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Japan's LayerX extends Series A to $67.5m

Japanese enterprise billing and invoicing software provider LayerX has raised JPY 2bn (USD 13.2m) from Hong Kong’s Keyrock Capital Management, lifting its Series A round to around USD 67.5m

  • North Asia
  • 09 November 2023
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Integral makes partial exit from Japan’s Skymark

Japanese private equity firm Integral Corporation has sold most of its remaining position in Skymark Airlines, the budget air carrier it took public in December last year.

  • North Asia
  • 09 November 2023
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Q&A: BPEA EQT’s Jean Eric Salata

Jean Eric Salata, head of BPEA EQT and chair of EQT Asia, on the benefits of diversification, why Asia’s limited reliance on leverage could lead to better relative performance, and being creative with liquidity

  • GPs
  • 08 November 2023
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Asia’s LP landscape: North to south

Pools of institutional – and less institutional – capital in Asia are deepening, but it remains a multi-speed market with some investors just beginning their alternatives journey and others achieving maturity

  • LPs
  • 08 November 2023
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Japan's Sensyn Robotics raises $15m

Japan’s Sensyn Robotics, which develops drones for various industrial inspection applications, has raised JPY 2.25bn (USD 15m) in growth funding from several local banks and VC investors.

  • North Asia
  • 03 November 2023
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Japanese digital alternatives platform gets pre-Series A

Luca, a Japan-based fundraising platform that aims to give local high net worth investors access to alternatives, has received seed-stage funding from VC investors.

  • North Asia
  • 02 November 2023
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T Capital exits Japan confectionery business

Japanese middle market private equity firm T Capital Partners has agreed to sell its majority stake in Confex Holdings, a wholesale confectionery products business, to Yamae Group Holdings for JPY 16.1bn (USD 107m).

  • North Asia
  • 02 November 2023
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Hahn acquires SKC's ceramics business for $267m

Korean private equity firm Hahn & Company is set for its sixth deal in five years involving local conglomerate SK Group, having agreed to carve out a fine ceramics business for KRW 360bn (USD 267m).

  • North Asia
  • 01 November 2023
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Japan's Integral agrees strategic exit for fertiliser maker Nitto FC

Japanese GP Integral Corporation has agreed to sell fertiliser maker Nitto FC to Ichinen Holdings, a listed automotive supplier with interests in industrial chemicals, for an undisclosed sum.

  • North Asia
  • 01 November 2023
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Money train: Raising capital out of Asia

Fundraising difficulties at home are prompting some US and European GPs to target Asian capital pools that they previously overlooked. It requires patience and persistence

  • North America
  • 01 November 2023
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Partners Group strengthens Japan private wealth coverage

Partners Group has recruited Tatsuro Aoyama to its private wealth team in Japan with a brief to build out relationships with local distribution partners.

  • North Asia
  • 31 October 2023
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Diageo sells whisky brand to Korean turnaround investor

Global beverage giant Diageo has agreed to sell Windsor, Korea’s best-selling whisky brand, to Pine Tree Investment & Management following the collapse of a transaction involving other Korean private equity firms.

  • North Asia
  • 30 October 2023
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SparkLabs launches Korea deep tech fund

Early-stage VC investor and accelerator SparkLabs Korea has achieved a first close of USD 15m on a deep tech fund. That target corpus has not been confirmed.

  • North Asia
  • 27 October 2023
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PE-owned Kokusai Electric gains on debut after $720m Japan IPO

KKR-owned Kokusai Electric gained 28% on debut after raising JPY 108.3bn (USD 720m) in Japan’s largest IPO in five years.

  • North Asia
  • 27 October 2023
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Korea's STIC to exit biofuels player to PE-backed consortium

Korea’s STIC Investments has agreed to sell biofuels producer Daekyung Oil & Transportation to a consortium backed by SK Group, Korea Development Bank (KDB), and Eugene Private Equity.

  • North Asia
  • 18 October 2023
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Korea's VIG seeks $1.1b for Fund V

South Korean mid-market private equity firm VIG Partners has launched its fifth fund with a target of USD 1.1bn, seeking to replicate the even split between domestic and foreign capital achieved in the previous vintage.

  • North Asia
  • 17 October 2023
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Japan plant-based meat player raises $47m

Japanese plant-based meat company Daiz has raised JPY 7.1bn (USD47.4m) in Series C funding that features Mitsubishi UFJ Capital.

  • North Asia
  • 13 October 2023
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East, SV target $100m for Southeast Asia-Korea fund

Indonesia-focused East Ventures and Korea’s SV Investment have launched dedicated Southeast Asia-Korea fund with a target of USD 100m.

  • North Asia
  • 13 October 2023
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Japan's Beyond Next raises $67m for third VC fund

Japanese deep tech investor Beyond Next Ventures has achieved a first close of JPY 10bn (USD 67.1m) on its third flagship fund. The target is JPY 25bn.

  • North Asia
  • 12 October 2023
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SparkLabs launches US-listed SPAC

SparkLabs Group, which operates a network of start-up accelerators and venture capital funds with a strong presence in Asia, has raised USD 100m through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) offering on NASDAQ.

  • North America
  • 09 October 2023
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Mubadala supports buyout of Korea's Osstem Implant

Mubadala Investment has invested in Osstem Implant, a Korean manufacturer of dental implants that was taken private by MBK Partners and UCK Partners (formerly Unison Capital Korea) earlier this year.

  • North Asia
  • 06 October 2023
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Japan's WiL joins $27m round for health platform Micin

Japan-US cross-border investor World Innovation Lab (WiL) has joined a JPY 4bn (USD 27.3m) Series C round for Tokyo-based telemedicine and health platform Micin.

  • North Asia
  • 06 October 2023
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VC-backed streetwear retailers Kream, Soda to merge

Korean streetwear retailer Kream has paid KRW 97.6bn (USD 72.1m) for a 43.6% stake in Japanese counterpart Soda as part of a merger of the two VC-backed businesses.

  • North Asia
  • 05 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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