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L Catterton backs beauty industry biotech supplier

L Catterton has led a CNY 200m (USD 27m) Series B round for Trautec, a China-based biotech start-up that develops synthetic proteins used in beauty and healthcare products.

  • Central Asia
  • 29 September 2023
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Japan VCs back $100m round for local impact investor Gojo

Japanese impact investor and microfinance institution Gojo & Company has secured a USD 100m Series E from a group of local VC investors including Global Brain and Globis Capital Partners.

  • North Asia
  • 18 August 2023
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Kazakhstan investor backs TVM SE Asia healthcare fund

Qazaqstan Investment Corporation (QIC), a private equity fund-of-funds set up by the Kazakhstan government, has invested in a Southeast Asia fund managed by TVM Capital Healthcare.

  • Central Asia
  • 02 June 2023
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Team diversity impacts fundraising prospects - AVCJ Forum

Asia-based managers are slower to implement diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies than their peers in other markets, but LPs told the AVCJ Diversity & Inclusion Forum that action on this issue is increasingly important to fundraising.

  • Central Asia
  • 15 November 2022
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Japan-based microfinance player gets $47m Series E

Gojo & Company, a Japan-headquartered microfinance institution that operates across Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Cambodia, India, and Tajikistan, has raised USD 47.6m in Series E funding.

  • North Asia
  • 10 November 2022
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AIIB backs two energy, infrastructure funds

China-headquartered Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is set to anchor two private equity funds, including an energy-focused vehicle, with a total commitment of $125 million.

  • Greater China
  • 17 December 2019
CITIC Capital invests China-Europe logistics providers

CITIC Capital has backed two China-Europe logistics providers in separate deals of undisclosed size. The GP is investing via its Silk Road Fund, which targets geographies in China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) agenda.

  • Greater China
  • 30 May 2018
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One Belt One Road: Probationary bonanza

China’s One Belt One Road agenda is set to be a driving force in M&A activity that reshapes economies across Eurasia for decades to come. Early movers are consequently negotiating a new world of variables

  • Greater China
  • 11 October 2017
IFC proposes $20m investment in Abraaj credit fund

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the investment arm of the World Bank, is considering a commitment of up to $20 million in the Abraaj Group’s global credit fund.

  • Central Asia
  • 13 July 2017
China, Russia plan $10.5b in OBOR investments

China and Russia have agreed to invest about $10.5 billion in two cross-border development funds as part of the One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative.

  • Greater China
  • 06 July 2017
India, Russia investors form $200m cross-border IT fund

India-listed Srei Infrastructure Finance and Russia’s state-backed Vnesheconombank have agreed to establish a $200 million fund that will promote IT and innovation exchange between the two countries.

  • South Asia
  • 12 June 2017
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One Belt One Road: Critical mass

One Belt One Road aims to recast two continents’ worth of disconnected developing markets as a global economic nucleus. It is a geopolitical watershed with deep and complex investment potential

  • Greater China
  • 10 May 2017
PE-backed ZTO Express files for US IPO

China-based logistics operator ZTO Express has filed for an IPO in the US. Sequoia Capital and Warburg Pincus are the most significant private equity backers with stakes of 7.2% and 6.1%, respectively.

  • Central Asia
  • 04 October 2016
Siguler Guff closes third BRIC fund

Siguler Guff faced two particular challenges when raising its third BRIC opportunities fund: one foreseen and well prepared for; the other more out of leftfield.

  • Fundraising
  • 09 April 2014
Central Asia oil producer sells Kazakh assets to China PE fund

Tethys Petroleum, a Central Asia and Caspian region-focused oil and gas producer, has agreed to sell half of its Kazakhstan oil and gas assets to Sino Oil and Gas Investment (SinoHan), a subsidiary owned by Beijing-based HanHong Private Equity Group.

  • Central Asia
  • 04 November 2013
IFC ups stake in Mongolia's TenGer Financial Group

International Finance Corporation (IFC), the investment arm of the World Bank, has increased its stake in Mongolia's TenGer Financial Group (TFG) to 19% for an undisclosed amount.

  • Central Asia
  • 30 May 2013
Orix invests $24m in Mongolian financial services group

Japanese financial services group Orix Corp. has agreed to buy a 16% stake in Mongolia financial group TenGer Financial Group (TFG) for approximately $24 million

  • Central Asia
  • 27 May 2013
Kazakh sovereign fund buys stake in domestic zinc producer

Kazakhstan’s sovereign wealth fund, Samruk-Kazyna, has bought a 29% stake in Kazzinc, a domestic zinc producer controlled by Glencore.

  • Central Asia
  • 08 February 2013
Japan's Orix signs up as LP for Mongolia Opportunities Fund

Japan's Orix Corporation will invest in Mongolia Opportunities Fund I, reputedly the country's first ever private equity vehicle. Orix aims to use the fund, established by Mongolia Opportunities Partners, to make its own first investments in country.

  • Central Asia
  • 05 February 2013
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IPO of the Year – Yonghui Superstores

William Shen, Head of Greater China for Headland Capital Partners, speaks to AVCJ about working on Asia’s most exciting IPO of the year.

  • South Asia
  • 30 November 2011
VC Professional of the Year – Sandeep Singhal

Sandeep Singhal, co-founder of Nexus Venture Partners, discusses job satisfaction, the secrets of his venture firm’s success and the outlook for India’s early-stage sector.

  • Venture
  • 30 November 2011
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PE Deal of the Year – Hyva

UNITAS CAPITAL’S BUYOUT OF DUTCH cylinder-maker Hyva earlier this year was a landmark private equity deal in that it was the first in Asia to be backed by a high-yield bond. Not only did the company’s $375 million bond issue set a precedent for other...

  • South Asia
  • 30 November 2011
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PE sees rise in post-deal disputes

Post-closing claims against PE firms have shot up since the global financial crisis, causing cash to be held back from exits and IRRs to suffer. What does it mean for Asia?

  • Exits
  • 30 November 2011
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Fundraising of the Year – Baring Private Equity Asia

Global private equity majors including KKR, Bain Capital and TPG say that now is the time to raise Asian megafunds, but for Baring Private Equity, which closed its $2.4 billion fifth vehicle in just six months earlier this year, it’s good to get in...

  • South Asia
  • 30 November 2011
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