Deals
AMEC lures repeat VC investors
Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment, Inc. (AMEC), a Chinese semiconductor equipment company, has attracted some $46 million from existing venture capital investors, including Shanghai Venture...
Portfolio management |
11 Mar 2010 | 
Baring plans to relist Courts in Singapore
Baring Private Equity Asia investment vehicle Singapore Asia Retail, a home furniture and appliances operator wholly-owned by its Fund III and Kuwaiti JV partner Topaz Investment Worldwide Inc, is reportedly looking to raise up to S$170 million ($121.5...
Portfolio management |
11 Mar 2010 |
WI Harper to take stake in Taiwan's Testar
Veteran VC firm WI Harper Group has agreed an investment into Taiwan’s Testar Electronics Corporation, which specializes in testing and optimizing Light Emitting Diode (LED) chips, and which will spin out from its parent company Chroma Ate Inc. under...
Expansion |
11 Mar 2010 |
Lone Star KEB stake sale resumes
Lone Star Funds' sometimes controversial investee Korea Exchange Bank has stated that the investor's long-delayed trade sale exit from its 51% stake is about to resume.
North Asia |
10 Mar 2010 |
Symphony partially exits Strides Arcolab
Symphony Capital has sold shares in its long-term Indian medical investment Strides Arcolab, equivalent to just under $5 million.
Healthcare |
10 Mar 2010 |
Fidelity Asia invests PRC medical device distributor
Fidelity Asia Ventures, the Asian venture and growth capital arm of Fidelity International Ltd and its US affiliate Fidelity Biosciences, has jointly invested $10 million in TCT Medical, which claims to be the largest medical device distributor and service...
Expansion |
10 Mar 2010 |
Dojane Capital in Joyrun Heavy Industry deal
Shanghai-based investment firm Dojane Capital, will invest RMB100 million ($14.6 million) alongside four unidentified investment institutions in Jiangsu Province-based Joyrun Heavy Industry, a large manufacturer of high-end precision casting parts.
Greater China |
10 Mar 2010 |
Taiwan regulator confirms Nan Shan sale terms
Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission has confirmed its five conditions for allowing the prospective buyers of Nan Shan Life Insurance, including Primus Financial Holdings, to acquire the local insurance major from American International Group.
Financials |
10 Mar 2010 |
Steel Partners seeks new board directors for Sapporo
Steel Partners Japan Strategic Fund, the US investment fund which holds about 18% of leading Japanese brewer Sapporo Holdings, has sent letters to other shareholders, seeking their support for Steel’s plan to appoint new board directors ahead of Sapporo's...
Portfolio management |
09 Mar 2010 |
Carlyle's Willcom on notice for further government support
Willcom, the Japanese PHS - personal handy-phone service - provider controlled by Carlyle Asia, will be assessed by the Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation of Japan (ETIC) to see if the government organization will support the mobile company’s...
Portfolio management |
09 Mar 2010 |
TPG may back Shriram Properties
US buyout firm TPG Capital may be backing Bangalore-based real estate developer Shriram Properties in their acquisition of property assets, according to local media reports.
Real estate |
09 Mar 2010 |
General Atlantic investee Zhongsheng resets IPO
General Atlantic China investee car dealer Zhongsheng Group has reportedly begun bookbuilding for its Hong Kong IPO, initially targeting to raise $800 million-$1 billion, after postponements that came close to cancellation, according to earlier repor...
Greater China |
09 Mar 2010 |
Mayfield, SIDBI invest Indian infra with Fourcee
Mayfield India Fund and SIDBI Venture Capital have committed $11 million to Fourcee Infrastructure Equipment, a Mumbai-based provider of liquid cargo logistics equipment and solutions.
South Asia |
09 Mar 2010 |
Temasek, New Silk, New Vernon, Kotak steer 9X sale to Zee in partial INX exit
Temasek Holdings, New Silk Route, New Vernon Private Equity Fund and Kotak Private Equity may see a partial exit from their loss-making Indian media investee INX Media, with the sale of its 9X entertainment channel to the Subcontinent's largest media...
South Asia |
08 Mar 2010 |
Sumitomo Mitsui launches turnaround fund
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. will launch a JPY 30 billion ($332 million) corporate turnaround fund to help the bank’s SMEs clients to turn around struggling businesses.
Fundraising |
08 Mar 2010 |
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AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum - Japan 2010
Japan Private Equity: Riding a new wave of confidence?
The eleventh annual installment of the series will examine what's really changing in Japan's approach to business, investment, and the rest of the world...
Date: April 21st-22nd 2010
Venue: ANA InterContinental, Tokyo
AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum - China 2010
Chinese and foreign PE: on the dance floor or on a seesaw?
The Forum in Beijing will discuss how PEs and VCs in China will develop, and how LPs, GPs, corporations, entrepreneurs and service providers in this ecosystem should strategise proactively (or at least react tactfully!)...
Date: May 27th-28th 2010
Venue: Park Hyatt, Beijing
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