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India Quotient seeks $80m for Fund IV

India Quotient, a venture capital firm known for making seed-stage investments in the likes of ShareChat, Sugar, and Lendingkart, is targeting $80 million for its fourth fund.

  • South Asia
  • 16 February 2021
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Korean e-commerce player Coupang set for US listing

Coupang, a Korean e-commerce business that has secured approximately $3.5 billion in private funding over the past decade, has filed for an IPO in the US.

  • North Asia
  • 13 February 2021
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Asia to play larger role in Eurazeo's second smart city fund

Asia is expected to feature more prominently – in terms of investors and investments – in Eurazeo’s second smart city venture capital fund, which has reached a first close of EUR80 million ($97 million).

  • Greater China
  • 12 February 2021
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Deal focus: CPE backs MicroPort's medical devices agenda

CPE has backed a string of spinouts from Chinese medical device manufacturer MicroPort Medical. MicroPort CardioFlow Medtech’s Hong Kong IPO represents its first liquidity event

  • Greater China
  • 11 February 2021
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China's Cloopen, Adagene complete strong US IPOs

Cloud services provider Cloopen and biotech developer Adagene, both backed by Sequoia Capital China, have raised a combined $460 million in their US IPOs.

  • Central Asia
  • 11 February 2021
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China EV maker WM Motor gets $1.7b in debt financing

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer WM Motor has secured RMB11.5 billion ($1.78 billion) in debt from domestic banks. It follows a RMB10 billion equity funding round featuring several government investors.

  • Greater China
  • 11 February 2021
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New Frontier to privatize US-listed China hospital business

The New Frontier Group-led consortium that acquired Chinese hospital operator United Family Healthcare (UFH) through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in 2019 is now looking to take the US-listed business private at a valuation of around $1.6...

  • Greater China
  • 11 February 2021
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Cathay appoints executive president, makes partner promotions

Cathay Capital has announced a spate of global personnel appointments in private equity and venture capital, including the naming of Arthur Yeung as executive president.

  • Greater China
  • 11 February 2021
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Carlyle abandons pursuit of Japan Asia Group

The Carlyle Group and the chairman of Japan Asia Group (JAG) have abandoned their bid for the company after a tender offer failed to generate sufficient shareholder support.

  • North Asia
  • 11 February 2021
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China's Meishubao gets $40m Series D extension

Meishubao, a China-based online art education platform, has completed a Series D extension of more than $40 million that takes the overall funding round past $250 million.

  • Greater China
  • 11 February 2021
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Iron Pillar co-founder launches India venture growth firm

Sameer Nath, co-founder and a managing partner at Indian VC firm Iron Pillar, has spun out to form TrueScale Capital, which will follow a similar venture growth remit.

  • South Asia
  • 11 February 2021
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Ethics in AI: Slippery slope

Concerns around artificial intelligence technology have extended from unauthorized surveillance to include healthcare and education. When does the ethical dilemma become an ESG sticking point for investors?

  • Technology
  • 10 February 2021
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India SaaS: Global first

India’s enterprise software start-ups have traditionally ceded the spotlight to their consumer-facing peers, primarily because of their outlook – and their VC backers – are US-oriented. That is now changing

  • South Asia
  • 10 February 2021
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Sequoia, Tencent lead Series E for China’s Miaoshou Doctor

Beijing Yuanxin Technology, operator of China-based online healthcare services platform Miaoshou Doctor, has raised RMB3 billion ($466 million) in Series E funding led by Sequoia Capital China and Tencent Holdings.

  • Greater China
  • 10 February 2021
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Quadrant becomes first Asia GP to make HEC top 10

Quadrant Private Equity has become the first Asia Pacific-based manager to make the top 10 in the HEC-Dow Jones Private Equity Performance Ranking.

  • Australasia
  • 10 February 2021
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Indian news app Dailyhunt raises $100m

Indian news app Dailyhunt has raised $100 million led by Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and Glade Brook Capital Partners. It extends a $102 million Series H round last year featuring Google.

  • South Asia
  • 10 February 2021
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Temasek CEO steps down

Ho Ching, CEO of Singapore’s Temasek Holdings will step down from the government-controlled investment fund effective October 1. She will retire her board seat on the same date.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 10 February 2021
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Match buys VC-backed Korean social platform for $1.7b

Hyperconnect, a Korean social media platform backed by Altos Ventures and SoftBank Ventures Korea, has agreed to an acquisition by online dating giant Match Group for $1.73 billion in cash and stock.

  • North Asia
  • 10 February 2021
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  • 10 February 2021
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Eastern Bell seeks $600m for second US dollar fund

Eastern Bell Capital, a Chinese private equity firm that focuses on supply chains and logistics businesses, has set a target of $600 million for its second US dollar-denominated fund.

  • Greater China
  • 09 February 2021
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MBK targets $639m acquisition of Japan aged care business

MBK Partners has joined the list of private equity firms pursuing deals in Japan’s aged care and healthcare space, having launched a tender offer for Tsukui Holdings Corporation at a valuation of JPY66.9 billion ($639 million).

  • North Asia
  • 09 February 2021
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China's Yunqi promotes Yu Chen to partner

Chinese venture capital firm Yunqi Partners has promoted Yu Chen - who specializes in big data, cloud computing, autonomous driving, and robotics investments - to partner.

  • Greater China
  • 09 February 2021
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Advent buys majority stake in India's ZCL, MSPEA exits

Advent International has agreed to acquire Indian pharmaceuticals supplier ZCL Chemicals, setting up a minority exit for Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA).

  • South Asia
  • 09 February 2021
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Brunei, CPE join Series C extension for China's Pony.ai

Chinese autonomous driving technology supplier Pony.ai has secured a Series C extension of $100 million featuring new investors Brunei Investment Agency and CPE. It takes the company’s total funding to date past $1.1 billion.

  • Greater China
  • 09 February 2021
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