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CSRC eases rules for VC firms to exit start-ups

Shares held by venture capital investors will be subject to a shorter lock-up period after their portfolio companies list on Chinese stock exchanges in a move designed to encourage long-term investment.

  • Greater China
  • 08 March 2018
China video-streaming player Bilibili files for US IPO

Bilibili, a China-based video-streaming platform backed by a handful of PE and strategic investors, has filed for an US IPO.

  • Greater China
  • 07 March 2018
Strategic players in China's tech space: The upstarts

A new generation of Chinese technology companies, led by Toutiao, Meituan-Dianping and Didi Chuxing, is challenging the incumbent giants. It is the inevitable consequence of a more complex environment

  • Greater China
  • 07 March 2018
Samena, Cenova in $83m round for Hong Kong’s Virtus Medical

Virtus Medical Holdings, a Hong Kong-based private medical services provider, has raised an $83 million round of funding from Samena Capital and Cenova Capital.

  • Greater China
  • 02 March 2018
Tencent leads $818m round for China’s Chehaoduo

Chehaoduo, a Chinese online auto services provider that runs consumer-to-consumer (C2C) used car trading platform Guazi, has raised $818 million in a Series C round of funding led by Tencent Holdings.

  • Greater China
  • 02 March 2018
Japan’s GPIF awards another infrastructure mandate

Pantheon Group has won an infrastructure mandate from Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the second made by the pension fund to a global fund-of-funds.

  • North Asia
  • 01 March 2018
VCs back Chinese mapping technology developer

Kuandeng Technology, a Chinese start-up developing precision mapping technology for self-driving cars, has completed a Series A round of funding led by IDG Capital.

  • Greater China
  • 28 February 2018
China’s Danke Gongyu raises $100m Series B

CMC Capital Partners and Banyan Capital have jointly led a $100 million Series B round of funding for Danke Gongyu, a China-based start-up that provides apartment rental services.

  • Greater China
  • 27 February 2018
China’s Fosun acquires French luxury brand Lanvin

Chinese conglomerate Fosun International has purchased a controlling stake in Jeanne Lanvin, one of the oldest luxury fashion labels in France, for EUR120 million ($148 million).

  • Greater China
  • 25 February 2018
Yunfeng, MicroPort agree international medical devices carve-out

Chinese PE firm Yunfeng Capital and Hong Kong-listed medical device manufacturer MicroPort Scientific Corporation will acquire US-listed LivaNova's cardiac rhythm management (CRM) business for $190 million in cash.

  • Greater China
  • 23 February 2018
Taiwan’s KKday secures $10.5m Series B

KKday, a Taiwan-based start-up that helps tourists find local activities, has secured $10.5 million Series B round of funding led by Japanese travel agent HIS, with participation from existing backer MindWorks Ventures.

  • Greater China
  • 23 February 2018
Cathay Capital to acquire German auto parts supplier

Cathay Capital Private Equity, a cross-border PE firm focusing on China, Europe and the US, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in German auto-parts maker E. Winkemann from Equistone Partners Europe.

  • Greater China
  • 22 February 2018
China’s Toutiao acquires VC-backed selfie app Faceu

Chinese private equity-backed online content platform Toutiao has acquired Faceu, a camera app that has received funding from IDG Capital and Lightspeed China Partners.

  • Greater China
  • 21 February 2018
Ardian opens Japan office to capture local LP interest in alternatives

Ardian has opened an office in Tokyo - its third in Asia - with a view to capitalizing on growing demand for exposure to alternatives, including private equity, from Japanese institutional investors.

  • North Asia
  • 20 February 2018
Chinese PE firm to acquire Spain’s Imagina Media

Orient Hontai Capital, a PE unit of China’s Orient Securities, has agreed to buy a 53.5% stake in Imagina Media Audiovisual, part of Spain-based Mediapro Group. The transaction values Imagina at EUR1.9 billion ($2.35 billion).

  • Greater China
  • 20 February 2018
CITIC Capital-backed Harbin Pharma buys 40% stake in GNC

China’s Harbin Pharmaceutical Group, which is controlled by CITIC Capital, has agreed to acquire a 40% stake in GNC Holdings for $300 million, becoming the largest shareholder in the US-based nutritional supplements retailer.

  • Greater China
  • 15 February 2018
China’s Easyhome raises $2b from Alibaba, PE investors

Alibaba Group has joined a group of PE investors to acquire a 36% interest in Beijing Easyhome Furnishing, China’s second-largest home improvement supplies and furniture chain operator, in a deal worth RMB13 billion ($2 billion).

  • Greater China
  • 14 February 2018
China’s Club Factory raises $100m Series C

Club Factory, a China-based e-commerce platform that sells fashion products overseas, has raised $100 million in a Series C round of funding from existing investors IDG Capital Bertelsmann Asia Investment (BAI).

  • Greater China
  • 14 February 2018
China's Farasis Energy secures $793m Series C

Farasis Energy, a rechargeable battery manufacturer with operations in China and the US, has raised RMB5 billion ($793 million) in Series C funding from the China State-owned Venture Capital Fund.

  • Greater China
  • 11 February 2018
Deal focus: CLSA likes the fit of Marubeni subsidiary

CLSA Capital Partners agrees to carve-out Marubeni's uniform business with a view to driving consolidation in an industry where Japanese corporate customers are already gravitating from ownership to rental

  • North Asia
  • 09 February 2018
Sinovation seeks $500m for China fund

Chinese early-stage venture capital firm Sinovation Ventures is looking to raise $500 million for its fourth US dollar-denominated fund.

  • Greater China
  • 09 February 2018
Vivo leads $55m round for China’s Innocare

Sino-US healthcare specialist Vivo Capital has led a $55 million round of funding for Beijing Innocare, a biopharmaceutical company that develops treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases.

  • Greater China
  • 09 February 2018
Deal focus: CITIC identifies OBOR cleantech angle

Organica Water's plans to build botanical garden-style wastewater treatment plants in urban centers along the Silk Road make it well-suited to CITIC Capital's One Belt One Road (OBOR) agenda

  • Greater China
  • 09 February 2018
China’s JD.com, Cosmo Lady launch $159m M&A fund

Chinese online retailer JD.com has formed an M&A fund with Hong Kong-listed clothing producer and retailer Cosmo Lady. The target size is RMB1 billion ($159 million).

  • Greater China
  • 08 February 2018
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