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Affinity recruits Australia head, re-hires executive from Quadrant

Affinity Equity Partners has strengthened its coverage of Australia and New Zealand with the recruitment of Nick Speer from The Riverside Company as a partner and local team leader and the rehiring of Mark Chudek from Quadrant Private Equity.

  • Australasia
  • 24 March 2023
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Bain pursues buyout of Australia's Estia Health

Bain Capital has offered to acquire Australia-listed aged care provider Estia Health for AUD 775.1m (USD 517.4m).

  • North Asia
  • 24 March 2023
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China’s JD Industrials completes $300m Series B

JD Industrials, a one-stop industrial products e-commerce platform under China’s JD.com has completed a USD 300m Series B round led by Abu Dhabi investors Mubadala and 42XFund.

  • Greater China
  • 24 March 2023
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JIP wins board approval for $15b Toshiba buyout

The board of Toshiba Corporation has approved a tender offer from Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) that values the company at approximately JPY 2trn (USD 15.3bn).

  • North Asia
  • 24 March 2023
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Portfolio Advisors raises $1bn for global fund-of-funds

Portfolio Advisors has closed its latest global multi-strategy fund-of-funds – which allows LPs to customise allocations across several key areas – with commitments of just over USD 1bn.

  • Fundraising
  • 24 March 2023
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CDH leads Series B for China RPA player 1data

1Data, a China-based robotic process automation (RPA) company, has raised close to CNY 200m (USD 29.2m) in Series B funding led by CDH Investments.

  • Greater China
  • 23 March 2023
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Polaris picks up Japan advertising, recruitment assets

Polaris Capital Group has acquired Sendenkaigi, which claims to be Japan’s leading publisher of marketing and communications-related content, as well as its recruitment-focused subsidiary.

  • North Asia
  • 23 March 2023
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Global PE sees fundraising, performance contraction - McKinsey

Global private equity fundraising contracted 15% in 2022 as McKinsey & Company’s latest private markets annual review painted a bleak picture of the asset class, noting that one-year performance entered negative territory for the first time since 2008.

  • North America
  • 23 March 2023
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Indonesia’s Kredivo raises $270m Series D

Indonesian consumer credit company Kredivo, formerly known as FinAccel, has completed a USD 270m Series D round led by Mizuho Bank, which provided USD 125m.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 23 March 2023
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Accenture buys India's VC-backed Flutura

Flutura, an India-headquartered provider of artificial intelligence-enabled (AI) analytics services to industrial customers, has been acquired by Accenture. The deal facilitates an exit for several VC investors, including Vertex Ventures.

  • South Asia
  • 22 March 2023
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Samsung backs Korea autonomous delivery start-up

Samsung Venture Investment has invested in Korea’s Neubility, a robot maker aiming to “automate urban sidewalks” via autonomous rolling boxes capable of on-demand deliveries.

  • North Asia
  • 22 March 2023
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China pool cleaning robot start-up gets $29m angel round

GL Ventures, Shunwei Capital, and Source Code Capital have participated in a CNY 200m (USD 29m) angel round for Xingmai Innovation, a China-based developer of robots that clean swimming pools.

  • Greater China
  • 22 March 2023
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Altos, Mirae Asset re-up Korea's Kream in $39m round

Altos Ventures and Mirae Asset Capital have each made their third investment in the past 18 months in Korean e-commerce player Kream, with the latest round amounting to KRW 50.6bn (USD 38.8m).

  • North Asia
  • 22 March 2023
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BPEA EQT seeks financing for Vistra, Tricor merger

BPEA EQT is pushing ahead with the merger of Asia-headquartered corporate services providers Vistra Group and Tricor Group, having initiated discussions on pricing a USD 1.66bn financing package.

  • Buyouts
  • 22 March 2023
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DEG leads round for Indonesian mRNA vaccine developer

German development finance organisation DEG has contributed USD 8m as the lead investor in a new funding round for Etana Biotechnologies Indonesia, supported by Yunfeng Capital, HighLight Capital, and East Ventures.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 21 March 2023
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China energy storage player Weview raises $87m

Weview, a China-based battery manufacturer, has raised a Series A of CNY 600m (USD 87m) led by two state-backed investors - Guohe Xinli, which is a fund under the State Development & Investment Corporation (SDIC) and Zhuhai-based Da Heng Qin Group.

  • Greater China
  • 21 March 2023
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Singapore electronics marketplace Reebelo extends Series A to $50m

Singapore electronics marketplace Reebelo has lifted its Series A round to USD 50m with a USD 29m commitment led by Cathay Innovation.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 21 March 2023
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Malaysia's Khazanah launches start-up programme

Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional has launched a VC collaboration and start-up investment programme with an initial MYR 180m (USD 40m).

  • Southeast Asia
  • 21 March 2023
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Asia PE compensation set for downward adjustment in 2023

Compensation for private equity professionals at most levels of seniority in Asia Pacific continued its upward trend in 2022 despite a weaker economic outlook and a slowdown in deal flow, but executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles expects some kind...

  • GPs
  • 21 March 2023
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Partners Group hires Greater China fundraisers

Partners Group has added fundraising bandwidth in Greater China, recruiting Jin Wang as a managing director responsible for institutional coverage and making two private wealth hires.

  • Greater China
  • 21 March 2023
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Australia's Potentia wins majority shareholder approval for Nitro bid

Potentia Capital has secured support from more than half of Nitro Software’s shareholders for a take-private bid that values the listed Australian company at up to approximately AUD 552m (USD 370m).

  • Australasia
  • 20 March 2023
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Lighthouse hits $200m first close on fourth India fund

Lighthouse Funds has reached a first close of approximately USD 200m on its fourth India mid-market fund – four months after returning nearly the entire Fund III corpus through an exit from beauty e-commerce platform Nykaa.

  • South Asia
  • 20 March 2023
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China generative AI player LangBoat gets pre-Series A

LangBoat, a China-based generative artificial intelligence (AI) company, has raised a pre-Series A round led by Beijing Zhongguangcun Science City. Eight Roads and Sinovation Ventures re-upped.

  • Greater China
  • 20 March 2023
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Japan's Aspirant announces third exit in three weeks

Aspirant Group has sold Japan’s only offshore drilling contractor, Japan Drilling (JDC), to JX Nippon Oil Exploration Corporation for an undisclosed sum, marking its third exit in as many weeks.

  • North Asia
  • 20 March 2023
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