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Olympus part-exits Singapore's Constant Energy via trade sale

Olympus Capital Asia has made a partial exit from Singapore-based renewables platform Constant Energy through a sale to Europe-headquartered Virya Energy.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 31 July 2023
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BPEA EQT completes Vistra, Tricor merger

BPEA EQT has completed the merger of Asia-headquartered corporate services providers Vistra Group and Tricor Group through a transaction that values the combined business at USD 6.5bn.

  • Greater China
  • 31 July 2023
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BPEA EQT buys India fertility clinic business

BPEA EQT has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Indira IVF, India’s largest fertility clinic chain, facilitating an exit for minority investor TA Associates.

  • South Asia
  • 28 July 2023
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DCP sells MFS Technology to Chinese strategic for $460m

DCP Capital Partners has agreed to sell MFS Technology, a manufacturer of customised printed circuit boards (PCB) that has a presence across Asia, to Shenzhen-listed Victory Giant Technology for USD 460m.

  • Greater China
  • 28 July 2023
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China’s VectorBuilder becomes unicorn, files for Shanghai IPO

China-based gene delivery technology player VectorBuilder has topped up its Series C round - achieving unicorn status in the process - and filed for an IPO on Shanghai’s Star Market.

  • Greater China
  • 27 July 2023
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Aspirant exits Japanese fish retailer to local strategic

Japanese middle market private equity firm Aspirant Group has sold Yamato, a local seafood company with interests stretching from fish wholesaling to conveyor belt sushi restaurants, to kitchen-wear supplier Tenpos HD.

  • North Asia
  • 25 July 2023
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Asia fundraising frustrates in first half of 2023

Asia PE fundraising reached USD 60.3bn in the first half of 2023, down 7.6% year-on-year, but the total was still skewed upwards by activity in the renminbi-denominated space. Capital committed to US dollar funds alone was USD 21.8bn, down from USD 48.2bn.

  • Fundraising
  • 21 July 2023
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Glenwood takes legal action over disputed Korea transaction

An arbitration proceeding has been initiated in Singapore regarding a dispute between Glenwood Private Equity and BPEA EQT over the failed sale of Korea-based industrial films producer PI Advanced Materials.

  • North Asia
  • 20 July 2023
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Creature comforts: Why PE likes pet care

Private equity investors have long championed the resilient characteristics of pet care globally. The pandemic helped solidify a similar value proposition in Asia

  • Australasia
  • 19 July 2023
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2Q analysis: Still scrambling

State-supported deals prop up Asia private equity investment; GPs hustle for liquidity in an unforgiving exit landscape; ex-China mid-market players gain some traction in fundraising

  • Australasia
  • 19 July 2023
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Glenwood sells Korean films business to French strategic

Glenwood Private Equity has sold its majority stake in Korea-based industrial films producer PI Advanced Materials to France-headquartered Arkema for an enterprise value of EUR 728m (USD 817m) – six months after BPEA EQT pulled out of a deal to buy...

  • North Asia
  • 17 July 2023
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China's Keep raises $40m in Hong Kong IPO

Keep, a China-focused fitness app operator backed by the likes of GGV Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and 5Y Capital, traded up slightly on debut after raising HKD 313.5m (USD 40m) in a smaller-than-anticipated Hong Kong IPO.

  • Greater China
  • 13 July 2023
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Quadria to exit Vietnam's FV Hospital via $381m trade sale

Quadria Capital is set to exit Vietnam’s FV Hospital after a strategic buyer agreed to a USD 381.4m acquisition touted as the largest ever healthcare transaction in Vietnam.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 12 July 2023
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Deal focus: COPE moves fast with Malaysia petfood play

Recognising a local champion in a pandemic-proof category, COPE Private Equity flipped a significant minority stake in Malaysian petfood maker Pet World in just over two years

  • Southeast Asia
  • 11 July 2023
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PE-backed Lu Daopei Medical files for Hong Kong IPO

Lu Daopei Medical Group Holding, which runs a network of hospitals in China that specialise in the treatment of blood diseases, has filed for a Hong Kong IPO.

  • Greater China
  • 10 July 2023
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Multiples leads $145m round for India's Veritas Finance

Veritas Finance, an Indian non-banking finance company (NBFC) that issues loans to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), has raised INR 12bn (USD 145m) in funding led by Multiples Alternate Asset Management.

  • South Asia
  • 07 July 2023
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Japan M&A: Go digital, go global

Panasonic moved from hardware to software with the acquisition of Blue Yonder, a path that other Japanese corporates are expected to follow. PE investors can sell to them or work with them

  • North Asia
  • 05 July 2023
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Black Sesame leads surge in Hong Kong IPO filings

Black Sesame International Holding, a Chinese chipmaker specialising in autonomous driving applications, is among the highest-profile companies in the latest batch targeting IPOs on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

  • Greater China
  • 04 July 2023
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Carlyle-backed Adicon trades up after $52m Hong Kong IPO

Adicon Holdings, a China-based independent clinical laboratory (ICL) services provider backed by The Carlyle Group, gained 12% on debut following a HKD 408.9m (USD 52.2m) Hong Kong IPO.

  • Greater China
  • 03 July 2023
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Meituan to buy Chinese AGI player Light Year

Listed Chinese consumer technology platform Meituan has agreed to acquire 100% of Light Year, a VC-backed local artificial general intelligence (AGI) business, for USD 284.3m.

  • Greater China
  • 30 June 2023
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Creador buys 40% stake in Malaysia's Pet World, COPE exits

Malaysia-based Creador has acquired a 40% stake in prominent local pet food maker and brand owner Pet World, setting up an exit for COPE Private Equity.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 28 June 2023
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VC-backed Chinese O2O retail platform pursues HK listing

Dmall, a Chinese O2O retail platform provider for traditional retailers backed by IDG Capital among others, has filed for a Hong Kong IPO.

  • Greater China
  • 27 June 2023
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China e-commerce SaaS player files for Hong Kong IPO

Jushuitan, which claims to be China’s largest e-commerce software-as-a-service (SaaS) enterprise resource planning (ERP) provider, has filed for a Hong Kong IPO.

  • Greater China
  • 26 June 2023
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Japan's Integral buys UPT from Advantage, sells BTC to Capgemini

Japanese middle market private equity firm Integral Corporation has acquired United Precision Technologies (UPT), which supplies components used in smart devices, from Advantage Partners and sold IT consulting business BTC to Capgemini.

  • North Asia
  • 26 June 2023
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