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China drug developer BoomRay gets $43m

Chinese drug developer BoomRay Pharmaceuticals has raised a CNY300m (USD 43m) Series A round led by Sequoia Capital China.

  • Greater China
  • 07 September 2022
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China's Welkin Capital targets London IPO

China-focused Welkin Capital is looking to raise up to USD 300m through an IPO for a London-listed investment entity seeded with assets from its debut private equity fund, which closed in 2017.

  • Greater China
  • 06 September 2022
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China cell therapy developer Neukio raises $50m

Shanghai-based cell therapy developer Neukio Biotherapeutics has raised USD 50m in the first tranche of a Series A round led by medical technology-focused CD Capital. Other new investors include Alwin Capital and Surplus Capital.

  • Greater China
  • 06 September 2022
Korea's MegaStudy pulls plug on 35% stake sale to MBK

MegaStudy Education, a listed Korean education provider with a market capitalisation of nearly KRW 900bn (USD 660m) has decided against selling a stake to North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners.

  • North Asia
  • 05 September 2022
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Integral pursues $144m tender for Japan office services business

Integral Corporation has launched a tender offer for Daiohs Corporation, a Tokyo-listed provider of office services – such as coffee machines and water dispensers as well as cleaning services – at a valuation of approximately JPY 20.2bn (USD 144m).

  • North Asia
  • 05 September 2022
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Japan remote workforce player oVice raises $32m

Japan’s oVice, a start-up that provides virtual co-working spaces for remote and hybrid teams, has raised JPY 4.5bn (USD 32.1m) in Series B funding featuring Jafco and Eight Roads Ventures.

  • North Asia
  • 05 September 2022
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Novo Holdings leads $50m round for India's MedGenome

Novo Holdings, which manages the wealth of Denmark’s Novo Nordisk Foundation, has led a USD 50m investment in MedGenome, an India-based genetic testing business.

  • South Asia
  • 02 September 2022
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Orchestra Private Equity buys Japan scaffolding business

Orchestra Private Equity, which specialises in cross-border transactions involving Korea, Japan, and China, has acquired Japan-based scaffolding provider Stack for an undisclosed sum.

  • North Asia
  • 02 September 2022
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China chip designer Yige raises $42m angel round

Suzhou Yige Technology, a China-based semiconductor chip designer also known as EagleChip, has raised a CNY 286m (USD 41.5m) angel round led by Matrix Partners China, Redpoint China, Sequoia Capital China, CTC Capital, and Vlight Capital.

  • Greater China
  • 01 September 2022
Vertex leads Series A for Singapore's Propseller

Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India has led a USD 12m Series A for Propseller, a Singapore-headquartered property technology start-up Propseller that is looking to disrupt the traditional agency model.

  • Early-stage
  • 01 September 2022
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Potentia, HarbourVest move for Australia's Nitro Software

Australia-listed productivity software provider Nitro Software has rejected a AUD 386m (USD 263m) buyout offer from Potentia Capital and HarbourVest Partners.

  • Australasia
  • 01 September 2022
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Anchorage buys New Zealand assets from Evolve Education

Australia-based turnaround investor Anchorage Capital Partners has agreed to buy the New Zealand business of childcare provider Evolve Education for an enterprise value of NZD 46m (USD 28.1m).

  • Australasia
  • 01 September 2022
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Singapore, Thailand blockchain remittance player gets $50m

Singapore and Thailand-based Lightnet, a blockchain-enabled payments and remittance services provider, has raised USD 50m from US-based LDA Capital.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 31 August 2022
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Accenture backs India space tech start-up Pixxel

Accenture has made an investment of undisclosed size in Indian satellite imaging provider Pixxel via a VC unit. It follows a USD 25m Series A round in March.

  • South Asia
  • 31 August 2022
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Rise Fund, Norwest lead $110m Series D for India's EarlySalary

TPG’s Rise Fund and Norwest Venture Partners have led a USD 110m Series D round for EarlySalary, which claims to be India’s largest consumer lending financial technology start-up.

  • South Asia
  • 31 August 2022
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PAG buys Japanese theme park for $722m

PAG has agreed to buy Huis Ten Bosch, a Japanese theme park best known for its recreations of idyllic European cityscapes, for an equity valuation of approximately JPY 100bn (USD 722m).

  • North Asia
  • 31 August 2022
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Japan carve-outs: Improving the old

Private equity investors are keen to acquire mature but unloved assets from Japanese corporates and reposition them for growth. Execution is seldom straightforward, and size often means complexity

  • North Asia
  • 31 August 2022
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Qiming leads Series C for China 3D dental printing start-up

Prismlab, a China-based 3D printing company specialising in dental applications, has raised CNY 200m (USD 29m) in Series C funding led by Qiming Venture Partners.

  • Greater China
  • 30 August 2022
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Singapore HR platform Glints raises $50m Series D

DCM Ventures, Lavender Hill Capital, and listed Japanese human resources business Persol Holdings have led a USD 50m Series D round for Glints, a Southeast Asia-focused recruitment and career development platform.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 30 August 2022
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Korea's Gentle Monster backs China AR player Nreal

Nreal, a Chinese manufacturer of augmented reality (AR) glasses that resemble normal sunglasses, has received USD15m from South Korean eyewear brand Gentle Monster.

  • Expansion
  • 30 August 2022
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Bain agrees $3b carve-out from Japan's Olympus

Bain Capital has agreed to acquire Evident, a Japan-based medical devices manufacturer best known for producing microscopes, from Olympus Corporation for JPY 427.7bn (USD 3.08bn).

  • North Asia
  • 30 August 2022
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Dymon Asia carves out shipping industry supplier

Dymon Asia Private Equity has agreed a carve-out of Singapore-based shipping industry equipment supplier RAM Spreaders from its German parent Salzgitter Maschinenbau for an undisclosed sum.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 29 August 2022
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Kedaara buys minority stake in India's Oasis Fertility

Kedaara Capital has invested USD 50m for a significant minority stake in Oasis Fertility, a fertility treatment business with more than 26 centres across India.

  • South Asia
  • 29 August 2022
Australia's Ramsay Health Care rebuffs revised KKR buyout offer

Australia-listed hospital operator Ramsay Health Care has rejected an alternative buyout proposal from a KKR-led consortium after progress with the initial bid was slowed by the need to conduct due diligence on Ramsay Santé, the company’s separate...

  • Australasia
  • 29 August 2022
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