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Sumitomo Mitsui

CPPIB ups stake in India's Kotak Mahindra Bank

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has invested INR11.5 billion ($170 million) in India's Kotak Mahindra Bank, picking up a stake held by Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.

  • South Asia
  • 02 March 2016
SMFG agrees to buy GE's Japan leasing unit for $4.8b

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) has agreed to buy GE Capital’s Japan leasing business for JPY575 billion ($4.8 billion) as parent company General Electric continues to pare its assets.

  • Buyouts
  • 16 December 2015
Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui backs GMO Payment

Japan's GMO Internet - which runs its own early-stage investment unit, GMO Venture Partners - has raised JPY8 billion ($65 million) from Sumitomo Mitsui to develop e-commerce payment solution GMO Payment Gateway (GPG).

  • Financials
  • 11 June 2015
Japanese biotech firm targets $42m venture fund

An investment unit of Japanese biotech company Euglena is looking to raise JPY5 billion ($41.5 million) for a VC vehicle it has launched alongside SMBC Nikko - which is controlled by Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group - and science start-up incubator Leave...

  • North Asia
  • 13 April 2015
Japanese mobile games developer MyNet raises $6.2m

MyNet, a Japanese mobile games developer, has raised JPY730 million ($6.2 million) from a slew of investors including B Dash Ventures, SMBC Venture Capital, Shinsei Corporate Investment, and Sumitomo Mitsui Bank.

  • North Asia
  • 09 February 2015
JAIC, Nippon Venture lead Series D for Regimmune

Japan Asian Investment Corporation (JAIC) and Nippon Venture Capital have together led a $9.2 million Series D round of investment in Tokyo-based biotech firm Regimmune Corporation.

  • North Asia
  • 17 February 2014
Japan's Mitsubishi launches energy-focused fund-of-funds

Japan's Mitsubishi Corp. has led the launch of a $300 million US energy-focused private equity fund-of-funds. Energy Opportunity Fund is expected to reach its target by September next year.

  • North Asia
  • 10 October 2013
INCJ leads $11m investment in Japan blood biotech venture

The Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) has led a JPY1.16 billion ($11.7 million) investment in Megakaryon Corp, which is developing technology to produce blood platelets using reprogrammed stem cells.

  • Healthcare
  • 26 August 2013
Japan's Indonesian ambitions

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC) is paying a princely sum for a slice of Indonesia's financial services sector. The price-to-book (P/B) valuation of the $1.56 billion it has agreed to pay for a 40% stake in Bank Tabungan Pensiunan Nasional (BTPN)...

  • North Asia
  • 15 May 2013
Kotak Mahindra reaches $90m first close on India infra fund

Kotak Mahindra has reached a first close on its infrastructure fund with commitments of $90 million. Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and Brookfield Asset Management have come in as cornerstone investors.

  • South Asia
  • 13 March 2013
General Mobile gets $5m from Singtel Innov8, Mitsui

SingTel Innov8 and Japan’s Mitsui & Co. have led a $5 million round of funding for General Mobile, a company that provides mobile internet services to customers in emerging markets. Existing investors in General Mobile include Taiwan-based MediaTek, a...

  • Venture
  • 27 June 2012
Advantage Partners has no plans for new fund – report

Advantage Partners told an investor meeting Wednesday that it has no immediate plans to launch a new fund even though the investment period for its existing vehicle is due to end in the summer.

  • North Asia
  • 26 April 2012
Sumitomo Mitsui halves target for Japan fund – report

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust has cut the target for its latest private equity fund by half. It follows a similar move by Unison Capital and is seen as symptomatic of the difficult investment environment in Japan.

  • North Asia
  • 19 April 2012
CDB fails to land RBS aviation unit despite making highest bid

China Development Bank (CDB) made the highest bid for Royal Bank of Scotland’s aviation-leasing unit but lost out on the transaction due to concerns about its ability to close the deal. The asset was sold to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) for...

  • Greater China
  • 31 January 2012
Japan's SMFG beats CDB to aircraft-leasing deal

Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) and Sumitomo Corp. have agreed to purchase Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) aircraft-leasing business in a deal worth $7.3 billion. SMFG will take around 70% of RBS Aviation Capital, with trading company Sumitomo...

  • North Asia
  • 18 January 2012
Asian bidders compete for RBS' aircraft leasing business

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, China Development Bank and a consortium led by Australia’s Macquarie are among the final bidders for RBS Aviation Capital, the aircraft leasing business being divested by Royal Bank of Scotland. The only other potential...

  • Industrials
  • 29 November 2011
Sumitomo Mitsui looks to acquire distressed lender Promise Co.

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Japan’s second-largest lender, will make a $2.6 billion tender offer for all shares it does not already own in distressed consumer lender Promise Co.

  • North Asia
  • 03 October 2011
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