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China red envelope marketing start-up raises $28m

Saoyasao, a Chinese digital commerce service provider best known for using "red envelopes" to attract customers to offline stores, has raised a CNY 200m (USD 28m) Series A round from two local investors.

  • Greater China
  • 05 July 2023
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Paine Schwartz pursues take-private of Australia's Costa

Paine Schwartz Partners has submitted a AUD 1.6bn (USD 1.07bn) buyout offer for listed Australian fresh fruit and vegetables supplier Costa Group – eight years after it took the business public.

  • Australasia
  • 05 July 2023
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Deal focus: Nothing’s swift evolution into something

A global brand developed by a European-Chinese founder, Nothing has made its presence felt on the idiosyncratic edges of the smart phone market. Investors have responded positively

  • Greater China
  • 04 July 2023
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Creador buys 40% stake in Malaysia's Pet World, COPE exits

Malaysia-based Creador has acquired a 40% stake in prominent local pet food maker and brand owner Pet World, setting up an exit for COPE Private Equity.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 28 June 2023
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Warburg Pincus buys majority stake in India bath fittings brand

Warburg Pincus has acquired a majority stake in India’s Watertec, an affordable bath fittings brand with a nationwide footprint.

  • South Asia
  • 28 June 2023
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Deal focus: L Catterton sees value in the Drools recipe

Indian pet food producer Drools is the runaway leader among local brands, trailing only multinational mainstay Mars. The challenge for L Catterton was persuading a profitable company to take its money

  • South Asia
  • 28 June 2023
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VC-backed Chinese O2O retail platform pursues HK listing

Dmall, a Chinese O2O retail platform provider for traditional retailers backed by IDG Capital among others, has filed for a Hong Kong IPO.

  • Greater China
  • 27 June 2023
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Australia's Challenger Funds acquires stake in Proterra Asia

Challenger Funds Management, one of the largest active asset managers in Australia, has acquired a stake in Singapore-based PE firm Proterra Investment Partners Asia from Australia’s Pacific Current Group.

  • Australasia
  • 23 June 2023
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L Catterton extends pet food focus to India

L Catterton’s interest in Asia-based pet food businesses has extended from China to India with a commitment of approximately USD 60m to Drools Pet Food, which claims to be the country’s leading local pet food supplier.

  • South Asia
  • 21 June 2023
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Deal focus: How to go global as a neighbourhood shop

Singapore’s Madly, a tech-enabled but e-commerce-averse jeweller, knows that future family heirlooms must be sold with a personal touch. In East Ventures, it felt a rare simpatico

  • Southeast Asia
  • 21 June 2023
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Marcy, Bessemer back New Zealand-founded Chinese tuition platform

Marcy Venture Partners, an investment firm co-founded by US rap artist Jay-Z, and Bessemer Venture Partners have led a Series B round for Wukong Education, a New Zealand-founded teaching platform specialising in Chinese language training.

  • Greater China
  • 20 June 2023
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India's HomeLane raises $9m bridge round

India’s HomeLane, an interior design start-up backed by several venture capital firms, has raised a INR 750m (USD 9.1m) bridge round from unspecified existing backers.

  • South Asia
  • 19 June 2023
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Australia's Blackbird backs virtual football league

Blackbird Ventures has led a AUD 3m (USD 2m) pre-seed round for One Future Football (1FF), a Melbourne-based start-up that has launched an entirely virtual global football league.

  • Australasia
  • 16 June 2023
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ChrysCapital invests $100m in India's Lenskart

ChrysCapital Partners has invested USD 100m in India’s Lenskart, bringing the eyewear retailer’s pre-IPO funding since the start of last year to USD 850m.

  • South Asia
  • 16 June 2023
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Peak XV secures $76m exit from India's Go Fashion

Sequoia Capital India marked achieving full independence and rebranding as Peak XV Partners with a INR 6.2bn (USD 72.1m) exit from women’s clothing retailer Go Fashion.

  • South Asia
  • 15 June 2023
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Next agrees take-private for Australian accommodation manager

Next Capital has agreed to acquire Australia-based holiday accommodation manager Alloggio Group for a valuation of AUD 48.2m (USD 32.7m) after cutting the offer price by 20%.

  • Greater China
  • 14 June 2023
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Deal focus: Serving coffee at scale in China

M Stand has added another twist to China’s coffee chain growth story, rooting its value proposition in offline experience and leveraging online capabilities to achieve speed and efficiency

  • Greater China
  • 14 June 2023
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Deal focus: Allegro reheats the pie

Allegro Funds has exited Pizza Hut Australia to a US trade buyer, having won over a franchisee network that had turned on Yum Brands, upgraded the digital offering, and doubled network sales

  • Australasia
  • 12 June 2023
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India’s HealthifyMe raises $30m

LeapFrog Investments and Khosla Ventures have led a USD 30m pre-Series D round for India-based mobile health and fitness app HealthifyMe.

  • South Asia
  • 08 June 2023
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Deal focus: Atomberg basks in consumer breakthrough

Home appliances manufacturer Atomberg defied the naysayers in building a hardware-focused consumer brand out of India. Its USD 86m Series C will support product and capacity expansion

  • South Asia
  • 07 June 2023
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Deal focus: Evermos extends impact to social commerce

Indonesia’s Evermos has more than doubled its total funding as investors see promise in a social commerce model that prioritises cottage industries and underemployed women

  • Southeast Asia
  • 06 June 2023
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Praxis invests $170m in Korea's Beyond Music

Korean private equity firm Praxis Capital has led a USD 170m investment in local music rights investment and management company Beyond Music.

  • North Asia
  • 06 June 2023
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Australia's PE-backed Silk Laser set for take-private

Australia-listed Silk Laser Clinics, a non-surgical aesthetics business backed by local PE firm Advent Partners, has signalled it intends to accept a take-private offer from Hong Kong’s EC Healthcare.

  • Australasia
  • 05 June 2023
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Little Red Book invests in PE-backed Chinese coffee chain

M Stand - a China-based coffee shop chain with ambitions to become the Starbucks for China's younger generation - has raised an extended Series B round of several hundred million renminbi led by local social commerce platform Little Red Book.

  • Greater China
  • 05 June 2023
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