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Japan Industrial Solutions supports troubled local drug maker

Japan Industrial Solutions (JIS) has agreed to invest up to JPY 20bn (USD 155m) in Japan-based generic drug manufacturer Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical with a view to saving the troubled company.

  • North Asia
  • 18 May 2022
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Deal focus: Elevation targets Lumena uplift

Elevation Equity Partners sees Korean consumer electronics brand Lumena as a diamond in the rough, with high margins, quality products, and scope for domestic and international expansion

  • North Asia
  • 17 May 2022
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DST, WiL lead Series C for Japan's Upsider

DST Global and World Innovation Lab (WiL) have led a JPY 15bn (USD 115m) Series C round for Upsider, a Japan-based corporate credit card issuer. It is said to be the first time DST has taken the lead role in a Japan deal.

  • North Asia
  • 12 May 2022
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Korean home interiors start-up gets $182m Series D

OHouse, a consumer-facing platform in South Korea used for sourcing materials and services relating to home furnishing and interior decorating, has raised USD 182m in Series D funding.

  • North Asia
  • 10 May 2022
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Korea space tech start-up gets $8m

Korean microsatellite and space data analysis start-up NaraSpace Technology has raised KRW 10bn (USD 8m) from Korea Development Bank (KDB) and several local VC firms.

  • North Asia
  • 05 May 2022
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Japan's J-Star closes fifth fund on $574m

Japanese lower middle-market private equity firm J-Star has closed its fifth flagship fund at the hard cap of JPY 75bn (USD 574m). The target was JPY 65m.

  • North Asia
  • 29 April 2022
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KKR launches tender offer for Japan's Hitachi Transport System

KKR has launched a tender offer for Hitachi Transport Systems at a valuation of approximately JPY 749.5bn (USD 5.8bn) after agreeing to acquire parent company Hitachi’s controlling stake in the business.

  • North Asia
  • 29 April 2022
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Deal focus: Goldman embraces Japan robotics

Rapyuta Robotics offers solutions flexible enough to plug into existing warehouse infrastructure and nurtures ambitions to create a cloud-based operating system. This was enough to win over Goldman Sachs

  • North Asia
  • 27 April 2022
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Vision Fund backs Japan's AI Medical Service

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 has led a JPY 8bn (USD 70m) Series C funding round for AI Medical Service, a Tokyo-based medical technology company that has developed an artificial intelligence-enabled (AI) endoscopy diagnostic solution.

  • North Asia
  • 27 April 2022
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VIG buys Korean healthy beverage brand

VIG Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Teazen, a South Korean producer of tea-based health drinks, for approximately USD 70m.

  • North Asia
  • 27 April 2022
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Japan's Hitachi mulls divestment of logistics unit

Hitachi has confirmed it may divest its logistics unit, Hitachi Transport System, following a report that KKR was poised to buy the asset for more than JPY 600bn (USD 4.69bn).

  • North Asia
  • 25 April 2022
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Goldman leads Series C for Japan's Rapyuta Robotics

Goldman Sachs has led a USD 51m Series C round for Rapyuta Robotics, a Japan-based developer of collaborative pick-assist robots commonly used in warehouses.

  • North Asia
  • 21 April 2022
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Bain launches tender offer for Japan marketing business

Bain Capital has launched a tender offer for Japan-based television and direct marketing business Tri-Stage that values the company at approximately JPY 17.2bn (USD 137.3m).

  • North Asia
  • 14 April 2022
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Deal focus: Wholesum brings agglomeration to Korea

Drawing inspiration from US-based Thrasio and from his own background in special situations investing, Andrew Joo wants to turn Wholesum into a Korean multi-brand powerhouse

  • North Asia
  • 13 April 2022
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Portfolio: Affinity Equity Partners and ServeOne

Affinity Equity Partners is redefining the B2B outsourcing industry by helping Korea’s ServeOne, escape the gravity of its chaebol parent to access new markets and business lines

  • North Asia
  • 13 April 2022
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Japan's MPower backs pet devices maker

Japan’s MPower Partners, which was set up last year to make environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investments, has joined a USD 10.5m Series B round for local pet devices maker Rabo.

  • North Asia
  • 12 April 2022
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Korea Web3 gaming platform gets $34m

Krust Universe, a start-up incubation and investment unit of Korean internet giant Kakao, has led a USD 34m round for local Web3 gaming platform Iskra.

  • North Asia
  • 11 April 2022
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Japan's Drone Fund closes third vintage on $85m

Japan’s Drone Fund has closed its third air mobility-dedicated vehicle at JPY 10.5bn (USD 85m), beating a target of JPY 10bn.

  • North Asia
  • 07 April 2022
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LP interview: Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance

Innchul Oh, a senior manager with Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance, approaches international private equity with a brand of risk wariness that currently favours venture over buyouts. Generalist GPs are lamented as a dying breed

  • North Asia
  • 06 April 2022
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Carlyle sells Japan construction materials supplier to Lone Star

The Carlyle Group has sold Senqcia Corporation, a Japanese construction materials supplier formerly known as Hitachi Metals Techno, to Lone Star Funds for an undisclosed sum.

  • North Asia
  • 04 April 2022
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Effissimo pledges to support Bain buyout of Toshiba

Bain Capital appears to be preparing a take-private bid for Toshiba Corporation, having secured the support of the company’s largest activist shareholder for a potential tender offer.

  • North Asia
  • 04 April 2022
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GP profile: DCM

Investing in China, Japan, and the US out of a single global fund, DCM sticks to a formula of small funds, concentrated portfolios, early-stage deals, and collaborative cross-border teams

  • Greater China
  • 30 March 2022
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Diageo divests Korean whisky brand to local PE consortium

Global beverage giant Diageo has agreed to sell Windsor, Korea’s best-selling whisky brand, to Bayside Private Equity and Metis Private Equity for KRW 200bn (USD 163.2m).

  • North Asia
  • 28 March 2022
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Japan mobile banking player Kyash gets $41m Series C

Altos Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Greyhound Capital, and StepStone Group are part of an investor group that has committed JPY 4.9bn (USD 41m) in Series D funding to Tokyo-based mobile banking start-up Kyash.

  • North Asia
  • 18 March 2022
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