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Investments

India direct secondaries: Footprint freefall
India direct secondaries: Footprint freefall

A darker mood for Chinese investors in India is stirring expectations for a wave of direct secondary opportunities

  • South Asia
  • 03 March 2021
PAG acquires Australia's Unispace
PAG acquires Australia's Unispace

PAG Asia Capital has acquired Australia-based Unispace with a view to expanding the office design and construction consultancy across Asia.

  • Australasia
  • 03 March 2021
VCs commit $50m to China's Medilink Therapeutics

Suzhou Medilink Therapeutics, a Chinese biotech company specializing in antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) commonly used as targeted therapies for treating cancer, has raised $50 million in Series A funding across two tranches.

  • Greater China
  • 03 March 2021
Australia's Employment Hero gets $35m Series D
Australia's Employment Hero gets $35m Series D

Australian online human resources services start-up Employment Hero has raised A$45 million ($35 million) in Series D funding led by domestic recruitment business Seek.

  • Australasia
  • 02 March 2021
Singapore food tech start-up raises $10m seed round
Singapore food tech start-up raises $10m seed round

Singapore-based Next Gen, which markets a vegetarian chicken brand called Tindle, has raised $10 million in what is being called the largest-ever seed round in the food tech space.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 02 March 2021
Lunar buys majority stake in Hong Kong IVF business

Chinese middle-market buyout firm Lunar has agreed to acquire a women’s health and IVF business from Mason Group, a Hong Kong conglomerate with interests in financial services and healthcare, for HK$268 million ($34.5 million).

  • Greater China
  • 01 March 2021
Hillhouse launches China sports retail JV with US-based Fanatics

Hillhouse Capital has established a China joint venture with Fanatics, a US-based sports retailer that specializes in licensed sports apparel.

  • Greater China
  • 01 March 2021
Blackbird, King River lead Series B for Australia's Lexer
Blackbird, King River lead Series B for Australia's Lexer

Blackbird Ventures and King River Capital have led a A$33.5 million ($26 million) Series B investment in Australian retail industry data services provider Lexer.

  • Australasia
  • 01 March 2021
China EV battery maker raises $542m Series A
China EV battery maker raises $542m Series A

Svolt Energy Technology, formerly the battery business unit of Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor, has raised a RMB3.5 billion ($542 million) Series A round featuring a string of government-linked investors.

  • Greater China
  • 26 February 2021
Tiger leads $100m Series C for India's Infra.Market
Tiger leads $100m Series C for India's Infra.Market

Tiger Global Management has led a $100 million Series C round for India’s Infra.Market, valuing the construction materials marketplace at $1 billion.

  • South Asia
  • 26 February 2021
VCs flock to Chinese chip designer Moore Threads
VCs flock to Chinese chip designer Moore Threads

Moore Threads, a Chinese chip designer established as recently as last October by a team from Nvidia, has closed two funding rounds amounting to several billion renminbi.

  • Greater China
  • 26 February 2021
FountainVest buys China logistics business
FountainVest buys China logistics business

FountainVest Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in China-based CJ Rokin Logistics from Korea’s CJ Logistics for KRW733.8 billion ($661.3 million).

  • Greater China
  • 26 February 2021
Everstone exits India bakery business

Everstone Capital has exited Indian bread brand Modern Foods to a local subsidiary of Grupo Bimbo, a global strategic headquartered in Mexico, for an undisclosed sum.

  • Exits
  • 26 February 2021
China's WuXi Diagnostics raises $150m

WuXi Diagnostics, a joint venture China diagnostics business set up by Hong Kong-listed pharmaceutical outsourcing giant WuXi AppTec and US-based Mayo Clinic has completed a $150 million Series B funding round.

  • Greater China
  • 25 February 2021
VC-backed Appier files for Japan IPO
VC-backed Appier files for Japan IPO

Appier, a Taiwan-based advertising technology provider, has filed for a JPY26.4 billion ($250 million) Japan IPO. It sets up exits for several VC investors, including Sequoia Capital.

  • North Asia
  • 25 February 2021
China's Clover Biopharmaceuticals gets $230m Series C

Chengdu-based Clover Biopharmaceuticals has raised $230 million in Series C funding led by GL Ventures and Temasek Holdings. Oceanpine Capital, OrbiMed, and Delos Capital all re-upped.

  • Greater China
  • 24 February 2021
Primavera-led consortium takes control of Zhaopin
Primavera-led consortium takes control of Zhaopin

A consortium led by Primavera Capital has agreed to acquire a controlling position in Chinese recruitment website Zhaopin at an implied valuation of A$2.2 billion ($1.7 billion).

  • Greater China
  • 24 February 2021
China's AnchorDx completes $40m Series C

AnchorDx, a China-based medical technology developer focused on DNA sequencing and diagnostics, has raised a $40 million Series C round led by OrbiMed and WuXi Huiying Investment.

  • Greater China
  • 24 February 2021
KKR commits $723m to Korean shipping services business

KKR has made a pre-IPO investment of KRW800 billion ($723 million) in Hyundai Global Service (HGS), the aftersales marine services arm of Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings (HHIH).

  • North Asia
  • 24 February 2021
Japan's Kyulux raises $34m extended Series B

Japan-based Kyulux, which develops advanced lighting technology used in digital screens, has raised JPY3.6 billion ($34.3 million) from a group of VCs and strategic investors.

  • North Asia
  • 23 February 2021
CPE leads $300m round for China's ANE Logistics

ANE Logistics, one of China’s top three less-than-truckload (LTL) logistics players, has raised $300 million in funding led by CPE. Greater Bay Area Fund, Hong Kong-listed NWS Holdings, Liumai Capital, and Huagai Capital also took part.

  • Greater China
  • 23 February 2021
Temasek backs China industrial SaaS player
Temasek backs China industrial SaaS player

Temasek Holdings has led a RMB500 million ($77 million) round for Black Lake Technologies, a China-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider for manufacturers.

  • Greater China
  • 23 February 2021
Korea's Tmon closes $276m pre-IPO round
Korea's Tmon closes $276m pre-IPO round

PS Alliance, an investment unit of South Korean automotive and electronic components manufacturer Poongsung Group, has led a KRW305 billion ($276 million) commitment to local e-commerce platform Tmon.

  • North Asia
  • 22 February 2021
CPE leads $123m round for China's Wangjiahuan

Shenzhen-based agricultural products distributor Wangjiahuan has raised RMB800 million ($123 million) in a Series B extension led by CPE.

  • Greater China
  • 22 February 2021
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