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Actis opens Hong Kong office to focus on IR, client services

Actis has opened an office in Hong Kong that will primarily be used for investor relations and client services activities in Asia, including Australia and New Zealand. The firm already has bases in Beijing and Mumbai.

  • Greater China
  • 24 November 2016
Singapore's GIC makes changes to senior leadership

Singapore’s GIC Private has promoted Chow-Kiat Lim, currently its group chief investment officer, to the post of CEO, replacing Siong-Guan Lim, who will retire.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 23 November 2016
KKR to make $4.5b tender offer for Japanese auto parts manufacturer

KKR has agreed to buy Nissan Motor’s 41% holding in Japanese automotive components supplier Calsonic Kansei Corporation and launch a tender offer to acquire the company in full at a valuation of JPY498.3 billion ($4.5 billion).

  • North Asia
  • 23 November 2016
Sequoia invests $5m in India's Vymo

Sequoia Capital India has committed $5 million in Series A funding to Vymo, an enterprise sales assistant based in India and the US.

  • South Asia
  • 23 November 2016
Foxconn backs Chinese image recognition software developer

Megvii Technology, a China-based image recognition software developer, has received $20 million from Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology as part of its Series C round of financing.

  • Greater China
  • 23 November 2016
Japan's LifeRobotics raises $9m Series B round

Japanese industrial robotics developer LifeRobotics has raised a JPY1 billion ($9 million) Series B round led by Global Brain.

  • North Asia
  • 23 November 2016
VCs commit $5.2m to Australian big data start-up Instaclustr

Sydney-listed growth-stage investor Bailador Technology Investments has led a A$7 million ($5.2 million) funding round for domestic IT company Instaclustr alongside two domestic VCs.

  • Australasia
  • 23 November 2016
RRJ invests in China HNA’s internet finance platform

RRJ Capital has led a $200 million Series A round for Jubaohui, an internet finance platform established by Chinese conglomerate HNA Group.

  • Greater China
  • 22 November 2016
Falcon House closes second Indonesia fund at $400m

Falcon House Partners has closed its second Indonesia-focused fund at the hard cap of $400 million, buoyed by continued optimism about the rise of domestic consumption and a favorable response to the Widodo administration’s policies.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 22 November 2016
Standard Chartered PE invests $40m in Vietnam's N Kid

Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE) has invested $40 million in N Kid, a Vietnam-based children’s media platform and retailer.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 22 November 2016
China video app developer Yixia raises $500m round

Chinese social media platform Weibo Corporation has led a $500 million Series E round of funding for Yixia Technology, a Beijing-based video app developer.

  • Greater China
  • 22 November 2016
India's Quikr buys Sequoia, Kalaari-backed Grabhouse

Indian classifieds site Quikr has purchased Grabhouse, a rental property listing platform backed by Sequoia Capital and Kalaari Capital.

  • South Asia
  • 22 November 2016
Whiz Partners invests $22m in Japanese IT developer

Japan-based private equity firm Whiz Partners has agreed to invest JPY2.4 billion ($22 million) in Tokyo-listed software and marketing products developer Albert.

  • North Asia
  • 22 November 2016
LGT leads $10m Series B for India's Aye Finance

LGT Impact Ventures, the impact investment arm of LGT Group, has led a $10 million Series B round for Indian small business-focused microfinance institution (MFI) Aye Finance.

  • South Asia
  • 22 November 2016
Thailand's Charoen Pokphand buys Bellisio from US GP

Thai agro-industrial giant Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) has acquired frozen meals specialist Bellisio from US private equity firm Centre Partners for $1.1 billion.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 21 November 2016
China's CMC, Enlight back IMAX's VR fund

Two Chinese media players – sector specialist PE firm CMC Capital Partners and entertainment content provider Enlight Media – are among the first group of LPs in a virtual reality (VR) fund raised by IMAX Corporation and its Hong Kong-listed Chinese...

  • Greater China
  • 21 November 2016
China’s Redbud Capital launches $150m VC fund-of-funds

Redbud Capital, a VC fund-of-funds unit under Tsinghua Holdings, has launched a new vehicle worth RMB1 billion ($150 million) with several government-backed agencies to invest in China venture capital funds.

  • Greater China
  • 21 November 2016
IFC proposes $20m investment in China's Huochebang

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the investment arm of the World Bank, is considering a commitment of up to $20 million to China-based online logistics platform Huochebang.

  • Greater China
  • 21 November 2016
Sequoia, Shunwei invest in Singapore’s Patsnap

Sequoia Capital China has led a Series C round of funding for Singapore-based Patsnap, a web-based intellectual property analytics and management software developer.

  • Greater China
  • 21 November 2016
KKR sells stake in Japan's Panasonic Healthcare to Mitsui

KKR has sold a 22% stake in Panasonic Healthcare, a Japanese medical equipment manufacturer in which it acquired a majority interest in 2014, to Mitsui & Co. for JPY54.1 billion ($510 million).

  • North Asia
  • 21 November 2016
Taiwan's HTC launches $1.5b VR investment fund

HTC and the Shenzhen municipal government have agreed to set up a Chinese virtual reality (VR) research institute and a RMB10 billion ($1.5 billion) investment fund for the technology.

  • Greater China
  • 21 November 2016
China fitness app Hotbody secures $15m

Chinese fitness app developer Hotbody has raised approximately RMB100 million ($15 million) in a new round of funding led by domestic GP Haodao Capital, with participation from existing investor Ameba Capital.

  • Greater China
  • 21 November 2016
Warburg Pincus, VinaCapital to create SE Asia hotel platform

Warburg Pincus has teamed up with Vietnam-based GP VinaCapital and Don Lam, the firm’s founder, to create a hotel investment platform intended to tap into rising inbound tourism in Southeast Asia, particularly from China.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 18 November 2016
CDH, CCB exit Chinese hospital operator to Taiking Insurance

CDH Investments and CCB International have sold their stakes in Harmonicare Medical Holdings, operator of 11 women and children’s hospitals in China, to Taikang Insurance Group for HK$815.2 million ($105.1 million).

  • Greater China
  • 18 November 2016
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