• Home
  • News
  • Analysis
  •  
    Regions
    • Australasia
    • Southeast Asia
    • Greater China
    • North Asia
    • South Asia
    • North America
    • Europe
    • Central Asia
    • MENA
  •  
    Funds
    • LPs
    • Buyout
    • Growth
    • Venture
    • Renminbi
    • Secondary
    • Credit/Special Situations
    • Infrastructure
    • Real Estate
  •  
    Investments
    • Buyout
    • Growth
    • Early stage
    • PIPE
    • Credit
  •  
    Exits
    • IPO
    • Open market
    • Trade sale
    • Buyback
  •  
    Sectors
    • Consumer
    • Financials
    • Healthcare
    • Industrials
    • Infrastructure
    • Media
    • Technology
    • Real Estate
  • Events
  • Chinese edition
  • Data & Research
  • Weekly Digest
  • Newsletters
  • Sign in
  • Events
  • Sign in
    • You are currently accessing unquote.com via your Enterprise account.

      If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in.

      If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team.

      Phone: +44 (0)870 240 8859

      Email: customerservices@incisivemedia.com

      • Sign in
     
      • Saved articles
      • Newsletters
      • Account details
      • Contact support
      • Sign out
     
  • Follow us
    • RSS
    • Twitter
    • LinkedIn
    • Newsletters
  • Free Trial
  • Subscribe
  • Weekly Digest
  • Chinese edition
  • Data & Research
    • Latest Data & Research
      2023-china-216x305
      Regional Reports

      The reports review the year's local private equity and venture capital activity and are filled with up-to-date data and intelligence on fundraising, investments, exits and M&A. The regional reports also feature information on key companies.

      Read more
      2016-pevc-cover
      Industry Review

      Asian Private Equity and Venture Capital Review provides an independent overview of the private equity, venture capital and M&A activities in the Asia region. It delivers insights on investments made, capital raised, sector specific figures and more.

      Read more
      AVCJ Database

      AVCJ Database is the ultimate link between Asian dealmakers and those who provide advisory, financial, legal and technological services to the private equity, venture capital and M&A industries. It is packed with facts and figures on more than 153,000 companies and almost 117,000 transactions.

      Read more
AVCJ
AVCJ
  • Home
  • News
  • Analysis
  • Regions
  • Funds
  • Investments
  • Exits
  • Sectors
  • You are currently accessing unquote.com via your Enterprise account.

    If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in.

    If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team.

    Phone: +44 (0)870 240 8859

    Email: customerservices@incisivemedia.com

    • Sign in
 
    • Saved articles
    • Newsletters
    • Account details
    • Contact support
    • Sign out
 

Justin Niessner

Follow Justin

  • Article feed

Articles by Justin Niessner

Australian analytics start-up Local Measure raises $3.4m

Local Measure, an Australian analytics technology provider servicing the tourism industry, has raised $3.4 million for an expansion effort that will include opening new offices in Los Angeles and Dubai.

  • Australasia
  • 24 January 2017
IFC proposes $10m investment in India's Zinka Logistics

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the investment arm of the World Bank, is considering a $10 million investment in Indian logistics company Zinka Logistics Solutions.

  • South Asia
  • 23 January 2017
Pencarrow sells NZ beverage company to Dutch trade buyer

New Zealand’s Pencarrow Private Equity has sold 100% of domestic tea and coffee company BrewGroup to Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE), a Netherlands-based beverages group active in more than 100 countries.

  • Australasia
  • 23 January 2017
500 Startups closes Thailand fund at $15.4m

500 Startups has reached a final close of $15.4 million on its Thailand-focused early-stage fund. It had originally targeted $10 million.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 20 January 2017
LPs must address staffing constraints as Asian opportunities multiply

Global LPs targeting increasingly complex opportunity sets in Asia must streamline their activity and employ a range of techniques to reconcile shortages in investment team resources, panelists told the Hong Kong Venture Capital & Private Equity Association's...

  • LPs
  • 19 January 2017
Innotech targets Asia with US marketing acquisition

Shanghai-based Innotech Capitals, a PE arm of Innotech International Group specializing in advertising technology, has acquired US data aggregation platform Ad-Juster with a view to helping the company expand into Asia.

  • Greater China
  • 19 January 2017
pakistan-celebration-independence
Pakistan PE: Maturing morale

Private equity and venture capital investment activity in Pakistan remains sparse, but early movers are beginning to cut deals with a new sense of confidence as geopolitical and economic issues simmer down

  • South Asia
  • 18 January 2017
Fund focus: INSEAD alumni pay it forward

INSEADAlum Ventures, a seed-stage investor focused exclusively on INSEAD alumni, has raised its debut fund from a group of graduates keen to give back to the school where they got their start

  • Southeast Asia
  • 18 January 2017
Fairfax India buys controlling stake in Saurashtra Freight

Fairfax India Holdings has agreed to invest INR2 billion ($30 million) for a 51% stake in domestic logistics company Saurashtra Freight.

  • South Asia
  • 18 January 2017
Japan's Polaris exits Clean Surface Technology

Japan-based Polaris Capital has sold its 100% stake in domestic electronics supplier Clean Surface Technology (CST) to coal mining company Mitsui Matsushima for JPY4 billion ($35 million).

  • North Asia
  • 16 January 2017
India's Unacademy raises $4.4m Series A round

Blume Ventures and Nexus Venture Partners have led a INR300 million ($4.4 million) Series A round of funding for Indian free-to-use learning platform operator Unacademy.

  • South Asia
  • 13 January 2017
Australia's AMP closes global infrastructure fund at $2.4b

Australia’s AMP Capital has reached a final close of $2.4 billion on its second global infrastructure fund, exceeding the target of $2 billion.

  • Australasia
  • 13 January 2017
Warburg Pincus-backed Stellar makes Indian logistics bolt-on

Stellar Supply Chain Solutions, an Indian logistics company backed by Warburg Pincus, has taken control of refrigerated trucking specialist Kelvin Cold Chain.

  • South Asia
  • 12 January 2017
Singapore's Marvelstone launches venture arm

Singapore-based private investment group Marvelstone has launched a venture capital arm that will focus on companies developing smart city technologies.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 12 January 2017
East Ventures raises $27.5m for SE Asia fund

Singapore-based East Ventures has raised $27.5 million for a fund that will invest in early-stage technology companies in Southeast Asia.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 11 January 2017
India's university incubators: Learning curve

Campus incubators intended to channel entrepreneurial talent at Indian universities into competitive start-ups have a patchy track record. VC investors must consider what this means for early-stage deal flow

  • South Asia
  • 11 January 2017
India's VC-backed PropTiger, Housing.com agree merger

VC-backed PropTiger and Housing.com have agreed to a merger that will establish India’s largest online realty company.

  • South Asia
  • 11 January 2017
Singapore business school INSEAD launches seed fund

INSEADAlum Ventures (IAV), the Singapore-based VC arm of international business school operator INSEAD, has launched a seed fund dedicated to its alumni and faculty networks across Europe and Asia.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 10 January 2017
Indian logistics player raises $13m Series B round

Mumbai-based logistics services company Leap India has secured about $13 million in a Series B funding round led by new investors IndiaNivesh Growth Fund, Sixth Sense and TCI Ventures.

  • South Asia
  • 09 January 2017
Samsung launches $150m global VC fund

Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics has launched a $150 million global venture capital fund via its US-based incubation and acceleration unit.

  • North America
  • 06 January 2017
Tencent forms alliance with Thailand's VC-backed Ookbee

Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings has teamed up with Thailand-based Ookbee, a VC-backed digital magazine platform, to pursue growth opportunities in Southeast Asia’s online media space.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 05 January 2017
INCJ, Khazanah back SE Asian telecom spin-out

Patient Japanese capital and state-backed Malaysian funding underpin a partial spin-out of Southeast Asia telecom towers business Edotco from Axiata

  • Southeast Asia
  • 05 January 2017
PE-backed New Century Healthcare targets $129m HK IPO

New Century Healthcare, a Chinese pediatric hospital operator backed by CDH Investments and Boyu Capital, is planning to raise HK$1 billion ($129 million) via a Hong Kong IPO.

  • Greater China
  • 05 January 2017
PE-backed e-Shang Redwood gets $300m pre-IPO round

E-Shang Redwood (ESR), a pan-Asian logistics services company backed by Warburg Pincus, has received a $300 million pre-IPO investment from a consortium of Chinese investors.

  • Greater China
  • 04 January 2017
129 130 131
  • About AVCJ
  • Advertise
  • Contacts
  • About ION Analytics
  • Terms of use
  • Privacy policy
  • Group disclaimer
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletters

© Merger Market

© Mergermarket Limited, 10 Queen Street Place, London EC4R 1BE - Company registration number 03879547

Digital publisher of the year 2010 & 2013

Digital publisher of the year 2010 & 2013