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Carlyle sells Japan construction materials supplier to Lone Star

The Carlyle Group has sold Senqcia Corporation, a Japanese construction materials supplier formerly known as Hitachi Metals Techno, to Lone Star Funds for an undisclosed sum.

  • North Asia
  • 04 April 2022
Effissimo pledges to support Bain buyout of Toshiba
Effissimo pledges to support Bain buyout of Toshiba

Bain Capital appears to be preparing a take-private bid for Toshiba Corporation, having secured the support of the company’s largest activist shareholder for a potential tender offer.

  • North Asia
  • 04 April 2022
Weekly digest - March 30 2022
Weekly digest - March 30 2022

  • Region
  • 30 March 2022
Japan mobile banking player Kyash gets $41m Series C
Japan mobile banking player Kyash gets $41m Series C

Altos Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Greyhound Capital, and StepStone Group are part of an investor group that has committed JPY 4.9bn (USD 41m) in Series D funding to Tokyo-based mobile banking start-up Kyash.

  • North Asia
  • 18 March 2022
J-Star exits Japan nursing care provider

J-Star has exited dementia-focused nursing care provider Platia to Bain Capital-owned counterpart Nichii Gakkan for an undisclosed sum.

  • North Asia
  • 15 March 2022
Farallon calls on Toshiba to reconsider PE buyout
Farallon calls on Toshiba to reconsider PE buyout

Farallon Capital Management, a minority shareholder in Toshiba Corporation, has called on the company to reconsider bringing in a private equity investor amid mounting opposition to a two-way spinoff.

  • North Asia
  • 14 March 2022
 Weekly digest - March 09 2022
Weekly digest - March 09 2022

  • Region
  • 09 March 2022
Portfolio: Aspirant Group and Yamato Group
Portfolio: Aspirant Group and Yamato Group

Improving cost controls and realising efficiencies underpinned Aspirant Group’s investment thesis for Japanese fish retailer Yamato Group, and they have helped the company withstand external pressures

  • North Asia
  • 08 March 2022
CLSA acquires Japan childcare operator
CLSA acquires Japan childcare operator

CLSA Capital Partners (CLSA CP) has acquired a majority stake in Japanese childcare facility operator Task-Force for an undisclosed sum.

  • North Asia
  • 03 March 2022
Hong Kong game developer 6Waves bought by European strategic
Hong Kong game developer 6Waves bought by European strategic

6Waves, a Hong Kong-based mobile game developer that previously received funding from Insight Partners, has been acquired by Swedish gaming studio Stillfront Group for USD 201m, comprising cash and shares.

  • Greater China
  • 21 February 2022
LP interview: Adams Street Partners
LP interview: Adams Street Partners

Adams Street Partners believes having a close-knit Asia team, which cuts across geographies, sectors, and stages, informs a big-picture view that enables it to look beyond near-term dislocations

  • LPs
  • 16 February 2022
Longreach expands Japan coffee shop footprint
Longreach expands Japan coffee shop footprint

The Longreach Group has completed a third investment in Japan’s coffee shop space with the acquisition of Pokka Create Corporation, which operates more than 200 stores under the Café de Crie brand.

  • North Asia
  • 11 February 2022
VCs invest in Japan sports analytics start-up
VCs invest in Japan sports analytics start-up

Global Brain has joined a JPY 770m (USD 7m) pre-Series B round for Japan’s Run.Edge, a sports video search and analytics platform.

  • North Asia
  • 08 February 2022
Longreach expands partner group to six - update

North Asia-focused mid-market buyout firm The Longreach Group has promoted Keitaro Tsuda, Sonny Chan, and Ken Law to partner, expanding its leadership group to six.

  • North Asia
  • 31 January 2022
Deal focus: ACA seeks Asia-Europe sporting synergies

Japan’s ACA Group has acquired a Belgium-based KMSK Deinze as part of a multi-club investment strategy that will – in part – bring Asian players into the middle tiers of European football

  • Europe
  • 18 January 2022
Global Brain, Mitsubishi launch $44m VC fund
Global Brain, Mitsubishi launch $44m VC fund

Japan’s Global Brain and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation have established a corporate VC fund that aims to invest JPY 5bn (USD 43.7m) globally over the next 10 years. Global Brain will act as manager.

  • North Asia
  • 18 January 2022
Bain exits Japan hot spring operator to Lone Star

Bain Capital has sold Ooedo Onsen Monogatari Resorts & Hotels, a Japan-based traditional inn and hot spring chain operator it acquired nearly seven years ago, to Lone Star for an undisclosed sum.

  • North Asia
  • 18 January 2022
Japan's ACA buys Belgian football club
Japan's ACA buys Belgian football club

Japanese fund manager ACA Investments has created a football-focused unit under its Singapore-based subsidiary and acquired a club that competes in the second tier of the Belgian league.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 06 January 2022
KKR to buy Japan SME software provider from Orix

KKR has agreed to buy Yayoi, a Japan-based software developer that serves small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from Orix Corporation.

  • North Asia
  • 20 December 2021
Carlyle agrees $419m exit from Japan healthcare business
Carlyle agrees $419m exit from Japan healthcare business

The Carlyle Group has agreed to sell Sunsho Pharmaceuticals, a Japan-based contract manufacturer of dietary supplements, to Towa Pharmaceutical for JPY47.7 billion ($419.5 million).

  • North Asia
  • 20 December 2021
Japan's Advantage raises renewables-focused SPAC

Advantage Partners has raised $150 million for a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that will target de-carbonization and renewable energy-related assets with a focus on Asia ex-China and Europe.

  • North Asia
  • 20 December 2021
2022 preview: Japan VC
2022 preview: Japan VC

Japanese VC is growing up fast and looking a little less homogenous in the process. A longstanding growth-stage gap is about to disappear as new actors file in

  • North Asia
  • 15 December 2021
Japan's Global Brain launches two VC funds, expands global remit
Japan's Global Brain launches two VC funds, expands global remit

Japan’s Global Brain has launched its eighth flagship VC fund, seeking JPY40 billion ($352 million) for a more international-facing mandate. It has also launched a follow-on fund targeting JPY10 billion.

  • North Asia
  • 15 December 2021
Endeavor United to buy chemicals unit from Japan's Bridgestone

Endeavour United, a Japanese private equity firm established by the team behind turnaround investor Phoenix Capital, has agreed to buy Bridgestone Corporation’s chemical products solutions business for an undisclosed sum.

  • North Asia
  • 14 December 2021
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