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Japan's PowerX raises $32m Series B

PowerX, a Japanese start-up developing a “battery tanker” for shipping stored renewable electricity across oceans, has raised a USD 32m Series B round featuring US-based Translink Capital.

  • North Asia
  • 21 August 2023
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Vietnam's VinFast completes SPAC merger, sees volatile trading debut

Vietnam-based electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer VinFast saw its stock climb 287% and then fall back by 47% during the first two days of trading following one of the largest mergers to date with a US-listed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).

  • Southeast Asia
  • 18 August 2023
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China 3D printing player Boston Micro gets $24m Series D

China and US-based microscale 3D printing company Boston Micro Fabrication has raised USD 24m in Series D funding led by Guotai Junan Securities.

  • Greater China
  • 15 August 2023
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Cathay leads Series C for China's Unisun Energy

Cathay Capital has led a Series C round of undisclosed size for Unisun Energy, a China-based green power service provider for industrial and commercial sites.

  • Greater China
  • 15 August 2023
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BlackRock, New Zealand launch $1.2b climate fund

BlackRock will manage a climate fund launched alongside the New Zealand government with a target of NZD 2bn (USD 1.2bn). It will focus on renewable energy.

  • Australasia
  • 10 August 2023
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GLP closes $556m renminbi clean energy fund

GLP Capital Partners, an alternatives fund manager controlled by warehouse operator turned logistics and infrastructure investment manager GLP, has closed a CNY 4bn (USD 556m) China clean energy fund.

  • Greater China
  • 08 August 2023
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FMO invests $24m in Suminter India Organics

Netherlands-based development finance institution FMO has agreed to invest USD 24.3m in Suminter India Organics, a company that helps farmers grow and process organic foods with ethical practices.

  • South Asia
  • 02 August 2023
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Deal focus: AGIC eyes beauty with industrial characteristics

Pure Trade runs a network of third-party manufacturers that provide packaging to global beauty brands. AGIC saw an asset that sat neatly in its Asia-Europe industrial supply chain sweet spot

  • Greater China
  • 02 August 2023
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Australian mining tech start-up Plotlogic raises $28m

Australian mining technology start-up Plotlogic has raised a USD 28m Series B round led by US impact investor Galvanize Climate Solutions and Schneider Electric’s SE Ventures.

  • Australasia
  • 01 August 2023
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DCP sells MFS Technology to Chinese strategic for $460m

DCP Capital Partners has agreed to sell MFS Technology, a manufacturer of customised printed circuit boards (PCB) that has a presence across Asia, to Shenzhen-listed Victory Giant Technology for USD 460m.

  • Greater China
  • 28 July 2023
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TDK backs India smart factory start-up

TDK Ventures has invested an undisclosed sum in India’s Infinite Uptime in an apparent extension of a Series B round that has raised more than USD 24m to date.

  • South Asia
  • 27 July 2023
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AGIC buys French beauty packaging player

AGIC Capital, a specialist in Asia-Europe cross-border deals, has acquired Pure Trade, a Paris-headquartered packaging supplier to the global beauty industry.

  • Europe
  • 27 July 2023
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China polymer specialist Topolefin secures $139m Series B

Chinese polymer materials developer Topolefin Technology has raised CNY 1bn (USD 139m) in Series B funding led by local private equity firms Raystone Capital and KingRay Capital.

  • Greater China
  • 26 July 2023
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Q&A: SparkEdge Capital’s Linc Liu

Linc Liu, founding partner and chairman of SparkEdge Capital, a sector specialist formerly known as Ori-mind Capital, discusses new energy investment opportunities in China

  • Greater China
  • 26 July 2023
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Deal focus: Exfinity seizes rare India robotics opportunity

India’s Exfinity Ventures stepped out of its comfort zone with Ati Motors. Now it’s helping the industrial robotics supplier go global with autonomous forklift-style machines that can roll in and out of buildings

  • South Asia
  • 26 July 2023
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Strategic co-investors commit to JIP's mega Toshiba buyout

Rohm Semiconductor and Niterra, component suppliers to the semiconductor and automotive industries, respectively, have confirmed their participation in the Japan Industrial Partners-led (JIP) JPY 2trn (USD 15.3bn) tender offer for Toshiba Corporation.

  • North Asia
  • 24 July 2023
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Korean investors pump $150m into fuel cell maker HyAxiom

Korea Investment Private Equity, KDB Investment–Hana Securities, and KB Asset Management have led an investment of approximately USD 150m in HyAxiom, a fuel cell manufacturer controlled by South Korean conglomerate Doosan Group.

  • North Asia
  • 24 July 2023
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Boyu joins $600m round for EV unit of China's Geely

Boyu Capital and Yuexiu Industrial Fund have led a USD 600m Series A round for Farizon Auto, a new energy vehicle (NEV) brand under Chinese automaker Geely.

  • Greater China
  • 21 July 2023
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Asia fundraising frustrates in first half of 2023

Asia PE fundraising reached USD 60.3bn in the first half of 2023, down 7.6% year-on-year, but the total was still skewed upwards by activity in the renminbi-denominated space. Capital committed to US dollar funds alone was USD 21.8bn, down from USD 48.2bn.

  • Fundraising
  • 21 July 2023
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Glenwood takes legal action over disputed Korea transaction

An arbitration proceeding has been initiated in Singapore regarding a dispute between Glenwood Private Equity and BPEA EQT over the failed sale of Korea-based industrial films producer PI Advanced Materials.

  • North Asia
  • 20 July 2023
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Hahn acquires Korea medical devices player

Hahn & Company has acquired a nearly two-thirds stake in Korea-listed medical laser maker Lutronic through a tender offer for about KRW 629bn (USD 497m).

  • North Asia
  • 19 July 2023
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Deal focus: Telexistence’s nimble robots target retail, logistics

Japan’s Telexistence appears to be on the cusp of a significant milestone in retail automation. Local logistics tech investor Monoful is hoping to take that promise to the warehouse

  • North Asia
  • 19 July 2023
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Glenwood sells Korean films business to French strategic

Glenwood Private Equity has sold its majority stake in Korea-based industrial films producer PI Advanced Materials to France-headquartered Arkema for an enterprise value of EUR 728m (USD 817m) – six months after BPEA EQT pulled out of a deal to buy...

  • North Asia
  • 17 July 2023
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Deal focus: Aerofugia wins support for eVTOL tilt

China’s Tsinghua Holdings Capital (TH Capital) regards eVTOL as the best way to leverage electrification of the skies. Aerofugia became a preferred target by virtue of its Geely ties and commitment to tilt-rotor technology

  • Greater China
  • 11 July 2023
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