CLSA Capital Partners
India's Voicetap to raise capital from venture capital
Voicetap, a technology startup focused on mobile-education, has received $1 million from private investors. It is also in talks with other venture capital funds in the US, Singapore and India to raise $7 million over the next few months.
VIDEO: CLSA Capital Partners' Christopher Seaver
Why are you still captive? Christopher Seaver, CEO of CLSA Capital Partners, is asked this question by LPs all the time. And the answer is rooted in parent company CLSA’s history as an independent brokerage and research house, albeit with a few investment...
CLSA Capital Partners promotes Gary Ng to MD
CLSA Capital Partners has promoted Gary Ng to the position of managing director. He will remain in the firm’s Singapore office overseeing the India and Southeast Asia markets for ARIA Investment Partners.
NSR backs Indian educational support services provider
New Silk Route (NSR) Partners has acquired a significant minority stake in Varsity Education Management, an Indian educational support services provider. It is thought that the investment is in the $40-50 million range.
CLSA Capital Partners backs Chinese spandex producer
CLSA Capital Partners has purchased a minority stake in Artex Fiber, one of China’s largest spandex producers. The RMB250 million ($39.5 million) investment was made through ARIA Investment Partners III, a $333 million vehicle that focuses on growth and...
Q&A: CLSA's Peter Kennedy
Cleantech has emerged as a hot investment topic in Asia, but generating returns is a work in progress. Peter Kennedy, head of CLSA’s Clean Resources Fund, gives advice on navigating the space.
Southeast Asia takes on the neighbors
Southeast Asia is increasingly popular as an investment destination for private equity firms, but can it compete with China and India?
Diamonds lurk among the Japanese midcaps
Deal-making opportunities remain in Japan’s mid-cap space, spurred by domestic consolidation and corporate ambitions for overseas expansion
CLSA enters India test preparation space
India's parallel education segment remains attractive to private equity investors as rising incomes enable parents to supplement the core services provided by schools and universities with specialist support in areas such as test preparation. CLSA Capital...
CLSA commits $22m to India's Resonance Eduventures
CLSA Capital Partners has invested $21.8 million for a minority stake in Resonance Eduventures, an Indian education specialist. It marks the fifth investment in India by the $333 million ARIA Investment Partners III and the 10th by the ARIA group of funds...
Hony makes first QFLP investment
Hony Capital has made the first investment under Shanghai's Qualified Foreign Limited Partner (QFLP) program. The firm has reportedly agreed to invest in Shijiazhuang Hongray Group, a disposable gloves manufacturer. Financial details were not given.
CITIC's mezzanine initiative still veiled in secrecy
The news was brief yet had potentially far-reaching consequences: the private equity arm of Chinese financial behemoth CITIC Group would launch a RMB5 billion ($777 million) renminbi-denominated mezzanine fund.
CLSA makes $15m investment in Indonesian tea company
CLSA Capital Partners (CLSACP) has invested $15 million in PT Sari Wangi AEA, which claims to be the largest privately held tea company in Indonesia.
CLSA invests $20m in Indonesian auto financing firm
CLSA Capital Partners (CLSACP) has agreed to pay $20 million for a minority stake in PT Sinar Mitra Sepadan Finance (SMS Finance), an Indonesian auto financing firm.
CLSA Capital Partners appoints new fundraising head
CLSA Capital Partners has appointed Juliana Wood to lead its marketing and fundraising operations from Singapore. In this capacity, she will report to COO Randy Wilbert.
Two more PE firms win QFLP approval in Shanghai
SB China Venture Capital and Shanghai Guosheng CLSA Venture Capital have won approval from the Shanghai government to participate in the Qualified Foreign Limited Partners (QFLP) initiative. They join The Carlyle Group, Blackstone and DT Capital Partners,...
Two more firms approved by Shanghai for QFLP program
First Eastern Investment Group and a joint venture between CLSA and Shanghai Guosheng have joined Blackstone, Carlyle and DT Capital as firms approved for Shanghai's QFLP program.
The heart of the RMB
With so many offshore investors now scrambling to launch RMB funds, the issues around the liberalization of the Chinese currency – which the US government is trying hard, with limited success to effect – longer term convertibility must be addressed.
CLSA Capital Partners makes debut Pacific Transportation deal with OSL
CLSA Capital Partners has announced the first investment from its Pacific Transportation Asia logistics and shipping private equity unit, with a majority investment in OSL Holdings Ltd., a Hong Kong-based dry bulk ship owner and operator.
ADB announces two new clean energy fund investments
The Asian Development Bank has announced investments of $20 million each in two new Asia-focused clean energy funds: the Clean Resources Asia Growth Fund, backed by CLSA Capital Partners, and the Renewable Energy Asia Fund, supported by UK-headquartered...
Industry Q&A: Richard Pyvis
Richard Pyvis, Executive Chairman at CLSA Capital Partners, talks about CLSA’s approach to private equity, and its relationship to its parent brokerage and investment group.
CLSA invests Norway with desalination company Aqualyng
CLSA Capital Partners has invested $8 million for a minority stake in Norwegian desalination company Aqualyng Holding, as part of the latter's efforts to raise $24 million of capital.
CLSA RMB fund JV aims to start investing 3Q10
Hong Kong-headquartered brokerage firm CLSA's China asset management joint venture aims to close on RMB10 billion ($1.5 billion) for its new energy and new materials-focused fund, according to Shi Derong, chairman of state-owned Shanghai Guosheng Group...
CLSA Fudo plans new Tokyo hires
CLSA Capital Partners' Japan-based real estate platform, Fudo Capital, plans to hire more staff in Tokyo this year as it invests its $816 million Fudo Capital II fund.