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J-Star buys Japanese consumer brand Sun Smile

J-Star has acquired Sun Smile, a Japanese manufacturer of consumer products aimed at young women.

  • North Asia
  • 01 September 2017
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Korean fintech: Financial times

Korea’s financial technology sector is affording start-ups disruption opportunities based on an outdated infrastructure environment. Early movers are experimenting with a number of business models

  • North Asia
  • 31 August 2017
Q&A: TMON Chairman Daniel Shin

Daniel Shin, chairman of TMON – formerly known as Ticket Monster – dissects the competitive Korean e-commerce space, with an eye on how new technological applications can provide an operational edge

  • North Asia
  • 30 August 2017
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Korea securities firms: Brokerage bonanza

Korean securities firms are building PE teams with a view to raising capital from third-party investors. There is government support for these efforts, but independent GPs aren’t worried about increased competition

  • North Asia
  • 30 August 2017
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Korean middle market: Up the ladder

Interest from foreign LPs in Korea’s middle-market is rising, but the segment is still dominated by domestic institutional investors. Changes to this dynamic are unlikely to arrive soon

  • North Asia
  • 30 August 2017
Blackstone hires ex-JP Morgan banker as Japan chairman

The Blackstone Group has appointed Katsuyuki Kuki, who previously spent nine years as an investment banker with J.P. Morgan, as its chairman and representative director for Japan.

  • North Asia
  • 30 August 2017
Affinity buys majority stake in Korean food container maker

Affinity Equity Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Lock & Lock, a South Korean manufacturer of airtight food containers and kitchen household goods for KRW629.3 billion ($562 million).

  • North Asia
  • 30 August 2017
SoftBank Group, Vision Fund invest $4.4b in WeWork

US-based co-working space operator WeWork has received commitments totaling $4.4 billion from Japan’s SoftBank Group and its SoftBank Vision Fund.

  • North Asia
  • 27 August 2017
SparkLabs launches $50m Korea, SE Asia venture fund

SparkLabs Global Ventures has launched a $50 million venture capital fund that will make Series A and B investments in Korean and Southeast Asian start-ups.

  • North Asia
  • 27 August 2017
Partners Group appoints Japan head

Partners Group has appointed Shunsuke Tanahashi (pictured) as head of the private equity firm’s Japanese business.

  • North Asia
  • 24 August 2017
Jafco backs Japan blockchain-IoT start-up

Nayuta, a Japanese start-up focused on combining internet-of-things (IoT) and blockchain technologies, has received a JPY140 million ($1.3 million) funding round led by Jafco.

  • North Asia
  • 22 August 2017
Crescendo Equity, Lindman back Korean software developer Hancom

Hancom, a South Korea-listed software developer, has raised KRW60 billion ($53 million) from two private equity firms.

  • North Asia
  • 21 August 2017
VCs invest $6.4m in Japan's Monstar Lab

A group of venture capital investors including YJ Capital and Fenox Venture Capital has led a JPY700 million ($6.4 million) funding round for Japanese global outsourcing service developer Monstar Lab.

  • North Asia
  • 18 August 2017
Portfolio: The Rohatyn Group and BHC

The Rohatyn Group bought Korean fried chicken franchise BHC in 2013 with a view to ironing out inefficiencies, broadening brand appeal, and pursuing bolt-on acquisitions. It has made progress in each area

  • North Asia
  • 16 August 2017
VCs commit $9m to Japan blockchain platform

Nippon Technology Venture Partners, Fisco Capital, and ABBALab have committed $9 million to Japanese cryptocurrency platform Tech Bureau.

  • North Asia
  • 14 August 2017
CLSA-backed BC Ings makes Japan education bolt-on

BC Ings, a Japanese cram school operator owned by CLSA Capital Partners (CLSA CP), has acquired local counterpart Akasaka Gakuin.

  • North Asia
  • 11 August 2017
INCJ joins $4.3m round for Japan AI player

Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) and Bank of Kochi have agreed to jointly invest JPY470 million ($4.3 million) in Japanese artificial intelligence (AI) technology developer Nextremer.

  • North Asia
  • 10 August 2017
China’s GSR to acquire Nissan’s electric battery business

Japan’s Nissan Motor has agreed to sell its electric battery operations and production facilities to Chinese private equity firm GSR Capital. Financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Greater China
  • 09 August 2017
VCs back Asia expansion by Japan's Sansan

Japanese cloud-based professional services company Sansan has received a fresh round of expansion funding from Mirai Creation Investment and existing backers DCM and Salesforce Ventures.

  • North Asia
  • 07 August 2017
Japan's KDDI to acquire VC-backed Soracom

Soracom, a Japanese internet of things (IoT) communications platform that has several VC backers, will be acquired by domestic telecom operator KDDI Corporation.

  • North Asia
  • 03 August 2017
Q&A: Permira's Alex Emery

Alex Emery, head of Asia at Permira, on global funds versus regional funds, escalations in dry powder and deal size, and how to lay the ground for when the current bull run inevitably comes to an end

  • Greater China
  • 03 August 2017
Deal focus: KKR hits the gas on Korea auto carve-out

KKR has backed two divisions of Korea's LS Group - worth a combined $940 million - giving it exposure to an established auto parts business and a division that could prosper on the back of the electric car boom

  • North Asia
  • 02 August 2017
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Japan VC: Culture club

The Cool Japan policy aims to internationalize a large but lagging economy beyond its manufacturing roots. Venture capital will be the key to reimagining unique overlaps of culture and technology

  • North Asia
  • 02 August 2017
Secondary buyouts: Peer to peer

Maligned by some investors, sponsor-to-sponsor deals are gradually becoming more prevalent in Asia as the private equity industry matures. What is the early verdict?

  • Greater China
  • 02 August 2017
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