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Mitsui commits $52m to India's Naaptol
Mitsui & Co. Global Investment, the VC arm of Japanese conglomerate Mitsui, has invested another INR3.4 billion ($52 million) in Indian TV shopping and e-commerce platform Naaptol.
Mitsui Global Investment backs Belgian pharma firm
Mitsui Global Investment, a subsidiary of Japan's Mitsui & Co, has participated in a Series B round worth EUR23.6 million ($31.4 million) for Belgian pharmaceutical company Promethera Biosciences.
PE firms back Chinese Wonton restaurant chain
Qiming Ventures, Hotung Investment and Mitsui Global Investment have committed $20 million in Series B funding to YPX Cayman Holdings, which operates casual food and beverage chain Cloud 9. The company also received personal investments from the founders...
Mitsui backs US mobile advertising platform
Mitsui & Co. has participated in a $14 million round of fundraising for US-based mobile advertising and media company 4INFO, alongside Vulcan Capital and existing investors Draper Fisher Jurveston, Gannett, Mezzanine Capital and US Venture Partners. Vulcan...
Prudent Energy gets $29.5m from Asian investors
Prudent Energy, a US- and Beijing-based energy storage firm, has raised $29.5 million in an investment rounding led by Japan’s Mitsui & Co. and including Vangoo Investment Partners – which is an affiliate of Japan’s Ant Capital Partners - Asia Clean...
Tokyo Marine, Mitsui launch $123m solar energy fund
Tokio Marine Asset Management and Mitsui & Co. are reportedly set to jointly launch a solar energy investment fund with a targeted corpus of JPY10 billion ($123.3 million). Institutional investors, such as pension funds and life insurers, have been approached...
Pegatron, Mitsui invest in Israel's Valens Semiconductor
Taiwan-based Pegatron and Japan's Mitsui & Co. Global Investment have participated in a $14 million Series B financing round for Israeli firm Valens Semiconductor.
Aureos, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance VC in SME-focused partnership
SME-focused private equity fund Aureos Capital and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital (MSIVC), the VC arm of Japan’s largest insurance company, have teamed to launch a program to allow the portfolio companies of each firm, in South East Asia...
VC investee ISoftStone files for NYSE IPO
Venture capital-backed iSoftStone Holdings Ltd., a Beijing-based provider of IT consulting and software services, has filed for a $50 million IPO on NYSE.
JAFCO Asia, Mitsui, CEL invest Prudent Energy in China
PRC energy storage business Prudent Energy has announced that pan-Asian VC investor JAFCO Asia, Japanese VC firm Mitsui Ventures and European growth capital investor China Equity Links (CEL) Partners, as well as other investors, will invest a total of...
PRC BPO play iSoftStone attracts VCs
Everbright Private Equity, a subsidiary of listed Chinese red-chip financial conglomerate China Everbright Ltd., and other venture capital firms, including AsiaVest Partners, Fidelity Asia Ventures, Infotech Pacific Ventures, Mitsui Ventures Global Fund,...