Cleantech
Green Pine invests Dingchu for energy conservation
Shenzhen-based PE firm Green Pine Capital partners has invested RMB30 million ($4.4 million) into Hangzhou Dingchu Technology Co. Ltd., an energy conservation and water-recycling business, for a 25% stake in the company.
Japan's INCJ launching new VC funds
Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), the government-owned fund, plans to launch intellectual property venture funds with special focuses including biotech, slating the end of this year.
Legend Capital invests in Yixintang Drugstore and eBen
Beijing-headquartered VC firm Legend Capital reportedly aims to invest RMB150million ($22 million) in Yixintang Drugstore, the seventh-largest drugstore chain operator in China, to support its expansion in the region.
Peepul Capital invests $11.8 million in Aqua Designs
Peepul Capital Fund II has invested INR55 crore ($11.8 million) in Indian water treatment company Aqua Designs India, funding intended to finance development projects, expansion and future acquisitions.
IFC will inject $152 million in China wind power project
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will inject $152 million as a long-term loan to Guazhou Xiehe Wind Power Co., Ltd., a project company invested by China WindPower (CW), a PRC-listed integrated wind power generation company.
IFC, FE Clean invest Bhilwara Energy
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Indian private equity firm FE Clean Energy have jointly invested $50 million 50:50 into Noida-headquartered Bhilwara Energy Ltd., a hydroelectric power and manufacturing group, for a 10.8% stake.
CIC-AES JV out of wind
PRC SWF the China Investment Corporation (CIC) has jointly announced with $14 billion Virginia-headquartered global power giant AES Corp. that their non-binding letter of intent for CIC to take a 35% stake in AES Wind Generation expired at the end of...
IFC, SN Power team on fund for Vietnam renewable energy
The World Bank’s private sector arm International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Norwegian investor SN Power have jointly launched a fund focused on renewable energy initiatives in Vietnam.
First Eastern makes second investment in Wuhan
First Eastern Investment Group, the pioneering Hong Kong-based private equity firm, has made a capital injection of RMB100 million ($14.8 million) into Wuhan STDS Environment Tech Co., Ltd. in China.
Cleantech Q&A: Capital Dynamics
David Scaysbrook, founder of Novera Energy, and now MD of the new Clean Energy and Infrastructure team at $21 billion asset management firm Capital Dynamics, talks about the group’s new direct investment focus on the cleantech space.
Capital Dynamics launches Oz-led cleantech platform
Switzerland-headquartered private equity asset management firm Capital Dynamics is launching a cleantech direct investment initiative, to be led initially from Brisbane in Australia, the base for David Scaysbrook, newly appointed MD in the Clean Energy...
JAFCO Asia, Mitsui, CEL invest Prudent Energy in China
PRC energy storage business Prudent Energy has announced that pan-Asian VC investor JAFCO Asia, Japanese VC firm Mitsui Ventures and European growth capital investor China Equity Links (CEL) Partners, as well as other investors, will invest a total of...
CLSA invests Norway with desalination company Aqualyng
CLSA Capital Partners has invested $8 million for a minority stake in Norwegian desalination company Aqualyng Holding, as part of the latter's efforts to raise $24 million of capital.
JAFCO Asia plans fifth tech-focused fund
JAFCO Asia is targeting early 2011 to begin fundraising for its fifth fund totaling $150 million, according to reports.
Sindicatum Carbon preps pre-IPO placement
Sindicatum Carbon Capital, a Singapore-headquartered clean energy projects developer, has announced that it is preparing a $100 million private placement with three private equity firms prior to its planned listing.
PEP bids against Hands for UK's Biffa
An investee of Australian buyout firm Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) is reportedly bidding against a rival backed by Guy Hands' Terra Firma Partners to acquire the landfill gas unit of UK waste management and waste power company Biffa.
VC-backed Jinko Solar disappoints at IPO
VC-backed Chinese solar company Jinko Solar Holding Co. Ltd., could not raise its expected target from its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange; selling 5.84 million American Depositary Shares for $11, the bottom of an expected price range up to $13,and...
Japan's INCJ makes second VC deal in chip firm
The Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), the state-run fund backed by local corporate capital, will make its second VC investment, in Genusion Inc., a local fabless flash memory developer.
IFC may back Asia water fund
The International Finance Corporation is considering an investment into the AmKonzen Asia Water Fund, a new Singapore-based vehicle targeting to raise up to $100 million for investments into PRC and Southeast Asian water projects.
China/Asia clean energy investing: the control conundrum
Perspectives on green investing in China and beyond
JPMorgan Chase plans China VC firm
US financial institution JPMorgan Chase & Co. reportedly is ready to establish a venture capital firm in China, with official authorization from PRC financial regulators and the Beijing government.
The framework for green investing
Regulatory developments in Asia as China, India lead
IFC invests in CLSA green fund
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced it will commit up to $25 million to CLSA Capital Partners’ Clean Resources Asia Growth Fund, a pan-regional fund targeting clean energy technology investments.
Origo signs Xinxiang RMB enviro fund MOU
Origo Partners, an AIM-listed China and India-focused investment firm, has signed an MOU with the Xinxiang Municipal Government in Henan province in northeast China, to set up the RMB-denominated Origo China Sustainable Development Fund.