Expansion

Peepul Capital backs Indian lingerie brand

Peepul Capital has committed INR700 million ($12.8 million) to lingerie and sportswear start-up Brandis Manufacturing and Marketing. The Bangalore-based company will use the funds to expand production facilities and build out its brand.

Asia fundraising: A divided market

Global and local players are in the market trying to raise new regional and country vehicles. The former can rely on institutional relationships and IR might to get the job done. The latter face a resources squeeze

Q&A: EQT Partners' Martin Mok

Martin Mok, a Hong Kong-based partner at EQT Partners Asia, talks to AVCJ about what slowing economic growth and slowing public markets mean for private equity investors in China

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Silk Road expects three Myanmar deals by year end

Silk Road Management expects to complete three investments in Myanmar by the end of the year, marking the Southeast Asian nation’s first private equity deals in about 20 years. The investments will be made via Silk Road’s Myanmar Human Capital Fund, which...

PE investors inject $50m into Huaxia Dairy

Olympus Capital has led a group investors including California Technology Ventures, Herostar Holdings and Grand River Capital in committing $50 million stake in Chinese milk producer Huaxia Dairy Farm.

Ten Network, CHAMP Private Equity agree Eye Corp sale

CHAMP Private Equity’s portfolio company oOh!media has agreed to pay A$113 million ($117 million) for Eye Corp, Ten Network Holdings’ outdoor advertising business. Last week it downsized its original offer of A$145 million to A$110 million.

Fidelity commits $74m to India's Trivitron Healthcare

Fidelity Growth Partners India has invested INR4 billion ($74.4 million) in medical technology firm Trivitron Healthcare. The funding will be used to make lateral acquisitions in Europe and the US as well as to improve the Chennai-headquartered company’s...

ClearVue leads $20m round for Chinese beauty brand

Lumi, a leading nutritional beauty products firm in China, has raised RMB120 million ($20 million) of Series B funding led by ClearVue Partners. Fidelity, JAFCO and Capvent also participated in the round, along with existing shareholder, DCM.

Australia's RMB invests in card producer Placard

RMB Capital Partners, an Australian mid-market private equity firm backed by South Africa's FirstRand, has led an investment in Placard, a Melbourne-based producer of secure transaction cards. It is partnering with the existing owner and management team,...

Champ PE makes lower offer for Eye Corp

CHAMP Private Equity’s portfolio company oOh!media has made a revised offer of A$110 million ($114 million) for Eye Corp, Ten Network Holdings’ outdoor advertising business.

China Renaissance targets $750m for fund III

China Renaissance Capital Investment (CRCI) is targeting $750 million for its third fund. China Harvest Fund III will make growth capital investments in Chinese companies, taking equity stakes of up to $75 million.

SCPE thirsty for $32m Indian bottler deal

Despite its mammoth population - almost half of which is below the age of 30 – the per-capita consumption of soft drinks in India is one of the lowest in the world. For companies such as Varun Beverages (VBIL), which received an INR1.7 billion ($32 million)...

Affinity secures first Indonesia deal

Regional buyout firms have struggled to gain traction in Indonesia. In some cases, private equity investors have opened offices in Jakarta or Singapore and, years later, still haven’t a deal to their name. Affinity Equity Partners is no longer part of...