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China luxury goods player Secoo gets private equity bailout
Secoo Holding, a US-listed Chinese luxury goods retailer that has seen its stock price fall by 95% since the start of 2020 and has filed for bankruptcy twice in the past eight months, has received USD 4m in funding.
SPAC target Prenetics sinks on US debut
Hong Kong-based genomic and diagnostic testing business Prenetics slumped on its NASDAQ debut, unable to withstand struggling public markets public markets and weak investor appetite for businesses that merge with US-listed special purpose acquisition...
Deal focus: Laiye leverages European connections
M&A helped Chinese artificial intelligence start-up Laiye develop its product and gain a foothold in Europe. With more than USD 160m in Series C funding, the company is aggressively targeting global expansion
China surgical robotics player RainMed raises $100m
Ping An Capital has led a Series D round of approximately $100 million for RainMed Medical, a China-based surgical robotics business. Other investors include Seresia Asset Management and Lighthouse Canton.
Coller spins out credit fund interests from Ping An subsidiary
A Coller Capital-led consortium has acquired interests in four global credit funds – worth a combined $680 million – from China Ping An Insurance’s overseas investment platform.
China O2O services player Daojia pursues US listing
Daojia, a China-based online-to-offline (O2O) home services provider that has previously received funding from KKR, Alibaba Group, and Ping An Group, has filed for an IPO in the US.
Chinese funds back local AI-RPA player Laiye
Laiye Technology, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up that specializes in robotic process automation (RPA) has raised $50 million in an extended Series C round led by Ping An Global Voyager Fund and Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Industry...
PE-backed Lufax follows $2.3b US IPO with weak debut
Online lending and wealth management platform Lufax raised $2.36 billion in the largest US IPO by a PE-backed Chinese company so far this year but endured a difficult first day of trading.
Fund focus: Secondaries drive Ping An unit’s transition
China Ping An Insurance Overseas Holdings has aspirations to manage assets for third-party investors. Spinning out part of the global private equity portfolio may help it get there
Ping An gives third-party investors exposure to PE portfolio
The international investment and asset management arm of China’s Ping An Insurance has raised $875 million through a secondary sale of part of its private equity portfolio.
Ping An leads $70m Series D for India's CarDekho
China’s Ping An Insurance has led a $70 million Series D round for Indian online auto marketplace CarDekho. It is Ping An’s first venture investment in the country.
PE-backed Ping An fintech spin-out pursues US offering
OneConnect Financial Technology, an affiliate of China’s Ping An Insurance backed by the likes of IDG Capital, SBI Group, and SoftBank Vision Fund, has filed to list in the US.
China's Ping An joins $72m round for US AI player
China’s Ping An Insurance has co-led a $72.5 million Series D round alongside Goldman Sachs for US artificial intelligence (AI) developer H2O with a view to expanding its Asian operations.
Ping An invests in PE-backed Chinese online education start-up
Ping An Insurance has made a strategic investment in iTutorGroup, a Chinese online education platform that previously raised four rounds of funding, the most recent at a valuation of $1.6 billion.
Ping An, CITIC invest China's Airdoc
Ping An Insurance and CITIC Group have made a Series B investment of undisclosed size in Airdoc, a Chinese medical services company that uses artificial intelligence (AI).
China’s Zhiyun Health nets $100m Series C round
Chinese online healthcare services provider Zhiyun Health has raised $100 million in a Series C round of funding across two tranches.
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.
PE-backed Chinese fashion platform Mogujie files for US IPO
Chinese online shopping and social networking business Mogujie has filed to list in the US. The company's investors include Tencent Holdings, Trustbridge Partners, and Hillhouse Capital.
Ping An Ventures leads $20m round for China's Xgene
Xgene Pharmaceutical, a Chinese drug maker, has raised $20 million in a Series B round of funding led by Ping An Ventures with participation from Zhongtai Investment – a unit of Indonesia’s Sinar Mas Group – and existing investors Morningside Venture...
SE Asia's Grab raises $2b in Toyota-led funding round
Southeast Asia-focused ride-hailing business Grab has raised $2 billion in its latest round of funding led by Japan’s Toyota Motor Corporation and involving a number of other global investors.
VC-backed Huya gains on US trading debut after $180m IPO
Huya, a Chinese game broadcasting business that spun out from social networking platform YY, gained 33.8% on its New York Stock Exchange trading debut following a $180 million IPO.
Ping An healthcare business trades flat after $1.1b IPO
Ping An Healthcare & Technology – operator of the Chinese healthcare-focused mobile app known as Ping An Good Doctor – closed flat on its Hong Kong trading debut following an HK$8.77 billion ($1.1 billion) IPO.
Ping An online healthcare business targets $1.1b in HK IPO
Ping An Healthcare & Technology - the PE-backed business that runs the healthcare-focused mobile app known as Ping An Good Doctor in China - is looking to raise up to HK$8.77 billion ($1.1 billion) in its Hong Kong IPO.
VC-backed YY spin-out Huya files for US IPO
Huya, a Chinese game broadcasting business that spun out from social networking platform YY and raised capital from Tencent Holdings and several VC investors, has filed for an IPO in the US.