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Sapphire leads Series C for Australia's Culture Amp
Sapphire Ventures has led a $20 million Series C funding round for Australian business analytics services provider Culture Amp.
Nexus, Founders Fund invest $7m in India's HyperTrack
Nexus Venture Partners and Founders Fund have committed $7 million in Series A funding to Indian location-tracking tool developer HyperTrack.
China's QingCloud raises $160m, prepares for onshore IPO
China-based cloud computing platform QingCloud, which is backed by several VC investors, has raised a new round of renminbi-denominated funding worth RMB1.08 billion ($160 million).
China cloud computing business Huayun Data raises $220m
Wuxi Huayun Data Technology Service, a Chinese cloud computing infrastructure provider, has raised RMB1.5 billion ($220 million) in a pre-IPO round from a group of domestic investors.
Warburg Pincus invests $300m in emerging markets TMT platform
Warburg Pincus has invested $300 million in Princeton Growth Ventures (Princeton GV), a telecom, media and technology (TMT) buy-out platform that seeks to acquire assets in emerging markets.
Chinese courier start-up gets $50m Series C-plus
Chinese intercity courier services provider Shansong has secured an extended Series C round of funding led by Shunwei Capital Partners and Chinese retailer Beijing Hualian Group.
Everstone re-ups in India's Servion
Everstone Capital has invested $8 million in Indian customer experience management (CEM) solutions provider Servion Global Solutions, raising its total stake in the company to $74 million.
China automobile services platform Lechebang gets $44m
Lechebang, a Chinese online automobile services platform focused on after-sale services, has completed a RMB300 million ($44 million) Series B round led by Grand Flight Investment.
PE-backed UrWork, 5Lmeet get $116m from Beijing Xingpai
Chinese PE-backed co-working space operators UrWork and 5Lmeet – both of which were founded by Daqing Mao, formerly a real estate executive at China Vanke – have raised a total of RMB800 million ($116 million) from conglomerate Beijing Xingpai Group....
Deal focus: Mekong joins Nhat Tinh's second trip
Mekong Capital backs the management team that grew and then sold Vietnam express delivery player Tin Thanh Express to repeat the trick with Nhat Tin Investment Trading
Co-working spaces in Asia: Spaced out
Co-working spaces are proliferating in Asia as companies – from multinationals to start-ups – opt for more flexible real estate arrangements. The transition is real, but are the valuations justified?
Partners Group buys majority stake in SPi from CVC
Partners Group has acquired a majority stake in Philippines-based business process outsourcing (BPO) provider SPi Global from CVC Capital Partners and Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) in a deal that values the business at $330 million....
CPPIB commits $500m to India logistics joint venture
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has committed $500 million to IndoSpace Core, a joint venture focused on acquiring and developing logistics facilities in India.
Mekong backs Vietnam express delivery business
Mekong Capital has invested in Nhat Tin Investment Trading Development, a Vietnam-based express delivery company founded by a team that previously exited a similar business to Kerry Logistics.
Qiming leads $17m round for China data storage software developer
Qiming Venture Partners has led a RMB120 million ($17 million) Series B round for XSKY Beijing Data Technology Corporation, a China-based data storage software services provider.
Baidu Capital leads $156m round for China's Huochebang
Baidu Capital, a VC firm backed by Chinese search engine Baidu, has led the $156 million second tranche of a Series B round for Huochebang, a Chinese B2B-focused online truck logistics platform.
Sequoia commits $20m to Indian co-working space Awfis
Sequoia Capital India has committed $20 million in Series B funding to Awfis Space Solutions, a Mumbai-based provider of co-working spaces.
Deal focus: Samara backs facilities services buy-in
Samara Capital has combined Sanjay Management Services and Blue Bell Integrated Facility Services with a view to introducing a higher level of management to India's office buildings
Samara acquires India's Sanjay Maintenance
Samara Capital Partners has acquired Indian facilities management company Sanjay Maintenance Services (SMS) for about $20 million.
India's PE-backed Capacite files for $62m IPO
Capacite Infraprojects, an Indian construction firm backed by Paragon Partners and NewQuest Capital Partners, has filed for a INR4 billion ($62 million) IPO.
Capital Square agrees Essar BPO carve-out
Singapore-based Capital Square Partners has agreed to acquire business process outsourcing (BPO) service provider Aegis from Indian conglomerate Essar Group.
Carlyle, Tiger invest $100m in India's Delhivery
The Carlyle Group has led an investment of more than $100 million in Indian delivery e-commerce logistics service Delhivery. Existing backer Tiger Global Management also took part in the funding round.
FTV Capital leads $56m round for Indian researcher
US venture investor FTV Capital has taken a minority stake in India-based industry research and consulting company MarketsandMarkets after leading a $56 million funding round.
China's state-backed SME fund leads round for Tianyancha
China’s National Small & Medium Enterprises Development Fund has led a RMB130 million ($18 million) Series A round for Tianyancha, a Beijing-based business data search firm.