Exits
Navis completes exit from Linatex
Navis Capital Partners has completed its exit from investee Linatex to the UK's Weir Group, for $200 million, following a regulatory approval from South Africa's Competition Commission.
Kotak Realty Funds set to exit two real estate investees
Kotak Realty Funds Group is set to exit two of its real estate investments, both IT parks in Tier One cities in India.
Northstar sells stake in Sumber Alfaria in Indonesia
Indonesian private equity firm Northstar Pacific Partners has sold a 28.52% stake in local-listed retail business PT Sumber Alfaria to a consortium of five foreign buyers, receiving INR448.46 billion ($50 million) or almost a 203% return on its investment.
Standard Chartered Private Equity begins partial exit from Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services
Standard Chartered Private Equity is reportedly in the process of partially exiting its stake in Indian rural-focused, auto-finance firm Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services, for an estimated 2.2x return on its investment.
Taisho, others assessing Actis, Sequoia India investee Paras Pharma
Japanese pharma major Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., as well as at least one other leading non-Indian drug firm, is conducting due diligence on Actis Capital and Sequoia Capital investee Paras Pharmaceuticals, in a competitive exit process that could...
Australia's Crescent Capital plans National Hearing healthcare IPO
Crescent Capital Partners, a mid-market Australian private equity firm, is planning an IPO for investee National Hearing Care, an audiology business, possibly as early as October.
VC-backed ChinaCache goes for NASDAQ IPO
Venture capital-backed ChinaCache International Holdings, which claims to be China's largest online content delivery service provider, has applied for an IPO on NASDAQ, promising a liquidity event for investors including Intel Capital and Qiming Venture...
Danone completes selloff from SAIF investee China Huiyuan Juice
Danone, the European food and beverages giant, has completed the sale of its 10.83% stake in China Huiyuan Juice Group Ltd., the Chinese juice maker which is about 23% owned by SAIF Parters.
Lunar Capital-backed juicer BPG Food & Beverages and Asian Citrus link via MOU
Lunar Capital-backed BPG Food & Beverages Holdings Ltd. has entered into a memorandum of understanding that may result in its sale to Asian Citrus, the largest orange plantation owner and orange producer in China.
Actis and Sequoia look to divest from FMCG firm Paras Pharmaceuticals
PE firms Actis Capital and Sequoia Capital are reportedly set to sell their 70% stake in Indian FMCG firm Paras Pharmaceuticals for as much as $800 million.
ChrysCapital partially divests from Bajaj Auto Finance
PE firm ChrysCapital Management has reportedly made a partial exit from its holding Bajaj Auto Finance, selling approximately half of its 9% stake in the company for $24 million to Bajaj Finserv, the financial services arm of the Bajaj Group.
Coke picks up Japan’s Q’sai juice maker
Coca-Cola West has bought out Daiwa Corporate Investment and Polaris Principal Finance-backed Japanese vegetable juice maker Q’sai for JPY63.9 billion ($757 million), which includes JPY28 billion ($331 million) of debt.
Hero Honda's motor stalled
Honda’s motor has reportedly stalled in its attempt to divest its 26.21% stake in its Indian Hero Honda subsidiary as Honda, Hero Honda’s promoters, and private equity suitors have not agreed on the valuation of the stake.
Baer Capital anticipates first exit, second fund launch in 2010
Baer Capital Partners, an India-focused investment firm based in Dubai, is looking to make its first exit by ushering portfolio company A2Z Group onto an Indian exchange, coming as the four-year-old firm additionally looks to raise a reported $300 million...
TPG's Newbridge Asia to sell $1.16 billion of Ping An shares
TPG Capital’s legacy fund Newbridge Asia is reportedly preparing to sell $1.16 billion worth of shares in Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China, coming as the insurer – the world’s second-largest – looks to streamline the integration of its holding...
Evolvence partially exits Consolidated Construction Consortium
Evolvence Capital has begun its divestment process in India’s Consolidated Construction Consortium Ltd. (CCCL), an asset it has been linked to for nearly five years and ushered onto the public stock market.
Aavishkaar makes partial exit in microfinance holdings, refocuses on social enterprises
VC firm Aavishkaar Venture Management has partially exited its stake in its microfinance and micro-venture capital funds, coming as the firm looks to refocus its operations on social-enterprise targets in the coming years.
Lazard exits D&B Australia, seeing 3x profit on initial investment
The Australian private equity arm of financial advisory firm Lazard Ltd. has fully exited credit-reporting and debt-collecting business Dun & Bradstreet Australia, selling the business to a subsidiary of the D&B Corp. for A$233 million ($209 million)...
GIC exits complete holdings in China's Ruinian
GIC Special Investments, the Singapore state-owned private equity investment unit, is understood to have sold its complete remaining stake in Ruinian International Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of health-related products in China.
Daiwa- and Polaris-owned Q'sai sold to Coca-Cola West
Coca-Cola West has bought out Daiwa Corporate Investment- and Polaris Principal Finance-backed Japanese vegetable juice maker Q'sai for JPY63.9 billion ($757 million), which includes JPY28 billion ($331 million) of debt.
Warburg Pincus seeks $113 million through Intime Department Store stake sale
Warburg Pincus is looking to raise up to $113 million through the sale of more than one-third of its remaining stake in Hong Kong-listed Intime Department Store Co.
Tencent buys Sequoia-, Morningside Ventures- and Google-backed SNS provider
Chinese internet behemoth – and the world’s third-largest internet company – Tencent Holdings has purchased social networking provider Comsenz for a reported $60 million, seeing backers Sequoia Capital, Morningside Ventures and Google exit their...
D.E. Shaw to sell holdings in Security & Intelligence Services - reports
Security & Intelligence Services (SIS), a New Delhi-based private security provider backed by global PE firm D.E. Shaw, reportedly aims to raise $100 million by selling shares to a private equity firm, coming as the company looks to expand its operations...
PEP no chicken with Tegel Foods exit
Pacific Equity Partners is seeking exit options for its New Zealand investee, poultry producer Tegel Foods, the country’s largest poultry producer, with a value estimated around A$600 million ($533.2 million), double the price that the ANZ private equity...