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Growtheum backs Indonesia's Kin Dairy

Southeast Asia-focused Growtheum Capital Partners has announced its second dairy deal in five months, with an investment in Indonesia-based ABC Kogen Dairy, commonly known as Kin Dairy.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 19 September 2023
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Kedaara backs India's K12 Techno Services, Peak XV part-exits

Kedaara Capital has acquired a significant minority stake in India-based education technology business K12 Techno Services, facilitating a partial exit for Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India).

  • South Asia
  • 15 September 2023
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Portfolio: Gaja Capital and India’s Educational Initiatives

Educational Initiatives was not part of India’s pandemic-driven ed-tech explosion. The PE-owned company emerged from the chaos having reaffirmed its sustainable, school-facing business model

  • South Asia
  • 12 September 2023
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Investors bullish on China consumer - AVCJ Forum

China’s consumer sector is poised for one of its most lucrative vintages with investors able to take advantage of falling valuations, the AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum China 2023 heard.

  • Greater China
  • 12 September 2023
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L Catterton enters Japan's veterinary services space

L Catterton’s interest in Asian pet food and services has stretched from China to India and now Japan with a commitment of undisclosed size to Withmal, a Japanese veterinary services group.

  • North Asia
  • 12 September 2023
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KKR commits an additional $250m to India's Reliance Retail

KKR has agreed to re-up in India’s Reliance Retail, committing another INR 20.6bn (USD 250m) on top of the INR 55bn it put into the neighbourhood store-to-supermarket operator three years ago.

  • South Asia
  • 12 September 2023
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Carlyle, Trustar pursue partial exit, rollover of McDonald's China

The Carlyle Group and Trustar Capital, private equity owners of McDonald’s China, are poised to abandon plans for a single asset continuation fund in favour of exiting part of their holdings and rolling over the rest into other funds.

  • Greater China
  • 07 September 2023
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India's Anicut hits $36m second close on VC fund

Indian early-stage investor Anicut Capital has achieved a second close of about INR 3bn on its latest fund. The target is INR 5bn with a greenshoe of INR 250m.

  • South Asia
  • 06 September 2023
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Deal focus: Family offices flock to FirstCry

FirstCry’s USD 52m funding round underscores the willingness of certain Indian family offices to lead sizeable technology deals and the importance attached by companies to investor base diversification

  • South Asia
  • 30 August 2023
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Indonesia's Venturra teams up with Dasym for next fundraise

Indonesian venture capital firm Venturra has teamed up with Netherlands-based investment group Dasym to institutionalise operations ahead of the launch of its next fund.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 28 August 2023
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India’s Zepto raises $200m at $1.4bn valuation

Indian grocery delivery start-up Zepto has raised a USD 200m Series E round led by StepStone Group at a valuation of USD 1.4bn.

  • South Asia
  • 28 August 2023
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PAG buys Australian hospitality business from KKR

PAG has acquired Australian Venue, which owns a portfolio of pubs, bars, and restaurants across Australia, from KKR for more than AUD 1.4bn (USD 900m).

  • Australasia
  • 25 August 2023
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QIA invests $1bn in India's Reliance Retail

Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has agreed to invest INR 82.8bn (USD 1bn) in the retail unit of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries.

  • South Asia
  • 25 August 2023
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Indian family offices invest $52m in FirstCry

Three Indian family offices have committed INR 4.35bn (USD 52.7m) to domestic mother-and-baby retailer FirstCry through a secondary transaction that facilitated a partial exit for SoftBank Vision Fund, among others.

  • South Asia
  • 24 August 2023
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PE-backed Gambol Pet trades up after $220m China IPO

Gambol Pet, a Chinese mass-market pet food manufacturer backed by KKR and Legend Capital, has traded strongly since raising CNY 1.6bn (USD 220m) through a domestic IPO.

  • Greater China
  • 23 August 2023
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Deal focus: KKR thinks global with Korea’s Musinsa

KKR has made its first tech growth investment in Korea with Musinsa, an online marketplace for a carefully curated selection of streetwear brands with export potential

  • North Asia
  • 22 August 2023
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Horizons leads $50m round for Indonesia EV player IMG

Horizons Ventures, a deep tech investment arm of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing, has led a USD 50m Series B round for Indonesian electric vehicle (EV) maker Ilectra Motor Group (IMG).

  • Southeast Asia
  • 22 August 2023
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China Evergrande's EV unit raises $500m

Evergrande New Energy Vehicle (NEV), the electric vehicle (EV) unit of defaulted property developer China Evergrande, has raised USD 500m from Dubai-based carmaker NWTN.

  • Greater China
  • 17 August 2023
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UK VC firm leads $9.4m round for Australia's Pendula

UK-based Octopus Ventures has led a AUD 14.5m (USD 9.4m) round for Australia-based customer retention platform Pendula.

  • Australasia
  • 16 August 2023
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Japan's Mixi launches $50m India VC fund

Japanese social media company Mixi has set up a USD 50m corporate venture capital fund targeting Indian start-ups.

  • North Asia
  • 15 August 2023
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TPG to buy Australian funeral services provider for $1.4b

TPG Capital has agreed to acquire Australia-listed Invocare for an enterprise valuation of AUD 2.2bn (USD 1.4bn), ending a five-month pursuit of the provider of funeral services and operator of memorial parks and crematoria.

  • Australasia
  • 10 August 2023
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Japan's Advantage sells Wavedash to US-listed strategic for $61m

Japan’s Advantage Partners has sold online ticket marketplace Wavedash to Vivid Seats, a US-listed ticketing technology company, for JPY 8.7bn (USD 61m).

  • North Asia
  • 09 August 2023
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Advent buys Australian fashion brand Zimmermann

Advent International has agreed to acquire a controlling interest in Australia-headquartered fashion brand Zimmerman, facilitating a partial exit for Italy-based private equity firm Style Capital.

  • Australasia
  • 09 August 2023
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Japan's J-Star seeks seafood company take-private

Japanese middle market private equity firm J-Star is bidding to acquire Yaizu Suisankagaku (YSK) through a tender offer that values the Tokyo-listed seafood business at about JPY 15bn (USD 91m).

  • North Asia
  • 08 August 2023
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