LeapFrog Investments
Deal focus: True North to end 13-year journey with Fincare
Indian private equity firm True North took advantage of regulatory reforms to convert Fincare SFB from a non-bank into a bank. A merger with listed peer AU SFB will finally deliver an exit
PE-backed Fincare Bank to merge with listed Indian lender
India’s Fincare Small Finance Bank (Fincare SFB), which is backed by the likes of TA Associates, True North, LeapFrog Investments, and Tata Opportunities Fund, has agreed to merge with listed lender Au Small Finance Bank (Au SFB). The combined entity...
LeapFrog eyes February close, claims significant progress on fundraise
Impact investor LeapFrog Investments expects to close its fourth flagship fund in February, with a source close to the situation adding that "a significant share" of the targeted USD 1bn has already been raised.
Deal focus: Bolttech benefits from running start
Bolttech has pieced together one of the world’s largest digital insurance broking platforms through targeted acquisitions. Now, increased emphasis is attached to expansion from broking into underwriting
Leapfrog invests $50m in Singapore's Bolttech
LeapFrog Investments has invested USD 50m in Singapore’s Bolttech, the insurance technology business of Pacific Century Group.
Deal focus: LeapFrog taps Asian appetite for impact
A multi-fund commitment from Hong Kong’s AIA Group to LeapFrog Investments underscores growing interest in impact strategies among Asian LPs as they hone social mandates
India’s HealthifyMe raises $30m
LeapFrog Investments and Khosla Ventures have led a USD 30m pre-Series D round for India-based mobile health and fitness app HealthifyMe.
Hong Kong's AIA commits $200m to LeapFrog
Hong Kong-listed insurance company AIA Group has agreed to commit USD 200m to various funds managed by LeapFrog Investments, a UK-based impact investor with an extensive Asia footprint.
Goldman Sachs, TVS lead $150m round for India's InsuranceDekho
Goldman Sachs and TVS Capital Funds have led a USD 150m Series A round for India’s InsuranceDekho, an online insurance policy comparison and brokerage service.
GP profile: LeapFrog Investments
LeapFrog Investments is broadly recognised as a pioneer of impact investing globally as well as an architect of the industry’s legitimising standards and controls. Asia has always been core
Novo Holdings leads $50m round for India's MedGenome
Novo Holdings, which manages the wealth of Denmark’s Novo Nordisk Foundation, has led a USD 50m investment in MedGenome, an India-based genetic testing business.
Deal focus: India’s Shubham sees opening to accelerate
Shubham believes its long-curated datasets and institutional memory differentiate it from a growing pack of low-income housing lenders. Global impact investors appear convinced
India affordable housing player raises $112m
Indian lower-income mortgage lender Shubham has raised USD 112m led by British International Investment (BII). It facilitates exits for Elevar Equity and Motilal Oswal Private Equity (MOPE).
LeapFrog leads $61m investment in India's Redcliffe Lifetech
LeapFrog Investments has led a USD 61m round for India’s Redcliffe Lifetech, a diagnostics platform focused on non-communicable diseases, including heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.
LeapFrog leads $250m round for India's CarDekho
LeapFrog Investments has led a $250 million Series E round - described as a pre-IPO round - for Indian online auto marketplace CarDekho at a valuation of $1.2 billion.
India's HealthifyMe closes $75m Series C
LeapFrong Investments and Khosla Ventures have led a $75 million Series C round for HealthifyMe, a mobile health and fitness app operator with a presence in India and Southeast Asia.
Deal focus: Temasek supports impact’s giant leap
Impact specialist LeapFrog Investments will use Temasek’s financial backing to broaden its reach, in terms of sectors and geographies, as well as to anchor future funds
Temasek agrees $500m tie-up with impact investor LeapFrog
Temasek Holdings has committed $500 million to Asia and Africa-focused impact investor LeapFrong Investments, which will see it participate as an anchor LP in the firm’s future funds.
LeapFrog names co-head of healthcare
Asia and Africa-focused impact investor LeapFrog Investments has recruited Biju Mohandas as a partner and global co-lead for healthcare.
Xiaomi joins $54m Series B for Indonesia's PasarPolis
Chinese electronics maker Xiaomi has joined a $54 million Series B round for Indonesian financial technology provider PasarPolis.
LeapFrog leads $55m round for India's MedGenome
MedGenome, an India-focused provider of genetic testing solutions, has raised $55 million in a funding round led by LeapFrog Investments.
Impact investment faces tricky path to standardization
Impact investing has reached a “fundamental inflection point” in terms of the availability of investment opportunities and interest from LPs, but the institutionalization process is not straightforward.