Asian Venture Capital Journal (AVCJ)
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ChrysCapital exits US-based Infogain to Apax
ChrysCapital has exited Silicon Valley-based Infogain – an IT services provider that helped solidify the US-India cross-border opportunity set – to Apax Partners.
Deal focus: Malaysia’s Tealive taps PE scaling expertise
Tealive, a teashop brand that has exploded across Malaysia in recent years, is ready for a concerted international expansion. Creador has been brought in to guide the process
Fund focus: Plugging ASEAN family offices into global tech
Family offices have helped iGlobe Partners renew a lean and restrained deep tech VC mandate. A global investee network is hoped to facilitate overseas investments amid travel stoppages
Analysis
Asia secondaries: Continuation conundrum
The rapid ascent of single-asset continuation vehicles in the US and Europe might be emulated in Asia, but investors are approaching the market with measured optimism
Interviews
Q&A: Yunqi Partners’ Yipin Ng
Pre-pandemic, it was unclear whether China’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) industry could achieve monetization. Much has changed since then, says Yipin Ng, co-founder and managing partner of Yunqi Partners
LP interview: OMERS
Canadian pension fund OMERS, an established infrastructure investor in Asia, is beginning to make its mark regionally in private equity. Post-pandemic China has provided a foothold
People
Lucian Wu leaves HQ Capital
Secondaries specialist Lucian Wu has left his role as a managing director with HQ Capital in Hong Kong.
HarbourVest opens in Singapore, boosts Asia investment team
HarbourVest Partners has expanded its Asia footprint by adding an office in Singapore and strengthened its Hong Kong team with the recruitment of Lydia Hao from Neuberger Berman.
