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Navis seeks up to $1.3b for ninth Asia fund

Navis Capital Partners wants to raise as much as USD 1.3bn for its ninth Asia fund, which is being primed for a formal launch early in the new year.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 05 October 2023
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LeapFrog eyes February close, claims significant progress on fundraise

Impact investor LeapFrog Investments expects to close its fourth flagship fund in February, with a source close to the situation adding that "a significant share" of the targeted USD 1bn has already been raised.

  • South Asia
  • 05 October 2023
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KKR opens second India office

KKR is expanding its operations in India, opening a second office in India in Gurugram, a financial and technology hub near New Delhi. A Mumbai office was established in 2009.

  • South Asia
  • 05 October 2023
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Mars Growth Capital launches Asia tech fund

Singapore’s Mars Growth Capital, a tech investor set up in 2021 by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) and Liquidity Group, has launched its maiden Asia equity fund with an initial USD 500m.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 04 October 2023
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China VC: Amicable divorces

Regulatory pressures are encouraging Chinese VC firms to end longstanding US affiliations, but the impact of impending legislation – even sight unseen – cuts deeper into investor sentiment on China

  • Greater China
  • 04 October 2023
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Q&A: ADM Capital’s Chris Botsford

Chris Botsford, co-founding partner and CIO of Asia-focused private credit provider ADM Capital, on linking financial and sustainability outcomes, the merits of SMAs, and opportunities in complexity

  • GPs
  • 03 October 2023
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Temasek's True Light Capital raises $3.3b China fund

True Light Capital, a Singapore-based asset manager established by Temasek Holdings, has raised USD 3.3bn for a fund that invests in companies that have a nexus to or a major business relationship with Greater China.

  • Greater China
  • 29 September 2023
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AVCJ daily bulletin returns October 3

AVCJ's daily bulletin will not be published on October 2 due to the public holiday in Hong Kong.

  • Performance
  • 29 September 2023
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LPs favour co-invest, secondaries as allocation appetite warms - survey

LPs are more willing to allocate to private markets strategies compared to a year ago, although co-investment and secondaries are prioritized over buyout and venture, according to a global survey by Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM).

  • LPs
  • 28 September 2023
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DCM adds partners in Japan, China

DCM has promoted two Asia-based investment professionals – Kenichiro Hara and Fiona Huang, who focus on Japan and China, respectively – to partner.

  • Greater China
  • 28 September 2023
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China GP Tiantu Capital targets $253m Hong Kong IPO

Chinese consumer-focused venture capital firm Tiantu Capital has launched a Hong Kong IPO with a view to raising as much as HKD 1.9bn (USD 253m).

  • Greater China
  • 27 September 2023
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ESG backlash: Turbulent tailwinds

The strong momentum behind sustainable and responsible investment policies globally has begun to ruffle feathers in the US. Asian private equity should recognise this as a relevant warning

  • North America
  • 27 September 2023
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Profile: Venturra’s John Riady

A millennial member of one of Indonesia’s most prominent family business groups, John Riady became a VC investor in 2011. He has witnessed a nascent digital economy begin to fulfil its promise

  • Southeast Asia
  • 27 September 2023
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Novo Tellus hits $375m first close on third Indo-Pacific fund

Novo Tellus Capital Partners, an investor in industrial technology assets across the Indo-Pacific region, has reached a first close of approximately USD 375m on its third fund – matching the overall target for the vehicle.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 26 September 2023
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Trifecta closes third India venture debt fund on $214m

Trifecta Capital has closed its third India venture debt fund with about INR 17.8bn (USD 214) in commitments. The initial target was INR 10bn with a greenshoe option of INR 5bn.

  • South Asia
  • 26 September 2023
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GGV to spin off Asia operation

GGV Capital’s Asia business will sever ties with the firm’s international operation – switching to separate partnerships and a distinct brand – as venture capital continues to feel the impact of the US and China’s conflicting technology agendas.

  • Greater China
  • 22 September 2023
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India's Unitus combines with US affiliate Capria

India-based impact investor Unitus Ventures has combined with its US affiliate Capria Ventures, with the unified entity to operate globally under the Capria name.

  • South Asia
  • 21 September 2023
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Goldman raises $15.2b 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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TPG Asia managing partner expands coverage to Middle East

Ganen Sarvananthan, an Asia managing partner at TPG, has been awarded an expanded brief that now includes the Middle East.

  • GPs
  • 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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Cybersecurity: PE urged to go post-quantum

Private equity firms with masses of information, long histories, and long futures will be vulnerable to code-cracking quantum computers perceived as lurking on an inevitable near-term horizon

  • Southeast Asia
  • 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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