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Japan's SBI Holdings launches Cambodia investment fund
Japanese financial group SBI Holdings has teamed with Cambodia’s largest conglomerate Royal Group to launch a private equity investment vehicle predominantly targeting Cambodian companies.
SBI, Kingston form $100m Greater China fund
Japan’s SBI Holdings will launch a $100 million fund with Hong Kong-based Kingston Financial Group that will invest in public and private companies in Greater China. Each party has agreed to contribute $50 million to the vehicle, which will be launched...
Bendigo-led consortium invests in Akatsuki Financial
A consortium led by Bendigo Partners has made a strategic investment in Akatsuki Financial Group, a Japan based mid-sized financial services firm, specializing in retail brokerage and asset management. Financial details were not announced.
SBI launches $24m fund with Greater China corporates
Japanese financial group SBI Holdings will jointly launch a $24 million venture fund with Taiwanese financial corporation Shin Kong Group and Hong Kong-based real estate firm Nang Fung Group.
Islamic finance: From Middle East to Far East
Islamic private equity is gaining popularity, but the number of shari’ah-compliant funds is rising slowly. Are Asia Pacific’s GPs really losing out?
Invest AD to seal first Turkey deal within four months
State-owned Abu Dhabi investment vehicle Invest AD is looking to buy Turkish companies focused on pharmaceuticals, food, consumer goods and industrial manufacturing. Samir Assaad, head of the company’s private equity unit, told Bloomberg that the first...
Japan’s SBI, Abu Dhabi-based Invest AD launch Turkey-focused PE fund
Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings and Abu Dhabi state-owned Invest AD will invest $100 million in a new private equity vehicle targeting companies in Turkey.
SBI Holdings launch Korean government-backed PE firm
Japanese financial group SBI Holdings has announced that its private equity entity in South Korea, has been appointed as one of the fund managers to operate a new KRW 10 billion ($92 million) Japan/Korea parts and material fund, to be operated in conjunction...
VC-backed gaming developers merge
Chinese gaming developer UltiZen Games - which has received funding from Jafco Asia, Hotung Investment Holdings Ltd. and Tokio Marine Investment Services – has acquired Japanese developer Red Entertainment for an undisclosed price.
SBI-Macquarie, Standard Chartered among GMR Airport investors
GMR Airport Holdings, a unit of Bangalore-based GMR Infrastructure - which operates two of India’s major airports - is reportedly set to receive INR15 billion ($333 million) from SBI-Macquarie, Standard Chartered Private Equity and a third unnamed PE...
Japan's SBI establishes China M&A club
Tokyo-based SBI Holdings Co., Ltd., the diversified financial group with business activities including private equity and venture capital, announced that it has established a “China Japan M&A Club” alongside its subsidiary SBI Investment Co., Ltd....
Japan's SBI to form joint RMB/USD funds with China's Fudan University
Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings is to launch two venture capital funds in cooperation with Fudan University in Shanghai, China.
SBI-Macquarie Infra Fund investee Viom Networks to file for IPO
Indian telco player Viom Networks, backed by the SBI-Macquarie Infra Fund, is set to launch its IPO in Q1 next year, aiming to raise as much as $1.5 billion.
SBI and Abu Dhabi to form Africa-focused fund
SBI Holdings Inc., a Japanese financial conglomerate with private equity and venture capital arms, and Invest AD, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Council, announced the formation of a new Africa-focused fund management company, with target regions...
Ant, SBI start TOB for Japan's VSN
A consortium called R Holdings, owned by Japanese private equity funds SBI Holdings, Ant Global Partners and Stamford Growth Investments, a division of SBI’s investment subsidiary, has kicked off a tender offer buyout of VSN Inc., a listed personnel...
Japan's SBI boosts PE investments in Brazil
SBI Holdings, Inc., the Japanese financial group operating in various segments, including private equity and venture capital, said that it has agreed with Jardim Botânico Investimentos (JBI), a Brazilian asset management company, to jointly form a fund...
Japan's SBI and US Jeffries will form two joint funds
SBI Holding Inc., the Tokyo-based financial group, has reached a final agreement with Jefferies Group Inc, a global securities and investment banking group headquartered in the US, to form two new investment funds: the Jefferies-SBI USA Fund and SBI-Jefferies...
SBI in new round for Quark Pharmaceuticals
Japan's SBI Holdings Group, the investment conglomerate behind the SoftBank family of funds, has made a further commitment of $10 million to investee company Quark Pharmaceuticals, a Californian developer of RNAi-based drugs.
SBI plans to raise $533 million for VC funds
SBI Holdings, the Japanese financial services firm, plans to raise some JPY49 billion ($533 million) by issuing new shares to finance expansion of the venture capital business it has formed in partnership with regional players in China and other emerging...
SBI share boost precedes planned Hong Kong debut
SBI Holdings Inc., the Tokyo-based venture capital and financial services company, boosted its share price to a six-month high after it announced that it is seeking to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Japan's SBI and Brunei government form fund
Japanese financial group SBI Holdings Inc., has agreed to launch an Islamic investment fund of unconfirmed size with the Ministry of Finance of Brunei Darussalam, with investments to be made from Brunei Global Islamic Investments, operated by a new fund...
IDG, SBI, others back China biotech
A VC investor group led by IDG-Accel, SBI & TH Venture Capital Enterprise, has made an investment totaling $16 million in OriGene Technologies, Inc., a Chinese gene-centric life sciences device company dedicated to support academic, pharmaceutical and...
New Horizon closes Fund III
Track record, platform, name value show in result
SBI Holdings takes majority stake in Searchina
SBI Holdings Inc, the Japanese financial group involved in private equity and VC investment, has acquired a 75.7% stake in Searchina Co. Ltd., a Tokyo-based provider of Chinese financial markets-related information services, for an undisclosed sum.