Growth capital
Warburg Pincus leads $120m round for China's Yuanfudao
Warburg Pincus has led a $120 million round of funding for China’s Yuanfudao in what is said to be the largest-ever PE investment in the country's online tutoring industry.
Sequoia, Perfect World back China online bookstore business
Sequoia Capital China has co-led a funding round for online reading business Zongheng Literature, working in tandem with Perfect World, the Chinese movies-to-gaming company that controls Zongheng.
Fairfax to part exit India's ICICI Lombard
Fairfax Financial Holdings will sell a 12.2% stake in ICICI Lombard General Insurance to a group of PE investors including Warburg Pincus, Tamarind Capital, and IIFL Asset Management.
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 genomics: Coded messages
Investors are looking to tap the massive potential of China’s genomic industry, with a particular focus on companies that leverage large amounts of patient data to support drug development and testing services
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
China biopharma player gets $25m Series B
CANbridge Life Science, a Beijing-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing Western drug candidates in China and North Asia, has raised a Series B round worth $25 million.
China mobile communication app Chubao raises $100m
Shanghai-based mobile communication app developer Chubao Technology has completed a $100 million Series D round co-led by CCB International, an investment unit of China Construction Bank, and China PE firm HG Capital.
Deal focus: Wish scales up cross-border e-commerce
Wish secures an extended Series F round to build out its platform that enables Chinese suppliers to sell cut-price goods to US and European consumers
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?
China's Cloudwise raises $26m from VCs
CBC Capital has led a $26 million Series C round for Cloudwise, a Beijing-based application performance management (APM) solutions provider, with participation from SIG Asia and Sequoia Capital China.
Cross-border e-commerce site Wish raises new round
Wish, a San Francisco-based cross-border e-commerce app backed by several Asian investors, has completed a Series F round led by Everbright-IDG Industrial Fund.
IFC proposes $75m investment in India's Max Healthcare
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the investment arm of the World Bank, is considering an investment of up to $75 million in Indian hospital chain Max Healthcare.
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.
Hillhouse leads $55m round for China AI developer Yitu
Hillhouse Capital has led a RMB380 million ($55 million) Series C round of funding for Yitu Technology, a Shanghai-based artificial intelligence (AI) technology developer.
CDB Capital leads $42m round for China fintech firm Wacai
CDB Capital, the fund management arm of China Development Bank, has led a $42 million round for Wacai, a Chinese finance management mobile app developer.
SoftBank confirms $5b investment in Didi's $5.5b round
SoftBank Group contributed $5 billion of the $5.5 billion funding round announced at the end of last month by China-based ride-hailing app operator Didi Chuxing – almost certainly the largest single investment in a Chinese internet company.
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.
China flexible display developer Royole raises $58m
Royole Corporation, a China-based flexible display technology developer, has received RMB400 million ($58 million) in Series D funding from a domestic GP Beijing Zhongtai Chuanghui Equity Investment Fund.
Deal focus: WuXi NextCode eyes mass-market genomics
By acquiring NextCode Health in 2015, WuXi Pharmatech combined its gene sequencing capabilities with one of the world's largest genome datasets. PE investors are backing the business to sell genomic testing services to Chinese patients
CMB PE unit leads round for Shanghai pop group developer
Shanghai Star48 Culture & Media, a media agency that developed Chinese female pop group SNH48, has raised a Series C round of funding led by CMB International Capital, a private equity unit of China Merchants Bank.
CDIB Capital backs World Gym Taiwan
CDIB Capital, the PE arm of Taiwan's China Development Financial, has acquired a minority stake in World Gym Taiwan, the largest fitness center chain in Taiwan, alongside several co-investors. Financial terms were not disclosed.
IFC proposes $40m investment in India's Aavas Financiers
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is considering an investment of up to $40 million in debt in Aavas Financiers, a housing finance business that Partners Group and Kedaara Capital bought last year from non-banking financial company (NBFC) Au...