JAFCO Investment
JAFCO invests $5m into VC-backed Bubble Motion
JAFCO Asia has invested $5 million in Bubble Motion, a voice blogger service provider backed by venture capital players including Sequoia Capital.
J-Star makes 12th investment, in Taiheiyo-Seiki
Japanese private equity firm J-Star has taken a majority stake in Taiheiyo-Seiki Co. (THY), a privately held construction machinery manufacturer and seller, representing J-Star’s 12th investment since its 2006 launch.
Jafco Asia loses three to new fund
Venture capital firm Jafco Asia will lose Michal Chow and Le Wen Yong at the end of the month.
Venture-backed hiSoft Technology goes for NASDAQ secondary public offering
NASDAQ-listed hiSoft Technology International Ltd., a leading China-based provider of outsourced IT and R&D services headquartered in Dalian, China, filed for a secondary public offering of 5 million American Depository Shares last week.
Temasek, IDG, JAFCO, KTBand, Granite invest $50 million in Tudou.com
Investors from VCs to SWFs have made a $50 million joint Series E investment in Tudou.com, one of the largest video sharing website operators in China, based in Shanghai.
JAFCO Asia, Hotung, Tokio Marine invest PRC PC game developer
An investment consortium comprising JAFCO Asia, Hotung Investment Holdings Ltd., and Tokio Marine Investment Services, the Hong Kong-based private equity affiliate of the Japanese parent, made an $8 million investment in UltiZen Games Ltd., a game development...
JAFCO invests Singapore's Consilium
VC-focused JAFCO Asia has raised an undisclosed amount in Series A funding for Singapore-based Consilium Software, a communications solutions firm with operations in India, Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Canada.
PE-backed Ambow files for NYSE IPO
Ambow Education Holding Ltd. - a PRC education and career development service provider backed by Actis, CStar Investment, EdVenture, JAFCO Asia Technology Fund and Macquarie - has filed for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, planning to raise nearly...
JAFCO invests Singapore's DS3 Systems
JAFCO Asia has partnered with Singapore government-backed Infocomm Investments in a Series A investment round for Singapore's Data Security Systems Solutions (DS3).
JAFCO invests Japan headhunter
JAFCO, one of the largest venture capital firms in Japan, invested JPY217 million ($2.4 million) in Biz Reach Inc., a Japanese recruitment site operator, through its JAFCO Super V3 Kyoyu Fund.