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J-Star acquires Japan drug wholesaler Genex

Japanese private equity firm J-Star has taken a controlling stake in local pharmaceuticals wholesaler Genex for an undisclosed sum.

  • North Asia
  • 16 December 2020
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SoftBank joins $60m Series B for Korean payments player

SoftBank Ventures Asia has joined a $60 million Series B round for Korean payments technology start-up Chai.

  • North Asia
  • 11 December 2020
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Deal focus: Japan GPs see upside in specialized staffing

CLSA Capital Partners’ sale of Japanese staffing services player Qit to Advantage Partners reveals enduring private equity interest in potentially shaky categories made sturdy by specialization

  • North Asia
  • 11 December 2020
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Japan's Integral completes $1.2b fundraise

Integral Corporation has become the second independent Japanese private equity manager since the global financial crisis to surpass $1 billion in fund size, closing its fourth mid-market buyout vehicle at the hard cap of JPY123.8 billion ($1.18 billion).

  • North Asia
  • 11 December 2020
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Japan’s JIC invests four local start-ups

Japan Investment Corporation (JIC) has backed four local start-ups via its new VC unit. This includes a JPY3 billion ($29 million) commitment to business digitization consultant Monstar Lab.

  • North Asia
  • 10 December 2020
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Portfolio: VIG Partners and Joun Life/Preed Life

By merging Joun Life with Preed Life, VIG Partners’ groundbreaking venture into Korean funeral services is reimagining an industry beyond its core ceremonies

  • North Asia
  • 10 December 2020
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Korea's MegazoneCloud raises $122m Series B

Korean enterprise cloud services provider MegazoneCloud has closed a $122 million Series B round featuring more than 20 investors, including at least eight private equity firms.

  • North Asia
  • 09 December 2020
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Asia travel & hospitality: Ready to board?

The outlook for international tourism remains uncertain, but this hasn’t stopped some private equity and venture capital investors targeting travel and hospitality assets in Asia. It pays to be selective

  • Greater China
  • 09 December 2020
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VC unit of Japan's KLab spins out, rebrands as Anobaka

KVP, the VC unit of Japanese mobile games company KLab, has spun out as an independent entity under the name Anobaka.

  • North Asia
  • 04 December 2020
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Ex-Capital Dynamics executive gets Japan fund-of-funds mandate

Kazushige Kobayashi, formerly of Capital Dynamics, has won a fund-of-funds mandate from the Tokyo government to be managed by a dedicated team set up under Asian alternatives group MCP Asset Management.

  • Fund-of-funds
  • 03 December 2020
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CLSA sells Japan outsourcing business to Advantage

CLSA Capital Partners has sold Japan-based industrial sector human resources outsourcing business Qit to Advantage Partners for an undisclosed sum.

  • North Asia
  • 03 December 2020
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Japan's MedVenture closes second fund at $95m

MedVenture Partners, a Japanese VC firm focused on medical devices, has closed its second fund with JPY9.9 billion ($95 million) in commitments.

  • North Asia
  • 03 December 2020
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J-Star acquires Japanese homeware brand

Japanese private equity firm J-Star has acquired a controlling stake in local homeware brand Shirayuki Fuukin for an undisclosed sum.

  • North Asia
  • 30 November 2020
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Warburg Pincus set for another partial exit from ESR

Warburg Pincus has agreed to make another partial exit from ESR, the pan-Asian logistics real estate platform it established in 2011 and took public last year, which will see its stake fall to 4.56%.

  • Greater China
  • 25 November 2020
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Warburg Pincus, Advantage honored at AVCJ Awards

Warburg Pincus and Advantage Partners triumphed in the firm of the year categories at the 2020 AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards, with The Carlyle Group and Affinity Equity Partners also among the winners with two trophies apiece.

  • Funds
  • 19 November 2020
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KKR agrees $1.6b carve-out of Walmart's Japan business

KKR has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Seiyu, a Japanese supermarket operator controlled by US-headquartered Walmart, in a deal that values the business at JPY172.5 billion ($1.6 billion).

  • North Asia
  • 16 November 2020
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Virtual AGMs & IR: Up in the air

Private equity firms are still finding their feet with annual meetings that no longer take place on the ground. Like it or not, virtual engagement is set to become a larger part of investor relations from now on

  • Fundraising
  • 16 November 2020
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J-Star exits Japan TV shopping business via trade sale

J-Star has sold Itty, a Japanese TV shopping business that specializes in healthy living products, to local broadcaster TV Asahi Corporation for an undisclosed sum.

  • North Asia
  • 13 November 2020
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ADIA, OTTP invest $1.2b in renewables-focused Equis

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTTP) have confirmed a $1.2 billion investment in Asia-focused renewable energy owner-operator Equis Development.

  • Infrastructure
  • 13 November 2020
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Polaris hits hard cap on fifth Japan fund, prepares for final close

Polaris Capital Group has reached the hard cap of JPY150 billion ($1.4 billion) for its fifth Japan buyout fund and expects to announce a final close later this month, according to CEO Yuji Kimura.

  • North Asia
  • 09 November 2020
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Carlyle targets Japan environmental business buyout - update

The Carlyle Group has launched a JPY37 billion ($355 million) buyout offer that would see it take control of Japan Asia Group, the Tokyo-listed holding company for several Japanese environment-related businesses, and two key subsidiaries.

  • North Asia
  • 06 November 2020
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Japan edge computing start-up raises $19m

Idein, a Japanese start-up focused on device-level data processing technology, also known as edge computing, has raised a JPY2 billion ($19.2 million) round featuring Global Brain.

  • North Asia
  • 29 October 2020
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Japan fundraising: Middle-market machine

Buoyed by strong macro fundamentals and robust returns, Japan’s buyout managers continue to attract capital while most other strategies across Asia struggle. Will this popularity be sustained?

  • North Asia
  • 28 October 2020
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Japan logistics tech provider raises $16.7m

Japanese logistics technology start-up Openlogi has raised JPY1.7 billion ($16.7 million) in an ongoing Series C round featuring Sumitomo Corporation.

  • North Asia
  • 28 October 2020
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