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Mengniu in talks to buy KKR-backed Modern Dairy - report
Hong Kong-listed China Mengniu Dairy, the country’s largest dairy producer, has reportedly held talks to acquire China Modern Dairy, the raw milk supplier in which KKR Asia Fund owns 24%.
Goldman sells Japanese contractor for $636m
Goldman Sachs has sold Japanese contractor Fujita Corp to local home builder Daiwa House Industry for JPY50 billion ($636 million), representing an exit from one of its longest investments in the country.
Quadrant and Ironbridge complete Australian retail buyout
Australian private equity groups Quadrant Private Equity and Ironbridge Capital have realized a buyout of specialized retail businesses Super A-Mart and Barbeques Galore.
Carlyle picks up 14% of Meinian Onehealth
Global private equity major The Carlyle Group has acquired a 13.5% stake in Meinian Onehealth Healthcare, the largest private provider of preventive healthcare check-up services in China.
Goldman, NEA invest in India's Nova Medical Centers
Goldman Sachs and New Enterprise Associates (NEA) have invested INR 3 billion ($54 million) in Nova Medical Centers, an Indian surgical care and fertility clinics company. The investments will be used to expand the company's specialty surgery and fertility...
Focus Media receives $3.5b buyout offer from PE players
US-listed Focus Media has received a $3.5 billion offer from its chief executive and a group of private equity giants to take the company private. If the deal goes through, the leveraged buyout could be China's largest, and Focus Media could be the largest...
IndoUS Ventures backs online furniture retailer
IndoUS Venture Partners has invested $1 million in UrbanLadder.com, an Indian online furniture store run by Bangalore-based Descasa Decor Online. The company will use the capital to enhance its technology and customer service infrastructure.
India Innovation Fund invests in India's iKen Solutions
India Innovation Fund (IIF) has invested in iKen Solutions, a research spin-off of The Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay. The investment will be used to scale up the company’s execution and commercialization capabilities.
Shareholder revolt at Actis-backed Halonix - report
Shareholders at halogen bulb and lamp manufacturer Halonix have reportedly complained to India’s market regulators that the company has violated the country’s Foreign Exchange Management Act.
Armstrong announces first close of cleantech fund on $65m
Singapore-based clean energy investor Armstrong Asset Management has announced a first close on $65 million for its maiden fund, which will focus on clean energy projects across Southeast Asia.
PE-backed hiSoft merges with VanceInfo
hiSoft Technology International, a major China-based company backed by investors including Wellington Management, Crosslink Capital and HarbourVest Partners has merged with VanceInfo Technologies.
Warburg forms JV to restructure Titan subsidiary
Warburg Pincus has formed a joint venture with SouthernPec Corporation as part of a restructuring proposal to the liquidators of Titan Group Investment Limited (TGIL), a business jointly owned by Warburg Pincus’ affiliate Saturn Storage and Hong Kong-listed...
Yimou Zhang sets up $315m personal film fund - report
Leading Chinese filmmaker Yimou Zhang has reportedly been raising a private equity fund with Kunhong Media, a private investment manager focusing on the entertainment industry, in the last six months. The target size of the fund is RMB2 billion ($315...
StanChart PE invests $15m in IFC-backed Craftsman Auto
Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE) has invested INR850 million ($15.4 million) for a minority stake in Craftsman Automation, a Coimbatore-based multi-product engineering company. Craftsman Automation will use the money to expand its manufacturing...
Equis invests $200m in Thai solar assets
Singapore-based infrastructure GP Equis Funds Group has reportedly channeled $200 million into acquiring 100% of a portfolio of solar energy assets in Thailand.
Chinese investors sign DreamWorks JV
Media fund China Media Capital, investment company Shanghai Alliance Investment Co and media conglomerate Shanghai Media Group have established a joint venture with American film studio DreamWorks.
Mercatus invests in India's PurpleStream Convergence
PurpleStream Convergence, a Chennai-based video streaming services provider, has raised funding from Mercatus Capital and content producer Hub Media.
China oil trader agrees to buy control of Warburg-sued Titan
China's Guangdong Zhenrong Energy, an oil and commodity trader partly owned by state-run Zhuhai Zhenrong Corp, has agreed to pay HK$175 million ($22.57 million) for a controlling stake in Hong Kong-listed Titan Petrochemicals, a debt-laden shipping and...
Daewoo to sell $1.1b Kyobo Life stake to Affinity-led PE group
A group of investors led by Affinity Equity is buying a KRW1.2 trillion ($1.1 billion) stake in unlisted Kyobo Life Insurance, the smallest of South Korea’s Big Three life insurers, from Posco-owned Daewoo International.
Navis profits from Pearson's expansion drive
Pearson's M&A activity follows a familiar emerging markets theme. In May the education and publishing company bought GlobalEnglish, a cloud-based English-language learning specialist with 75% of its subscribers in Asia and Latin America.
Bain in bumper $1b deal for India's Genpact
Indian business process outsourcing (BPO) firms, once a prime target for private equity investment several years ago, have inevitably become a hive of exit activity. The Blackstone Group last year sold its 66.25% stake in Intelenet Global Services to...
History lessons of PE in Asia
With 2012 marking the 25th anniversary of the AVCJ Hong Kong Forum – and, give or take a year, the Asian Venture Capital Journal itself – we have been taking a trip down memory lane for some special content to be released later in the year. This involves...
Taiwan's PharmaEngine signs Asia deal with VC-backed Nanobiotix
Taiwanese biopharmaceutical company PharmaEngine has agreed to form a strategic partnership with VC-backed Nanobiotix, to hasten the development of one of the French nanomedicine firm’s products.
Accura Infotech in talks to raise $36m from PE firms
Mumbai-based Accura Infotech, which installs automated teller machines (ATMs), is in advanced talks with private equity investors to raise up to INR2 billion ($36 million) to set up and operate ATMs for public sector banks in Uttar Pradesh. The company...