), a platform backed by TPG Capital and GIC, has acquired a majority stake in India’s Asian Institute of Nephrology and Urology (AINU) for about USD 72.2m.
Vietnam's VNG files for US IPO
Vietnam-based VNG, operator of the country’s largest mobile game publishing platform and largest messaging app, has filed for an IPO in the US.
Singapore's GIC emphasises infrastructure, sustainability
Singapore’s GIC is leaning towards infrastructure and sustainability-related assets as part of efforts to ensure portfolio resilience in the face of continued disruption driven by inflation, chronic geopolitical risk, and rising interest rates.
GIC appoints new Asia private equity head
GIC has named Hwee Loo Tan, a 22-year veteran of the Singapore-based sovereign wealth fund, as head of Asian private equity.
NewQuest, GIC back Everbridge's South Asia continuation fund
NewQuest Capital Partners and GIC have supported a USD 267m continuation fund for Capital Group Private Markets spinout Everbridge Partners, two years after a larger deal involving some of the same assets failed to close amid portfolio volatility.
Alibaba plans IPO for PE-backed logistics unit
Cainiao Smart Logistics Group, the private equity-backed logistics unit of Alibaba Group, will be spun off via an IPO as part of the parent company’s broader restructuring effort.
GIC takes co-control of Bain-owned Japan software company
Bain Capital has ceded co-control of Japanese HR software provider Works Human Intelligence (WHI) to GIC in a deal ranked among the Singapore sovereign investor’s largest acquisitions.
AVCJ Awards 2022: Special Achievement – Kok Peng Teh
Kok Peng Teh spent most of his career at GIC, helping build out what has become one of the world’s largest private equity programmes and nurturing the careers of numerous industry participants
GIC, PIF invest $924m in Korea's Kakao Entertainment
Singapore’s GIC and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) have agreed to invest a combined KRW 1.15trn (USD 924m) in Korean internet giant Kakao’s entertainment division.
China's CIC becomes largest state-owned investor - report
China Investment Corporation (CIC) surpassed Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) and Norway’s Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) to become the world’s largest state-owned investor in 2022, according to Global SWF Tracker.
Tread more cautiously in PE-infra overlap – AVCJ Forum
Investors are increasingly challenged to reconcile a vanishing divide between some infrastructure and PE strategies, the AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum heard.
Investors see 2022 as a 'turning point' in GP-LP relations - AVCJ Forum
The private equity industry has undergone a profound shift as under-allocations have become over-allocations, fundraising and deployment have slowed, and the dynamic between GP and LPs has changed, the AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum heard.
Deal focus: Food app targets Thailand’s first internet IPO
Thai restaurant delivery app Line Man Wongnai has leveraged the massive messaging service penetration of its parent company to position itself for what is hoped to be a breakthrough IPO
Deal focus: Euler finds favour with India-oriented EVs
Euler Motors is one of several India-based electric vehicle manufacturers attracting significant private capital, but the company believes its customised offering for commercial users is truly differentiated
GIC leads Series C for India EV maker Euler
GIC has led a USD 60m Series C round for Euler Motors, an India-based manufacturer of commercial electric vehicles (EVs), at a valuation of USD 200m.
Thailand's Line Man Wongnai raises $265m
Thailand’s Line Man Wongnai – a food delivery, taxi, and messaging app – has raised a USD 265m round featuring GIC at a valuation of USD 1bn. It claims to be the largest start-up locally.
PE-backed Mankind Pharma files for India IPO
Indian drug maker Mankind Pharma has filed for a domestic IPO, setting up an exit for Capital International, a private equity arm of Capital Group.
GIC leads $51m round for India space start-up
GIC Private has led a USD 51m Series B round for Indian rocket developer Skyroot Aerospace. It is being touted as the largest round yet in the local space-tech market.
ADIA, GIC lead $300m round for China's Taibang Biologic
Taibang Biologic Group, a specialist in blood plasma-based pharmaceuticals formerly known as China Biologic Products, has raised a USD 300m round led by Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and GIC.
GIC looks to PE to drive returns amid rising inflation
Singapore’s GIC is increasing its private equity allocation as part of a broader alternatives-oriented effort to ensure that returns keep pace with elevated inflation.