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Longreach targets $800m for Japan, Greater China mandate

The Longreach Group is looking to raise USD 800m for its fourth fund, which will continue the firm’s existing strategy of mid-market control deals in North Asia with an emphasis on Japan.

  • North Asia
  • 08 August 2023
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MBK launches sixth North Asia fund, targets $7b

North Asia-focused buyout firm MBK Partners has set a target of USD 7bn for its sixth flagship fund, according to three sources familiar with the situation.

  • North Asia
  • 04 August 2023
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Australia's Five V opens New Zealand office

Australia’s Five V Capital, which is active across growth, buyouts, and venture, has launched a New Zealand office and confirmed three hires for the country team.

  • Australasia
  • 04 August 2023
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Affinity managing partner to retire

Chul-joo Lee is retiring from Affinity Equity Partners at the end of August. He will become the second managing partner to leave the pan-regional buyout firm in the past 12 months.

  • GPs
  • 04 August 2023
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5Y seeks $700m for latest China VC fund

China-focused 5Y Capital has set a target of USD 700m for its latest venture capital fund – in line with what the manager raised in the previous vintage.

  • Greater China
  • 03 August 2023
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CVC hires India partner from Apollo

CVC Capital Partners has recruited Nikhil Gahrotra, an India-based partner at Apollo Global Management, to its private equity team.

  • South Asia
  • 03 August 2023
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Korea’s UCK Partners surpasses $770m on Fund III

UCK Partners, a South Korean private equity firm formerly known as Unison Capital Korea, has accumulated approximately KRW 1trn (USD 777m) across two incremental closes on its third fund.

  • North Asia
  • 02 August 2023
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Deal focus: Change at the margins for Proterra Asia

Proterra Asia has been investing in food and agriculture across the region for 13 years. This will continue, regardless of tweaks in management entity ownership and fund structure

  • GPs
  • 02 August 2023
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Profile: Mekong Capital’s Chad Ovel

An outdoorsman with a passion for mountaineering and a background in sustainable forestry, Chad Ovel found a good fit in Mekong Capital’s strategy targeting the frontier of Vietnam’s consumer markets

  • Southeast Asia
  • 02 August 2023
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Q&A: The Longreach Group’s Mark Chiba

Mark Chiba, group chairman of North Asia-focused The Longreach Group, on deal flow in Japan’s middle market, pursuing platform acquisitions, the rise of digitalisation, and the complexities of take-privates

  • North Asia
  • 02 August 2023
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PEP raises continuation fund for New Zealand's Up Education

Australia's Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) has raised a single-asset continuation fund of approximately AUD 400m (USD 268m) for Up Education, a vocational education business it has held since 2015.

  • Australasia
  • 31 July 2023
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Fund focus: Eurazeo’s climate thesis resonates with LPs

Eurazeo shattered the target for its second smart city fund thanks to an agenda that dovetails with LP interest in decarbonisation. Nine Asian LPs backed the fund and 35% of the corpus will be deployed in the region

  • Fundraising
  • 26 July 2023
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Q&A: SparkEdge Capital’s Linc Liu

Linc Liu, founding partner and chairman of SparkEdge Capital, a sector specialist formerly known as Ori-mind Capital, discusses new energy investment opportunities in China

  • Greater China
  • 26 July 2023
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Mirae Asset PE arm seeks $200m for Fund II

Maps Capital, a private equity investment arm of Mirae Asset Financial Group, has launched its second US dollar-denominated fund with a target of USD 200m.

  • Greater China
  • 24 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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Warburg Pincus picks SE Asia head for global leadership role

Jeffrey Perlman, who leads Southeast Asia at Warburg Pincus as well as Asia Pacific real estate, will become the firm’s global president in a move described as succession planning.

  • GPs
  • 20 July 2023
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GP profile: CCV

Formed through a spinout from KPCB, CCV claims to distinguish itself through a collaborative culture and a disciplined approach to portfolio construction, valuations, and landing scenarios

  • Greater China
  • 19 July 2023
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Fund focus: Australia’s Next thrives under the radar

Next Capital claims to have relatively free rein in Australia’s underpenetrated lower middle market. Dedication to the opportunity set underpinned a painless fundraising process for its latest vehicle

  • Australasia
  • 19 July 2023
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Sujoy Bose exits leadership role of India's NIIF

Sujoy Bose has left India’s National Investment & Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), having served as CEO of the organisation since its inception in 2016.

  • South Asia
  • 18 July 2023
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Ares to buy Asia's Crescent Point

Crescent Point Capital, a China and Southeast Asia-focused private equity firm with around USD 3.8bn in assets under management (AUM), has agreed to a 100% acquisition by Ares Management.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 18 July 2023
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India's CapFort Ventures seeks $24m for debut VC fund

India’s CapFort Ventures, an early-stage VC firm set up this year by investors at local incubator Venture Catalysts, has launched its debut fund with a target of USD 24m.

  • South Asia
  • 17 July 2023
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Antler expands into Malaysia through Khazanah partnership

Singapore-based accelerator and VC investor Antler is opening an office in Kuala Lumpur as it becomes the latest GP to join Khazanah Nasional’s Future Malaysia Programme.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 13 July 2023
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Australia's Next Capital closes Fund V on $251m

Australia’s Next Capital has closed its fifth lower middle market buyout fund with AUD 375m (USD 251m) in commitments, beating a target of AUD 350m.

  • Australasia
  • 12 July 2023
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China regulators look to streamline private equity oversight

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has signed off on new regulations aimed at facilitating private equity investment and guiding it into policy-aligned areas like semiconductors and biotech.

  • Greater China
  • 12 July 2023
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