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Hong Kong hospitality technology firm Tink Labs raises $125m

Tink Labs, a Hong Kong-based start-up that provides hotel guests with free smart phones, has raised $125 million in a new round of funding led by existing investor FIH Mobile, a Hong Kong-listed unit of Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group.

  • Greater China
  • 29 September 2016
Hony invests another $193m in Lee & Man Handbags

Hony Capital has agreed to invest HK$1.5 billion ($193 million) in convertible bonds issued by Lee & Man Handbags, a Hong Kong-listed handbag manufacturer, potentially taking its interest in the company past 80%.

  • Greater China
  • 22 September 2016
Lindeman Asia backs China's Cogobuy – update

Lindeman Asia Investment has joined China Reinsurance and People's Insurance Company of China in a HK$2 billion ($258 million) investment in Hong Kong-listed e-commerce company Cogobuy.

  • Greater China
  • 21 September 2016
Sun Hung Kai appoints Sebastiaan van den Berg as CIO

Sebastiaan van den Berg, previously a managing director at HarbourVest Partners, has become CIO and head of principal investments at Hong Kong-based Sun Hung Kai & Co.

  • Greater China
  • 14 September 2016
Hong Kong's WeLab gets $25m credit facility from ING

ING Bank has extended a $25 million credit facility to Hong Kong’s WeLab, a private equity-backed mobile lending and credit analytics platform.

  • Greater China
  • 08 September 2016
China's Zhongwang acquires PE-owned Aleris for $2.3b

A unit of China Zhongwang has agreed to buy US aluminum company Aleris Corporation in a deal worth $2.3 billion, facilitating an exit for majority owner Oaktree Capital Management.

  • North America
  • 30 August 2016
VC-backed app developer Meitu files for Hong Kong IPO

Chinese mobile internet company and photo app provider Meitu has filed for a Hong Kong IPO, offering potential exits to investors including IDG Capital Partners and Qiming Venture Partners.

  • Greater China
  • 23 August 2016
Jaganath Swamy leaves HarbourVest to lead start-up

Jaganath Swamy, a vice-president at HarbourVest Partners, has left the firm to join Good Parents, a health and wellness-focused start-up based in San Francisco and Hong Kong.

  • Greater China
  • 23 August 2016
Chinese consortium further scales back Opera deal to $575m

A PE-backed Chinese consortium has agreed to scale back its ongoing acquisition of the web browser business of Norway’s Opera Software to a value of $575 million. It follows a renegotiation earlier this year that agreed a $600 million deal as an alternative...

  • Greater China
  • 17 August 2016
China’s Tencent, PCCW invest in PE-backed STX Entertainment

China’s Tencent Holdings and Hong Kong-based telecom company PCCW have made equity investments in STX Entertainment, a Hollywood film and TV studio backed by Hony Capital and TPG Capital's growth arm.

  • Greater China
  • 12 August 2016
Discovery buys stake in CMC-backed VS Media

US media company Discovery Communications has acquired a minority stake in VS Media Group, a Hong Kong-based multi-channel network (MCN) that counts China’s CMC Holdings among its investors.

  • Greater China
  • 05 August 2016
Hong Kong’s Quantifeed gets $4.5m Series A round

China’s PGA Venture Partners has led a $4.5 million Series A round of funding for Hong Kong-based financial services software provider Quantifeed.

  • Greater China
  • 22 July 2016
KKR’s Kravis sees Asia promise amid global macro volatility

Henry Kravis, co-founder of KKR, emphasized the importance of Asia’s rising middle class and the diversification of his firm’s investment approach as continued volatility globally is likely to deliver both uncertainty and opportunity.

  • Greater China
  • 20 July 2016
New Zealand’s Oceania Natural gets $2.5m for HK base

New Zealand-listed health food and supplements producer Oceania Natural has secured HK$19.5 ($2.5 million) from a group of domestic and Chinese investors for the establishment of a Hong Kong subsidiary.

  • Australasia
  • 20 July 2016
Chinese consortium agrees scaled back Opera deal

A PE-backed Chinese consortium has agreed a $600 million acquisition of the web browser business of Norway’s Opera Software after a full takeover bid worth $1.2 billion failed to attain government approval.

  • Greater China
  • 19 July 2016
Hong Kong's Lalamove raises $10m round led by MindWorks

MindWorks Ventures has led a $10 million funding round for Hong Kong-based van rental app developer Lalamove.

  • Greater China
  • 31 May 2016
IDG-backed Super Sports set for reverse merger in Hong Kong

Two funds managed by IDG Capital Partners will make partial exits from Super Sports Media – which holds the mainland China broadcast rights for English Premier League football matches – through a reverse merger with Hong Kong-listed comic book publisher...

  • Greater China
  • 10 May 2016
New Horizon leads new round for Hong Kong's GoGoVan

Hong Kong app-enabled logistics start-up GoGoVan has completed a Series C round led by New Horizon Capital. Financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Greater China
  • 06 May 2016
Hong Kong Monetary Authority doubles alternatives commitments in 2015

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) made new or approved private equity and real estate commitments of $9.7 billion in 2015, double the previous year’s allocation.

  • Greater China
  • 30 April 2016
MSPEA nets 4.5x return on part-exit from Hong Kong's AMTD

Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA) secured a 4.5x return on its partial exit from Hong Kong-based financial advisor AMTD when China Minsheng International and LR Capital Group took a majority interest in the business.

  • Greater China
  • 29 April 2016
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Portfolio: AID Partners and HMV Asia

Having bought the HMV business in Asia as a distressed asset, Hong Kong-based AID Partners is working to reposition it as a lifestyle brand that reaches deeper into the media value chain than DVDs and CDs

  • Greater China
  • 26 April 2016
Kerogen to invest $63m in UK energy firm

Hong Kong-based energy investor Kerogen Capital has agreed to commit GBP44 million ($63 million) to UK-based oil and gas company Hurricane Energy.

  • Europe
  • 20 April 2016
Aquiline, Genstar exit AssetMark to China’s Huatai for $780m

China’s Huatai Securities has agreed to purchase financial consultancy group AssetMark for $780 million from US-based PE firms Aquiline Capital Partners and Genstar Capital.

  • Greater China
  • 13 April 2016
Deal focus: Navis to grow Texon outside the shoebox

After a major turnaround for Texon International, Navis aims to reinforce management's strengths and help the company reach the next level

  • Greater China
  • 13 April 2016
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