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China creates $6.5b VC fund to support start-ups

China has launched a government-guided venture capital fund worth RMB40 billion ($6.5 billion) to support start-ups in emerging industries.

  • Greater China
  • 16 January 2015
Club Med board recommends Fosun consortium's renewed offer

The board of French vacation resort operator Club Méditerranée (Club Med) has recommended that shareholders accept the most recent takeover offer from a consortium led by China's Fosun International.

  • Greater China
  • 16 January 2015
CIC's Olivia Ouyang joins OTPP

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) has hired Olivia Ouyang, formerly managing director and head of emerging markets at China Investment Corp. (CIC), as a Hong Kong-based director of funds and co-investments.

  • Greater China
  • 16 January 2015
SoftBank leads $600m round for China taxi-booking app Kuaidi Dache

SoftBank Group has agreed to lead a $600 million round of investment for Travice, operator and developer of Chinese taxi-booking app Kuadi Dache, with participation from existing backers Alibaba Group and Tiger Global Management.

  • Technology
  • 15 January 2015
Alibaba buys majority stake in VC-backed AdChina

Alibaba Group has purchased a controlling stake in AdChina, a digital advertising technology firm that previously received funding from several VC investors.

  • Greater China
  • 15 January 2015
Multiples makes partial exit from Cholamandalam Finance

Multiples Alternative Asset Management has made a INR1.9 billion partial exit from Indian non-banking financial company Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company (CIF).

  • Exits
  • 15 January 2015
CDC commits $48m to India healthcare provider

UK development finance institution (DFI) CDC Group has invested $48 million in Indian multi-specialty healthcare provider Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospitals (NH) in return for a small minority stake.

  • South Asia
  • 15 January 2015
Tiger Global invests in China P2P online lending site Dianrong

Tiger Global Management has invested an undisclosed sum in Dianrong.com, a Chinese VC-backed peer-to-peer (P2P) online lending service platform.

  • Greater China
  • 15 January 2015
TA buys stake in India SaaS provider RateGain

TA Associates has taken a minority stake in RateGain, an India-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider that works with clients in the hospitality and travel sector.

  • Technology
  • 15 January 2015
Mobile app analytics firm App Annie raises $55m from VCs

App Annie, a mobile app analytics platform that was set up in Beijing but has since expanded globally, has raised a Series D round of funding worth $55 million, led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP).

  • Venture
  • 14 January 2015
KKR's long-term India real estate solution

When KKR set up its first India-based non-banking financial company (NBFC) in 2009 to provide structured credit solutions to entrepreneurs, it was funded off the firm's own balance sheet. A few years on, it was reported that third-party investors were...

  • Financing
  • 14 January 2015
Investors back WeLab’s financial innovation

For Hong Kong-based financial technology start-up WeLab, setting up a peer-to-peer lending (P2P) platform was never the priority. Rather, the company wanted to develop and leverage its capabilities in the design of internet finance products and big data...

  • Greater China
  • 14 January 2015
Profile: Multiples Alternative's Renuka Ramnath

Credited as one of the founders of Indian private equity, Renuka Ramnath built up ICICI Venture before going solo to repeat the act with Multiples Alternative Asset Management. She sees her work as far from over

  • South Asia
  • 14 January 2015
Samurai Incubate targets Tel Aviv

When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe travels to Israel later this month it will be the first time a Japanese leader has visited the country since Junichiro Koizumi in 2006.

  • North Asia
  • 14 January 2015
Yunfeng joins $1.6b deal for China drug maker Baiyunshan

Yunfeng Capital and other investors have agreed to invest up to RMB10 billion ($1.6 billion) in Chinese drug maker Guangzhou Baiyushan Pharmaceutical Holdings.

  • Greater China
  • 14 January 2015
India's ChrysCapital makes $108m partial exit from ING Vysa

Indian GP ChrysCapital Partners has made a partial exit from ING Vysya Bank via an open market transaction, selling just over 80% of it holding for around INR6.7 billion ($108 million).

  • South Asia
  • 14 January 2015
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Women in China VC: Gender balance

Women are still underrepresented in a male-dominated VC industry, but China is notable for having a number of female executives in senior positions. How did they break through the glass ceiling?

  • Greater China
  • 14 January 2015
L Capital Asia targets India e-commerce

L Capital Asia, a PE firm sponsored by French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH Group, could invest up to $150 million in India this year as it targets opportunities in the country's fast growing e-commerce sector.

  • South Asia
  • 14 January 2015
VC-backed 51Talk acquires education counterpart 91Waijiao

51Talk.com, a Chinese online English-learning platform backed by several VC investors, has acquired industry peer 91Waijiao.com for an undisclosed sum.

  • Greater China
  • 14 January 2015
Japan's GPIF: Situations vacant

Hiro Mizuno is an intriguing choice as the first CIO of Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF). His qualifications are not about to be questioned here, but rather what his appointment means as the Japanese behemoth prepares to add helpings...

  • North Asia
  • 14 January 2015
Cheetah Mobile plans fund to support Taiwan start-ups

Cheetah Mobile, formerly Kingsoft Corporation’s internet security software division, plans to set up a NT$100 million ($3.1 million) fund to invest in Taiwan-based mobile internet start-ups.

  • Greater China
  • 14 January 2015
Samurai Incubate launches Japan, Israel-focused fund

Japanese incubator and early-stage investor Samurai Incubate has launched a JPY1 billion ($8.3 million) fund with a new focus on Israeli start-ups.

  • MENA
  • 13 January 2015
Japanese 3D printing start-up raises $3.6m

A consortium of venture capital investors has committed JPY400 million ($3.6 million) to JMC, a Japanese casting and 3D printing services firm.

  • Venture
  • 13 January 2015
VIDEO: Advantage Partners' Richard Folsom

With an increasing number of Japanese companies looking to expand overseas, strategies to support these efforts feature more prominently in Advantage Partners' investment theses, according to Richard Folsom, the Tokyo-based GP's representative partner

  • North Asia
  • 13 January 2015
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