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Aion, Apollo to invest $157m into Avantha Holdings – report

Aion Capital Partners and Apollo Global Management are reportedly investing INR9.6 billion ($157 million) in Avantha Holdings, the holding company of the $4 billion conglomerate Avantha Group. Avantha is also in talks to raise $100 million from KKR, an...

  • South Asia
  • 09 December 2013
Baring Asia named Firm of the Year at AVCJ India Awards

Baring Private Equity Asia was named Firm of the Year at the 2013 AVCJ India Awards, while SAIF India’s Ravi Adusumalli won the Private Equity Professional of the Year honor and KKR took the PE Deal of the Year prize.

  • Performance
  • 06 December 2013
Indian GPs emphasize value-add - AVCJ Forum

Operational involvement is increasingly a priority for Indian private equity firms as new money slowly trickles into country-focused funds, GPs said at the AVCJ India Forum.

  • South Asia
  • 05 December 2013
Online fashion retailers Zalora, The Iconic raise $112m

Rocket Internet’s Zalora Group has raised $112 million in funding from US-based Access Industries, Scopia Capital Management and other unnamed institutional investors. Southeast Asia-focused Zalora.com and Australia’s The Iconic are part of Zalora Group....

  • Southeast Asia
  • 04 December 2013
EIG raises $6b for global energy fund

EIG Global Energy Partners has reached a final close of $6 billion for its Energy Fund XVI after just 10 months in the market. The fund had a target of $4.25 billion.

  • Infrastructure
  • 04 December 2013
Asia Awards: Operational Value Add – Yonghui Superstores

Headland Capital Partners invested in Chinese supermarket chain Yonghui Superstores in 2007 and helped turn the regional player into a sector outperformer with a national footprint

  • Greater China
  • 04 December 2013
KV Asia buys Singapore skin care brand

KV Asia Capital has agreed to acquire Singapore-based Derma-Rx International Aesthetics (DIAL) from Indian skin care company Marico Kaya Enterprises. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed

  • South Asia
  • 03 December 2013
Portea Medical raises $7.6m from Accel, Ventureast

Accel Partners and Ventureast have contributed INR480 million ($7.69 million) in Series A funding for Indian home healthcare provider Portea Medical.

  • South Asia
  • 03 December 2013
Singapore's Coda Payments gets Series A round

Carrier billing provider Coda Payments has raised $2.3 million in Series A funding from GMO Global Payment Fund, Rakuten Ventures, CyberAgent Ventures, and return backers Golden Gate Ventures and Skype co-founder Toivo Annus.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 03 December 2013
ICICI Venture invests $22.4m in BTI Payments

ICICI Venture has committed INR1.4 billion ($22.4 million) to BTI Payments for a significant stake in the ATM and point-of-sales (POS) services contractor.

  • South Asia
  • 02 December 2013
Blackbird leads round for Australian bitcoin start-up

Blackbird Ventures has invested A$250,000 ($227,645) to lead a A$500,000 round of funding for Melbourne-based CoinJar, a bitcoin wallet and exchange provider. Angel investors in the round include RetailMeNot founders Guy King and Bevan Clark and game...

  • Australasia
  • 02 December 2013
Canada's CPPIB targets India office market with $200m JV deal

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) will commit $200 million to its first real estate venture in India. In partnership with the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, it will acquire income-producing office buildings in Indian cities. CPPIB has an 80% stake...

  • Real estate
  • 29 November 2013
Nazara Technologies launches gaming-focused seed fund

Indian mobile games developer and publisher Nazara Technologies has launched a seed stage fund to back game developers.

  • South Asia
  • 29 November 2013
India's Girnar Software raises $15m from Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital has invested $15 million in a first round of funding for Girnar Software, which owns the automotive marketplace Cardekho.com. The funds will be used to support the marketplace's expansion plans.

  • South Asia
  • 28 November 2013
US retailer Target to launch India accelerator

Target plans to launch a corporate incubator in Bangalore in January 2014. The Target Accelerator Program will give Indian start-ups specializing in big data, content aggregation, mobility and search up to $30,000 in funding.

  • South Asia
  • 28 November 2013
Blackstone Real Estate Partners to exit Synergy Property

The Blackstone Group’s Real Estate Partners unit is in the process of exiting its 35% stake in Bangalore-based project management consultancy Synergy Property Development Services in a deal valued at INR2.6 billion ($41.7 million)

  • South Asia
  • 27 November 2013
India buyouts: Ceding control
India buyouts: Ceding control

India emerged as and remains a predominantly growth capital PE market, but economic and generational factors have conspired to make domestic companies more open to a buyout proposition

  • Buyouts
  • 27 November 2013
Australia's Ansell buys PE-backed glove maker for $615m

US-based Odyssey Investment Partners has agreed to sell BarrierSafe Solutions International, a provider of disposable gloves, to Ansell for approximately $615 million.

  • Australasia
  • 26 November 2013
KKR-owned Bis Industries acquires Powertrans for $27m

KKR-held Australian mining logistics company Bis Industries is to acquire mining haulage systems operator Powertrans for A$30 million ($27.46 million).

  • Australasia
  • 26 November 2013
Phillip PE leads Series B round for Singapore's Clozette

Phillip Private Equity has led a $3 million Series B round for Singapore-based fashion shopping network Clozette.co, with participation from existing backers Walden International and several angel investors.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 25 November 2013
Tencent an investor in Snapchat – report

Tencent reportedly made a minority investment in video messaging app Snapchat in June.

  • Greater China
  • 22 November 2013
Indian T-shirt design crowd-sourcing platform gets VC funding

Mumbai-based online apparel retailer VoxPopClothing has raised $400,000 in funding from Blume Ventures and other unnamed investors.

  • South Asia
  • 21 November 2013
Virgin forms India JV with Cinema Capital Venture Fund

Richard Branson’s Virgin Produced media production company has entered into a partnership with Mumbai-based Cinema Capital Venture Fund and Tantrik Group, a media and entertainment asset management firm, to launch Virgin Produced India, which will develop,...

  • South Asia
  • 21 November 2013
Everstone in Burger King India tie-up

The Everstone Group has entered into a joint venture with Burger King Worldwide to bring the world’s second-largest fast food hamburger chain to India.

  • South Asia
  • 20 November 2013
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