• Home
  • News
  • Analysis
  •  
    Regions
    • Australasia
    • Southeast Asia
    • Greater China
    • North Asia
    • South Asia
    • North America
    • Europe
    • Central Asia
    • MENA
  •  
    Funds
    • LPs
    • Buyout
    • Growth
    • Venture
    • Renminbi
    • Secondary
    • Credit/Special Situations
    • Infrastructure
    • Real Estate
  •  
    Investments
    • Buyout
    • Growth
    • Early stage
    • PIPE
    • Credit
  •  
    Exits
    • IPO
    • Open market
    • Trade sale
    • Buyback
  •  
    Sectors
    • Consumer
    • Financials
    • Healthcare
    • Industrials
    • Infrastructure
    • Media
    • Technology
    • Real Estate
  • Events
  • Chinese edition
  • Data & Research
  • Weekly Digest
  • Newsletters
  • Sign in
  • Events
  • Sign in
    • You are currently accessing unquote.com via your Enterprise account.

      If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in.

      If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team.

      Phone: +44 (0)870 240 8859

      Email: customerservices@incisivemedia.com

      • Sign in
     
      • Saved articles
      • Newsletters
      • Account details
      • Contact support
      • Sign out
     
  • Follow us
    • RSS
    • Twitter
    • LinkedIn
    • Newsletters
  • Free Trial
  • Subscribe
  • Weekly Digest
  • Chinese edition
  • Data & Research
    • Latest Data & Research
      2023-china-216x305
      Regional Reports

      The reports review the year's local private equity and venture capital activity and are filled with up-to-date data and intelligence on fundraising, investments, exits and M&A. The regional reports also feature information on key companies.

      Read more
      2016-pevc-cover
      Industry Review

      Asian Private Equity and Venture Capital Review provides an independent overview of the private equity, venture capital and M&A activities in the Asia region. It delivers insights on investments made, capital raised, sector specific figures and more.

      Read more
      AVCJ Database

      AVCJ Database is the ultimate link between Asian dealmakers and those who provide advisory, financial, legal and technological services to the private equity, venture capital and M&A industries. It is packed with facts and figures on more than 153,000 companies and almost 117,000 transactions.

      Read more
AVCJ
AVCJ
  • Home
  • News
  • Analysis
  • Regions
  • Funds
  • Investments
  • Exits
  • Sectors
  • You are currently accessing unquote.com via your Enterprise account.

    If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in.

    If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team.

    Phone: +44 (0)870 240 8859

    Email: customerservices@incisivemedia.com

    • Sign in
 
    • Saved articles
    • Newsletters
    • Account details
    • Contact support
    • Sign out
 

Japan

Partners Group, CPPIB exit GlobalLogic to Hitachi
Partners Group, CPPIB exit GlobalLogic to Hitachi

Partners Group and Canada Pension Plain Investment Board (CPPIB) are exiting a combined 90% stake in US-headquartered GlobalLogic to Japan’s Hitachi at an equity valuation of $8.5 billion.

  • North Asia
  • 05 April 2021
Unison makes two Japan healthcare acquisitions
Unison makes two Japan healthcare acquisitions

Japan’s Unison Capital has confirmed two local healthcare deals in the space of a week with pharmacy chain Reliance and outpatient nursing provider N Field.

  • North Asia
  • 31 March 2021
Applied terminates acquisition of Japan's Kokusai Electric
Applied terminates acquisition of Japan's Kokusai Electric

KKR’s $3.5 billion sale of Japanese semiconductor industry supplier Kokusai Electric to US-listed Applied Materials has fallen through due to regulatory approval issues in China.

  • North Asia
  • 31 March 2021
JC Flowers exits Asia trading platforms business
JC Flowers exits Asia trading platforms business

JC Flowers has agreed to sell Hong Kong-based Chi-X Asia Pacific, which operates equity trading platforms in Australia and Japan, to US-based Cboe Global Markets.

  • Greater China
  • 25 March 2021
DCM set for partial exit from Japan's Freee
DCM set for partial exit from Japan's Freee

Tokyo-listed accounting software provider Freee is set to raise up to JPY42.5 billion ($391 million) through an offering of new shares and the sale of shares held by DCM Ventures.

  • North Asia
  • 24 March 2021
China biotech makes Asia global healthcare PE leader

A more than 100% year-on-year increase in deal volume saw Asia Pacific overtake North America to become the most active global private equity healthcare market for the first time in 2020.

  • Healthcare
  • 19 March 2021
WingArc raises $179m in Japan IPO, Carlyle makes full exit

The Carlyle Group has completed a full exit from Japanese enterprise software developer WingArc1st via the company’s JPY19.4 billion ($179 million) IPO.

  • North Asia
  • 17 March 2021
Ant Capital seeks $461m for sixth Japan fund

Ant Capital Partners has set a hard cap of JPY50 billion ($461 million) for its sixth Japan buyout fund, with a first close on as much as half that total provisionally scheduled for the end of April.

  • North Asia
  • 17 March 2021
Deal focus: Gitai turns robot economics on its head
Deal focus: Gitai turns robot economics on its head

Japanese start-up Gitai eschews conventional wisdom that industrial-use robots must be specialized. Its Series B round will be used to build general-purpose robots for use in space

  • North Asia
  • 14 March 2021
US-Japan VC hits $75m first close on cross-border fund

SIP Global Partners, a US and Japan-headquartered VC firm, has reached a first close of $75 million on its debut cross-border fund. The target is $150 million.

  • North Asia
  • 11 March 2021
Polaris buys mapping business from Japan's Pioneer
Polaris buys mapping business from Japan's Pioneer

Japanese technology conglomerate Pioneer Corporation has agreed to sell Increment P Corporation – its car navigation and mapping business – to Polaris Capital Group.

  • North Asia
  • 11 March 2021
Singapore's East Ventures takes over EV Growth
Singapore's East Ventures takes over EV Growth

EV Growth, a joint venture between Singapore’s East Ventures, Indonesia’s SMDV and Japan’s YJ Capital, is dissolving its co-GP structure, with East Ventures taking over as the sole manager.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 10 March 2021
Japan space robotics start-up gets $17m
Japan space robotics start-up gets $17m

Gitai, a Japanese start-up developing a humanoid general-purpose work robot for use in space, has secured a JPY1.8 billion ($17 million) Series B round from local VCs.

  • North Asia
  • 05 March 2021
New Frontier Japan targets $94m for second fund

New Frontier Japan Investment (NFJI), a lower middle-market Japanese private equity firm, is looking to raise JPY10 billion ($94.4 million) for its second fund.

  • North Asia
  • 26 February 2021
VC-backed Appier files for Japan IPO
VC-backed Appier files for Japan IPO

Appier, a Taiwan-based advertising technology provider, has filed for a JPY26.4 billion ($250 million) Japan IPO. It sets up exits for several VC investors, including Sequoia Capital.

  • North Asia
  • 25 February 2021
Japan's Kyulux raises $34m extended Series B

Japan-based Kyulux, which develops advanced lighting technology used in digital screens, has raised JPY3.6 billion ($34.3 million) from a group of VCs and strategic investors.

  • North Asia
  • 23 February 2021
Carlyle abandons pursuit of Japan Asia Group
Carlyle abandons pursuit of Japan Asia Group

The Carlyle Group and the chairman of Japan Asia Group (JAG) have abandoned their bid for the company after a tender offer failed to generate sufficient shareholder support.

  • North Asia
  • 11 February 2021
MBK targets $639m acquisition of Japan aged care business

MBK Partners has joined the list of private equity firms pursuing deals in Japan’s aged care and healthcare space, having launched a tender offer for Tsukui Holdings Corporation at a valuation of JPY66.9 billion ($639 million).

  • North Asia
  • 09 February 2021
Deal focus: Opportunity knocks in Japan's pricey auto space
Deal focus: Opportunity knocks in Japan's pricey auto space

Dream Incubator's VC arm started tracking Nyle after the Japanese online media start-up made a timely pivot into car leasing. It led to a JPY5 billion ($48.3 million) funding round

  • North Asia
  • 05 February 2021
CVC takes majority stake in Shiseido's personal care division
CVC takes majority stake in Shiseido's personal care division

CVC Capital Partners is set to make its largest investment in Japan since before the global financial crisis, having agreed to purchase of a majority stake in Shiseido’s personal care business at a valuation of JPY160 billion ($1.52 billion).

  • North Asia
  • 04 February 2021
AVCJ Awards 2020: Firm of the Year - Mid Cap: Advantage Partners
AVCJ Awards 2020: Firm of the Year - Mid Cap: Advantage Partners

Richard Folsom, representative partner of Advantage Partners, looks back on a year dominated by succession planning, fundraising, and new investment opportunities

  • North Asia
  • 02 February 2021
Fund focus: Japan's T Capital closes Fund VI at hard cap

Having completed its spin-out from Tokio Marine, T Capital Partners tapped overseas LPs for the first time for its sixth fund. They account for 40% of the JPY81 billion ($773 million) corpus

  • North Asia
  • 01 February 2021
CLSA partially exits Japan medical IT provider

CLSA Capital Partners (CLSA CP) has partially exited its position in NHOSA Corporation, a Japanese IT provider for dental clinics and medical institutions.

  • North Asia
  • 01 February 2021
EQT launches in Japan as part of regional buildout

EQT has formally entered the Japan market – striking a partnership with Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) to aid its local penetration – as part of a broader plan to increase its Asia private equity exposure.

  • North Asia
  • 29 January 2021
141516
  • About AVCJ
  • Advertise
  • Contacts
  • About ION Analytics
  • Terms of use
  • Privacy policy
  • Group disclaimer
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletters

© Merger Market

© Mergermarket Limited, 10 Queen Street Place, London EC4R 1BE - Company registration number 03879547

Digital publisher of the year 2010 & 2013

Digital publisher of the year 2010 & 2013