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Partners Group invests $250m in India's Ecom Express

Partners Group has committed at least $250 million to Indian door-to-door delivery specialist Ecom Express, facilitating a partial exit for controlling shareholder Warburg Pincus.

  • South Asia
  • 17 December 2020
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2020 in review: Surprise guest

The coronavirus pandemic has played havoc with Asian private equity, contributing to a resurgence in IPOs, increased bifurcation in fundraising, a rush for healthcare, and a generally staggered revival

  • Greater China
  • 17 December 2020
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Deal focus: Everstone secures 3x return on outsourcing play

Everstone Group helps outsourcing specialist Everise adapt to the work-at-home realities of the day before exiting the business to Brookfield Asset Management

  • South Asia
  • 16 December 2020
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Deal focus: Japan GPs see upside in specialized staffing

CLSA Capital Partners’ sale of Japanese staffing services player Qit to Advantage Partners reveals enduring private equity interest in potentially shaky categories made sturdy by specialization

  • North Asia
  • 11 December 2020
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Everstone exits Singapore BPO business to Brookfield

Everstone Group has agreed to sell Everise, a business process outsourcing (BPO) company it formed through the amalgamation of several existing assets, to Brookfield Asset Management.

  • South Asia
  • 10 December 2020
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CLSA sells Japan outsourcing business to Advantage

CLSA Capital Partners has sold Japan-based industrial sector human resources outsourcing business Qit to Advantage Partners for an undisclosed sum.

  • North Asia
  • 03 December 2020
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KV Asia exits Malaysian grocery retailer to ICG

Southeast Asia-focused private equity firm KV Asia Capital has exited TF Value Mart (TFVM), a Malaysia-based grocery retailer in which it has held a controlling stake since 2016, to Intermediate Capital Group (ICG).

  • Southeast Asia
  • 02 December 2020
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Warburg Pincus, Advantage honored at AVCJ Awards

Warburg Pincus and Advantage Partners triumphed in the firm of the year categories at the 2020 AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards, with The Carlyle Group and Affinity Equity Partners also among the winners with two trophies apiece.

  • Funds
  • 19 November 2020
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Aavishkaar, Circulate invest $18m in Indian recycling company

Aavishkaar Capital and Circulate Capital have invested a combined $18 million in Indian waste recovery and recycling business Nepra.

  • South Asia
  • 16 November 2020
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J-Star exits Japan TV shopping business via trade sale

J-Star has sold Itty, a Japanese TV shopping business that specializes in healthy living products, to local broadcaster TV Asahi Corporation for an undisclosed sum.

  • North Asia
  • 13 November 2020
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Flipkart buys India mobile gaming start-up Mech Mocha

Indian e-commerce marketplace Flipkart has bought Mech Mocha, a local mobile gaming start-up that has previously received VC funding from Blume Ventures, Accel Partners, and China’s Shunwei Capital.

  • South Asia
  • 04 November 2020
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Infratil, Morrison bid $524m for Australia radiology business

New Zealand infrastructure investors Infratil and HRL Morrison have offered to acquire a 75% stake in Australia-based radiology business Qscan for an enterprise valuation of A$735 million ($524 million), facilitating an exit for Quadrant Private Equity.

  • Australasia
  • 27 October 2020
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L Catterton exits RM Williams to Australian billionaire

L Catterton Asia has sold Australian bootmaker R.M. Williams to Tattarang, a private investment group established by Andrew Forrest, majority shareholder and former CEO of Fortescue Metals Group.

  • Australasia
  • 19 October 2020
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Swedish GP buys Singapore biotech supplier, SBI exits

Swedish private equity firm Summa Equity has acquired a controlling stake in Singapore-based biotech developer Sengenics for an undisclosed sum, setting up an exit for Japan’s SBI Holdings.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 15 October 2020
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Archipelago acquires Malaysia's Coolblog, Ekuinas exits

Archipelago Capital Partners has acquired Malaysian dessert and drink chain Coolblog from government-backed PE firm Ekuinas based on an equity value of MYR75 million ($18 million).

  • Southeast Asia
  • 12 October 2020
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Deal focus: CVC's soft sell

CVC Capital Partners helped Softex Indonesia grow its market share by penetrating modern retail channels and launching an ESG program. A $1.2 billion trade sale exit to Kimberly-Clark is its reward

  • Southeast Asia
  • 08 October 2020
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Australia's 99Designs acquired by European trade buyer

Australia’s 99Designs, a global graphic design marketplace, has been acquired by Ireland-based Cimpress, the owner of marketing services firm Vistaprint. It sets up at least one VC exit.

  • Australasia
  • 06 October 2020
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Warburg Pincus to invest $95m in India's Home First Finance

Warburg Pincus has agreed to invest INR7 billion ($95.7 million) in Home First Finance, an India-based provider of home loans to the low and middle-income segments.

  • South Asia
  • 06 October 2020
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Deal focus: Affirma’s decade-long water turnaround

Having assumed full ownership of EMC Holdings in 2016, Affirma Capital rejuvenated the Korean wastewater management business through savvy acquisitions and encouraging management to get creative

  • North Asia
  • 30 September 2020
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IMM agrees $124m exit from Korea's Hollys Coffee

IMM Private Equity is set to exit its approximately 94% stake in Korean food and beverage chain Hollys Coffee to local digital payments services provider KG Inicis for KRW145 billion ($124 million).

  • North Asia
  • 29 September 2020
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Deal focus: NSSK completes digital transformation

Converting Bunkasha Publishing's library of manga library from paper to digital form was a priority for NSSK. New owner Beaglee will now plug this content into its online distribution platform

  • North Asia
  • 24 September 2020
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Asia exits: Liquidity lags

Private equity exits – outside of the public markets – are gradually emerging from a COVID-19 hibernation. But sellers must be mindful of timing, structure, and which buyers they are targeting

  • Trade sale
  • 23 September 2020
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NSSK sells Japanese manga publisher

NSSK has sold Bunkasha Publishing, a Japanese media group focused on manga comics in both print and digital formats, to local internet content provider Beaglee.

  • North Asia
  • 22 September 2020
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Deal focus: COVID-19 prompts Modern Star exit rethink

Navis Capital Partners' 3.5x return on Australian educational resources supplier reflects how the business proved resilient in the face of COVID-19, but the pandemic still played havoc with the exit process

  • Australasia
  • 21 September 2020
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