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Anchor Equity Partners

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Anchor, Aspex re-up in Korea’s Kurly

Kurly, a Korean grocery delivery platform that abandoned its planned domestic IPO earlier this year, has raised KRW 120bn (USD 91m) from existing investors Anchor Equity Partners and Aspex Management.

  • North Asia
  • 08 May 2023
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CPPIB puts $236m into Asia co-investments in second quarter

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) defied the recent slowdown in Asia private equity investment to deploy more than CAD 300m (USD 236m) across five deals alongside portfolio GPs between April and June.

  • South Asia
  • 15 August 2022
Anchor invests $210m in Korean grocery player Kurly

Anchor Equity Partners has committed KRW250 billion ($210 million) in pre-IPO funding to Kurly, a Korean grocery delivery platform that earlier this year said it would list locally rather than in the US.

  • North Asia
  • 23 December 2021
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Carlyle acquires Korean cafe operator, Anchor Equity exits

The Carlyle Group has acquired A Twosome Place, a Korea-based café operator with more than 1,400 stores nationwide, from Anchor Equity Partners.

  • North Asia
  • 22 November 2021
Anchor raises $1.6b for Korea, North Asia

Anchor Equity Partners has closed its fourth Korea and North Asia-focused fund with $1.6 billion in commitments after approximately five months in the market.

  • North Asia
  • 13 October 2021
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Anchor invests $550m in Japan unit of Korea's Kakao

Anchor Equity Partners, a mid-market private equity firm focused on opportunities in North Asia, with a particular focus on Korea, has invested JPY60 billion ($550 million) in the Japan unit of Korean internet giant Kakao.

  • North Asia
  • 24 May 2021
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Korea's Tmon closes $276m pre-IPO round

PS Alliance, an investment unit of South Korean automotive and electronic components manufacturer Poongsung Group, has led a KRW305 billion ($276 million) commitment to local e-commerce platform Tmon.

  • North Asia
  • 22 February 2021
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Goldman, Anchor commit $100m to China car park operator

Goldman Sachs and Anchor Equity Partners have led a $100 million Series B round for Sunsea Parking, a China-based car parking management company.

  • Greater China
  • 06 January 2021
Anchor invests in entertainment unit of Korea's Kakao

Anchor Equity Partners is paying KRW209.8 billion ($163 million) for an approximately 13% stake in the music and entertainment division of Korean internet giant Kakao.

  • North Asia
  • 19 March 2020
KKR's China digital marketing platform gets expansion round

Cue, a China-focused digital marketing platform created last year by KKR, has raised its first round of expansion funding led by Anchor Equity Partners.

  • Greater China
  • 15 August 2019
Blackstone buys Korean drug distributor

The Blackstone Group has acquired Geo-Young, a South Korean wholesale drug distributor, working in conjunction with the founders. It facilitates an exit for local GP Anchor Equity Partners, which invested in the company in 2013.

  • North Asia
  • 30 April 2019
Anchor-led group invests $107m in Korean mobile content platform

A consortium led by Anchor Equity Partners has committed KRW125 billion ($107 million) to Podotree, the mobile content platform of Korean internet giant Kakao.

  • North Asia
  • 07 December 2016
Deal focus: Ticket Monster targets seamless service

Korea's NHN Entertainment seeks payment synergies with PE-backed e-commerce marketplace Ticket Monster

  • North Asia
  • 13 April 2016
KKR, Anchor-backed Ticket Monster gets NHN investment

Ticket Monster, a South Korea-based e-commerce marketplace controlled by KKR and Anchor Equity Partners, has received a KRW47.5 billion ($40 million) investment from online gaming provider NHN Entertainment (NHNE) in what is expected to be the first tranche...

  • North Asia
  • 11 April 2016
Anchor Equity closes second Korea fund at $850m

Anchor Equity Partners has raised $850 million for its second South Korea-focused fund, less than two years after closing Fund I at $500 million.

  • Fundraising
  • 06 October 2015
Ticket Monster tools up for e-commerce fight

EBay paid $1.2 billion for a dominant position in Korean online retail in 2009 with the privatization of NASDAQ-listed Gmarket. It was the leading e-commerce marketplace, accounting for KRW3.99 trillion (then $2.6 billion) of the country’s estimated...

  • Technology
  • 29 April 2015
KKR, Anchor buy controlling stake Korea's Ticket Monster

A consortium led by KKR and Anchor Equity Partners has agreed to buy a controlling stake in South Korean mobile e-commerce company Ticket Monster from US-listed Groupon for $360 million.

  • Buyouts
  • 21 April 2015
Canada’s CPPIB doubles Asia private equity exposure

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s (CPPIB) exposure to Asian private equity more than doubled to $5.2 billion for the year ended March 2014, as total assets under management jumped to a record high of C$219.1 billion.

  • LPs
  • 26 May 2014
Korea’s Anchor Equity closes debut fund at $500m

Anchor Equity Partners has reached a final close on its debut South Korea-focused fund at the hard cap of $500 million. The firm – set up last year by a group that spun out from Goldman Sachs’ private equity unit – targets buyout, growth capital...

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  • 17 October 2013
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