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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
Hitachi acquires Sequoia-backed Prizm

Hitachi will acquire all issued equity of India’s Prizm Payment Services from Sequoia Capital, Axis Bank and other shareholders. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

  • 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
AD Capital-owned Spring REIT to raise $229m in HK IPO

Spring REIT, a real estate investment trust owned by AD Capital, is looking to raise up to $229 million through a Hong Kong IPO. The REIT owns two office buildings in Beijing's China Central Place.

  • Real estate
  • 25 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
India's VC-backed Qubecell acquired by mobile payments company Boku

Mobile billing aggregator Qubecell, which is backed by Kae Capital, Blume Ventures, Mumbai Angels and TA Ventures, has been acquired by San Francisco-based Boku.

  • South Asia
  • 22 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
Blackstone, Panchshil Realty to buy Mumbai office tower

The Blackstone Group and Xander Group-backed Indian developer Panchshil Realty are set to buy a majority stake in an office tower in Mumbai for close to INR9 billion ($144 million).

  • Real estate
  • 20 November 2013
Bitcoin boom

“It is in some ways easier to buy things in China using bitcoin than it is using traditional fiat currency,” says Dan Ciporin, partner at the VC firm Canaan Partners.

  • Financials
  • 20 November 2013
Bitcoin exchange BTC China Raises $5m from Lightspeed

China’s largest bitcoin exchange by trading volume, BTC China, has raised $5 million in Series A funding from Lightspeed China Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

  • Greater China
  • 19 November 2013
SAIF, Kalaari provide Series A round for Urban Ladder

Indian online furniture store Urban Ladder has raised $5 million from SAIF Partners and return backer Kalaari Capital in a Series A round.

  • South Asia
  • 19 November 2013
CDC commits $200m to IDFC Infrastructure Fund II

CDC Group, the UK government’s development finance arm, has announced a $200 million commitment to IDFC Alternatives’ India Infrastructure Fund 2 (IIF2), its largest ever to an Indian investment fund.

  • South Asia
  • 18 November 2013
CDC, IDFC co-invest in India's Green Infra

CDC Group will invest up to $25 million in Green Infra, an independent renewable power producer backed by IDFC Alternatives. The GP will add another $23.89 million as part of a $125 million financing round.

  • South Asia
  • 18 November 2013
Investors adapt to adversity – AVCJ Forum

Flexibility and changing strategy are key to finding the best opportunities in the current adverse environment, investors told the AVCJ Forum in Hong Kong.

  • Europe
  • 15 November 2013
Matrix, Tiger Global back Indian cab rental firm Olacabs

Olacabs has received a Series B round of funding from Matrix Partners India and existing investor Tiger Global Management, reportedly worth $20 million.

  • South Asia
  • 15 November 2013
Starfish invests another $2.8m in Australia's DesignCrowd

Crowdsourced design marketplace DesignCrowd (DC) has raised another A$3 million ($2.8 million) from Starfish Ventures to expand into new markets.

  • Australasia
  • 14 November 2013
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