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Goldman raises $15.2bn for global secondaries strategies

Goldman Sachs Asset Management has closed its latest set of private markets secondaries funds with USD 15.2bn in commitments.

  • Secondaries
  • 21 September 2023
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Family offices: A role for Hong Kong?

Hong Kong’s package of incentives for family offices is intended to redress a balance that has swung in favour of Singapore. Geopolitics is dampening its competitive advantages

  • LPs
  • 20 September 2023
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Fund focus: Vertex emphasizes realisations

Growth rounds for cashflow positive companies have facilitated most of Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India’s exits – and laid the ground for its recent USD 541m fundraise

  • South Asia
  • 20 September 2023
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Fund focus: Pi Ventures triples its deep tech firepower

While deploying its debut fund, India-based machine learning specialist Pi Ventures realised it was in fact a deep tech generalist. LPs have come along for the ride

  • South Asia
  • 20 September 2023
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India's Kae Capital raises $50m opportunity fund

Indian seed investor Kae Capital has confirmed closing an opportunity fund with USD 50m in commitments less than a year after closing its third flagship fund at USD 94m.

  • South Asia
  • 19 September 2023
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LPs call for discipline on valuations, exits from China GPs - AVCJ Forum

Some LPs have increased their return expectations for Chinese private equity, and they are calling on local managers to be more disciplined on entry valuations and more tenacious on exits in the hope that these higher thresholds can be met.

  • Greater China
  • 15 September 2023
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MDI merges SE Asia programmes, launches $200m fund

MDI Ventures, an investment firm supported by Telkom Indonesia, has merged two existing programmes to form Ascent Venture Group, which is looking to raise USD 200m for deployment in Southeast Asia.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 14 September 2023
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Vertex raises $541m for Southeast Asia, India

Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India (VVSEAI), an early-stage investor affiliated with Temasek Holdings-owned Vertex Holdings, has closed its fifth fund with USD 541m in commitments.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 13 September 2023
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Hong Kong's C Capital secures $250m for latest PE fund

C Capital, an investment firm established by Adrian Cheng, scion of Hong Kong’s New World Development, has closed its latest private equity fund with around USD 250m in commitments.

  • Greater China
  • 13 September 2023
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Fund focus: 500 Global scales up in Southeast Asia

By investing early and building a diversified portfolio, 500 Global emerged from the technology valuation corrections somewhat unscathed. This gave the firm impetus when raising its third Southeast Asia fund

  • Southeast Asia
  • 13 September 2023
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Singapore student-run VC programme launches new fund

Protégé Ventures (PV), a student-run venture fund programme set up by the Singapore Management University Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (SMU IIE) has launched a second fund of SGD 500,000 (USD 367,000).

  • Southeast Asia
  • 12 September 2023
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India-US cross-border GP Pentathlon Ventures targets $55m

Pentathlon Ventures, a US-India cross-border early-stage investor focused on B2B software-as-a-service (SaaS) has launched its second fund with a target of USD 55m.

  • South Asia
  • 08 September 2023
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500 Global raises $143m for Southeast Asia

500 Global has raised USD 100m for its third Southeast Asia-focused early-stage fund and USD 43m for a vehicle that will target growth-stage start-ups in the region.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 06 September 2023
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India's Anicut hits $36m second close on VC fund

Indian early-stage investor Anicut Capital has achieved a second close of about INR 3bn on its latest fund. The target is INR 5bn with a greenshoe of INR 250m.

  • South Asia
  • 06 September 2023
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CP Group, LDA Capital launch $2b Southeast Asia fund

Thailand-based conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group) has launched a USD 2bn fund that will focus on high-growth middle-market companies in Southeast Asia.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 06 September 2023
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Indonesia VC: Institutional upgrade?

Having won early support from as assortment of local conglomerates, Indonesian venture capital firms must now demonstrate their independence when pitching international LPs

  • Southeast Asia
  • 06 September 2023
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Fund focus: 3one4’s governance gambit

India’s 3one4 Capital credits a strong governance policy for rising institutional participation in its latest VC fund. Maintaining a global-local balance in the LP base is becoming crucial

  • South Asia
  • 06 September 2023
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Japan Industrial Partners sets $2bn hard cap for Fund VI

Japan Industrial Partners (JIP), the Japanese private equity firm leading the USD 15bn privatisation of Toshiba, has set the hard cap for its latest fund at JPY 300bn (USD 2bn) and secured a six-month extension to the fundraising period.

  • North Asia
  • 05 September 2023
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Australia’s Anacacia targets up to $290m for Fund IV

Australian middle market private equity firm Anacacia Capital is preparing to launch its fourth fund, telling investors that it expects to surpass the AUD 300m (USD 193m) raised for Fund III but would not exceed AUD 450m.

  • Australasia
  • 04 September 2023
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China's TH Capital hits first close on debut US dollar fund

TH Capital, a private equity firm that originated from China's Tsinghua University and was formerly known as Tsinghua Holdings Capital, has completed a USD 60m first close on its debut US dollar-denominated fund.

  • Greater China
  • 04 September 2023
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Fund focus: Forebright relies on its domain expertise

LP allocations to China funds are limited in number and hotly contested. Forebright Capital closed its latest vehicle by emphasising its track record in advanced manufacturing and enterprise software

  • Greater China
  • 30 August 2023
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Indonesia's Venturra teams up with Dasym for next fundraise

Indonesian venture capital firm Venturra has teamed up with Netherlands-based investment group Dasym to institutionalise operations ahead of the launch of its next fund.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 28 August 2023
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SEC votes through disclosure reforms for private funds

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted new transparency rules for private equity managers requiring increased reporting, special terms disclosure, and annual fund audits.

  • North America
  • 24 August 2023
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Centurium scales back China fund target to $1.5b

China-focused private equity firm Centurium Capital is looking to raise USD 1.5bn for its second US dollar-denominated fund, having originally targeted USD 2.5bn in a stop-start process that began more than three years ago.

  • Greater China
  • 24 August 2023
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