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Actis backs Chinese casual dining chain

Emerging markets private equity firm Actis has announced an investment in Chinese casual dining chain Bellagio.

  • Greater China
  • 26 September 2012
IDFC PE seals India’s largest dairy investment

India's dairy sector is rich in opportunity. Currently worth $70 billion, it is growing at 10% a year and is expected to reach $150 billion by 2020. The country is now the world’s largest producer of dairy goods and accounts for close to 20% of global...

  • Consumer
  • 26 September 2012
LeapFrog buys 15% of India’s Mahindra Insurance for $15m

LeapFrog Investments, a firm focusing on microinsurance for the world's poor, has bought a 15% stake in India’s Mahindra Insurance Brokers (MIBL), for INR804.1 million (nearly $15 million).

  • South Asia
  • 24 September 2012
Indian Angel Network backs Mexican restaurant

Indian Angel Network (IAN), Asia’s largest business angel investor network, has invested in Poncho, a Mumbai-based Mexican quick service restaurant.

  • South Asia
  • 20 September 2012
IDFC PE invests $28.7m in Indian dairy firm

IDFC Private Equity has invested INR1.55 billion ($28.7 million) in Parag Milk Foods in what could be one of the largest PE transactions in the Indian dairy sector. The proceeds will facilitate a partial exit to Motilal Oswal Private Equity, which invested...

  • South Asia
  • 19 September 2012
L Capital Asia in talks to back India’s Kingdom of Dreams – report

LVMH Group's private equity investment arm L Capital is reportedly investing around INR2 billion ($37 million) in The Great India Nautanki Company (GINC), which runs the Gurgaon-based Kingdom of Dreams, an entertainment destination designed to play host...

  • South Asia
  • 18 September 2012
Creation Investments leads $6.4m Sonata Finance round

Sonata Finance, an Indian microfinance institution (MFI), has raised INR350 million ($6.4 million) in a Series D financing round led by Chicago-based Creation Investments. Promoter Anup Kumar Singh and two existing investors in the company - family office...

  • South Asia
  • 17 September 2012
CLSA Capital Partners invests $15m in India's Earth Water

CLSA Capital Partners (CLSA CP) has invested $15 million for a 20% stake in New Delhi-based Earth Water Group (EWG), a water and wastewater management company.

  • South Asia
  • 11 September 2012
IFC considers loan for India wind power portfolio company

International Finance Corporation (IFC) may provide a $19 million loan to India’s NSL Group to support the development of a wind farm in the western state of Maharashtra. IFC already holds a 9.3% stake in the NSL subsidiary responsible for the project...

  • Cleantech
  • 11 September 2012
China, Russia sovereign funds invest in forestry firm

China and Russia’s sovereign wealth funds will invest $200 million for a minority stake in Russia Forest Products. This will be the first investment channeled through the Russia-China Investment Fund, a joint private-equity fund established by China...

  • Greater China
  • 10 September 2012
Northstar, GIC in $200m Indonesian oil deal

Northstar Pacific Partners and Government of Singapore Investment Corporate (GIC) have reportedly invested $200 million in Triputra Agro Persada, an Indonesia oil producer. It isn’t the first time the two have co-invested in natural resources deal,...

  • Industrials
  • 07 September 2012
NVP backs Indian healthcare clinics with $4.5m

Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) has invested INR250 million ($4.5 million) in NationWide Primary Healthcare Services, an Indian retail chain of primary care clinics.

  • Healthcare
  • 06 September 2012
Kaizen commits $4.5m to Indian school management firm

Kaizen Private Equity has invested INR250 million ($4.5 million) for a minority stake in Altus Learning, an Indian school management firm. The funding will be used to help the Gujarat-based operator expand in northern India.

  • Consumer
  • 06 September 2012
Baring, Aditya Birla circle Anu Solar Power stake - report

Baring Private Equity Partners and Aditya Birla Private Equity are reportedly vying for a 20% stake in Anu Solar Power, in a deal that could value the Indian renewable energy player at INR5 billion ($89.6 million).

  • South Asia
  • 05 September 2012
Blue Sky PE injects $3 million into Australian caterer

Blue Sky Private Equity has funneled A$3 million ($3.1 million) into Oil Industry Catering & Services, a provider of catering and support services to the Australian mining industry.

  • Expansion
  • 05 September 2012
UPDATE: PE group invests another $150m in Zhaoheng Hydropower

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, Fountainvest Partners and Olympus Capital have together invested $150 million in Shenzhen-based Zhaoheng Hydropower, matching a commitment they made two years ago. The total consideration is said to be the largest...

  • Cleantech
  • 05 September 2012
Blackstone commits $44m to Indian fragrance maker

The Blackstone Group has paid INR2.43 billion ($43.69 million) for a 33% stake in SH Kelkar & Company (SHK), India's largest fragrance and flavor company.

  • Expansion
  • 04 September 2012
Olympus-backed DM Healthcare outlines India spending plans

Olympus-backed DM Healthcare, a Dubai-based healthcare services provider which gets a majority of its business in the Middle East, will invest INR15 billion ($270 million) in India. The company hopes this will help boost overall revenues by 40% to INR23...

  • South Asia
  • 04 September 2012
China Renaissance advises alcohol site on Series C round

VC firm China Renaissance acted as a financial advisor to alcohol B2C e-commerce company Jiuxian.com on its RMB200 million ($31.5 million) Series C round led by hedge fund manager Richland Capital.

  • Greater China
  • 03 September 2012
Shandong Heavy invests $922m in PE-backed Kion

Weichai Power, a Chinese automotive and equipment manufacturer owned by Shandong Heavy Industry, will invest EUR738 million ($922 million) in Kion, the German forklift truckmaker backed by KKR and Goldman Sachs. It is the largest Chinese direct investment...

  • Greater China
  • 03 September 2012
India’s Kalyani Group to sell wind energy stake to PE – report

The Kalyani Group, the Indian industrial conglomerate, is reportedly in talks with private equity firms to sell a stake in its wind energy business, Kenersys. In addition to diluting Kalyani’s controlling interest, the deal would allow the partial exit...

  • Cleantech
  • 31 August 2012
Mandarin, Hony to support Zoomlion spin-off

Mandarin Capital Partners will team up with Hony Capital to finance the spin-off of Chinese construction equipment manufacturer Zoomlion's sanitation machinery business. It is one of two deals - together worth around EUR100 million ($125 million) - that...

  • Greater China
  • 31 August 2012
IFC invests $47m in China’s Fosun Pharma

International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private investment arm of the World Bank, has agreed to provide RMB300 million ($47 million) in funding to Fosun Pharma, one of China’s leading drug companies. The investment will help Fosun scale up the...

  • Greater China
  • 30 August 2012
India Value Advisors to invest $179m in Manipal Hospitals

India Value Advisors (IVFA) will commit about INR10 billion ($179 million) to Manipal Hospitals over a three-year period, enabling the healthcare provider to more than double its hospital bed capacity. Part of this increase will come through acquisitions.

  • Healthcare
  • 29 August 2012
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