Standard Chartered PE ups stake in India's Prime Focus
Standard Chartered Private Equity has paid INR1.5 billion ($22.9 million) for a 9.74% stake in India's Prime Focus, a publicly listed company that provides creative and technical services to the visual entertainment industry. The purchase raises its stake to 22%.
The GP bought the shares from Reliance MediaWorks, the entertainment arm of the Reliance Group, which previously held a stake of 44.9%. Last year, the companies announced that the overseas and India operations...
More on South Asia
Latest News
Asian GPs slow implementation of ESG policies - survey
Asia-based private equity firms are assigning more dedicated resources to environment, social, and governance (ESG) programmes, but policy changes have slowed in the past 12 months, in part due to concerns raised internally and by LPs, according to a...
Singapore fintech start-up LXA gets $10m seed round
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) has led a USD 10m seed round for Singapore’s LXA, a financial technology start-up launched by a former Asia senior executive at The Blackstone Group.
India's InCred announces $60m round, claims unicorn status
Indian non-bank lender InCred Financial Services said it has received INR 5bn (USD 60m) at a valuation of at least USD 1bn from unnamed investors including “a global private equity fund.”
Insight leads $50m round for Australia's Roller
Insight Partners has led a USD 50m round for Australia’s Roller, a venue management software provider specializing in family fun parks.