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Providence makes partial exit from India's Idea Cellular

Providence Equity has made a partial exit from Idea Celluar, a Indian mobile network operator promoted by Aditya Birla Group, selling a 2.3% stake - or a quarter of its previous holding - for around INR14.1 billion ($234 million) via an open market transaction.

  • South Asia
  • 05 September 2014
Rocket, Kinnevik to form emerging market fashion e-commerce giant

German start-up incubator Rocket Internet and Investment AB Kinnevik, Rocket's biggest backer, are to consolidate five emerging market fashion e-commerce brands into a single global company with a combined valuation of EUR2.7 billion ($3.5 billion).

  • Europe
  • 05 September 2014
UOB, Orix launch $200m SE Asia-focused mezz fund

Singapore-based United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) and Japan's ORIX Corp. (ORIX) have launched a mezzanine fund providing expansion capital to mid-sized companies in Southeast Asia.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 05 September 2014
Shunwei, Angelvest back English evaluation firm Vericant

Shunwei Capital Partners and Anglevest have led a Series A round of funding for Vericant, a Chinese company that provides a third-party English evaluation services to North American universities.

  • Greater China
  • 05 September 2014
VCs take part in $2.1m round for Japan's Innova

Nippon Venture Capital, Draper Nexus and strategic investor Salesforce.com have together invested JPY220 million ($2.1 million) on Tokyo-based search engine optimization (SEO) and content marketing agency Innova.

  • North Asia
  • 05 September 2014
Singapore Red Dot Payment complete Series A round

Wavemaker Pacific and GMO Global Payment Fund have taken part in a Series A round of funding for Singapore's Red Dot Payment, an online payment solutions provider. The financial details were not disclosed.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 05 September 2014
Carlyle, FountainVest pull out of China Shanda Games take-private

The Carlyle Group and FountainVest Partners have pulled out of the consortium backing a $1.9 billion bid to acquire US-listed Chinese games developer Shanda Games.

  • Consumer
  • 04 September 2014
Asian media giants form China-focused film and TV fund

Taiwan’s Fubon Group, Hong Kong's Media Asia and South Korean music giant SM Entertainment have established a media-focused fund to jointly invest in Chinese film and TV production.

  • Greater China
  • 04 September 2014
IFC invests $27.5m in Indian food additives producer

World Bank investment arm International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested $27.5 million in Lucid Colloids, one of the top four producers of food additive guar gum.

  • Industrials
  • 04 September 2014
H&Q leads $16.7m round for cloud insurance software firm

H&Q Asia Pacific has led a $16.7 million Series A round for US cloud insurance software provider One Inc.; Camp One Ventures and AGI Partners also took part in the round.

  • Technology
  • 04 September 2014
Tencent invests $20m in Korea’s PATI Games

China’s Tencent Holdings has invested KRW20 billion ($20 million) in Korean mobile game developer PATI Games.

  • North Asia
  • 04 September 2014
Japanese mobility firm Whill closes $11m Series A round

The government-backed Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) has led an $11 million Series A round for Whill, a Japanese startup which has designed a type of electronic mobility chair.

  • North Asia
  • 04 September 2014
China stem cell storage firm launches $813m M&A fund

Zhongyuan Union Stem Cell Bio-engineering, a Chinese stem cell storage service operator, has partnered with China Yinhong Capital to launch an industry M&A fund with a target of RMB5 billion ($813 million).

  • Greater China
  • 03 September 2014
China caliper maker Guilin Guanglu raises $115m from PE

Guilin Guanglu Measuring Instrument, a Chinese electronic digital caliper maker, plans to raise RMB710 million ($115 million) from four domestic private equity firms.

  • Greater China
  • 03 September 2014
VC-backed Xunlei to buy storage business from Kingsoft

Xunlei, a Chinese file-sharing service backed by a string of VC firms, will pay $33 million to acquire a personal storage business unit owned by Kingsoft Corporation.

  • Greater China
  • 03 September 2014
OrbiMed commits $15m to China's GC-Rise Pharma

OrbiMed has committed $15 million in Series B funding to GC-Rise Pharmaceutical, a Chinese healthcare services provider.

  • Healthcare
  • 03 September 2014
Tencent pumps $70m into China healthcare networking site

Tencent Holdings has invested $70 million into dxy.com, a Chinese networking and information-sharing site for healthcare professionals

  • Venture
  • 03 September 2014
China Exim Bank fund agrees $406m Poland wind farm JV

The China-CEE Fund, a $500 million vehicle backed by China Exim Bank that invests in Central and Eastern Europe, will partner Israel’s Enlight Renewable Energy to buy a controlling interest in two Polish wind projects for up to PLN1.3 billion ($406...

  • Cleantech
  • 03 September 2014
China's Baidu backs Finland-based indoor mapping start-up

Chinese internet giant Baidu has agreed to invest $10 million in IndoorAtlas, a VC-backed Finnish software developer that specializes in indoor mapping.

  • Venture
  • 03 September 2014
KKR loses India private equity head

Heramb Hajarnavis, a director and leader of KKR’s private equity business in India, is leaving the firm to pursue other opportunities.

  • People
  • 03 September 2014
Nominations for the 2014 AVCJ Awards have now closed

Nominations for the 14th AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards have now closed.

  • Performance
  • 02 September 2014
KKR completes full exit from China Modern Dairy

KKR has fully exited China Modern Dairy after a six-year holding period. The PE firm only held a small minority stake in the business, having made a substantial exit to China Mengniu Dairy last year.

  • Exits
  • 02 September 2014
State Street names new Asia alternatives head

State Street Corporation has appointed Bob Keogh as head of alternative investment solutions for Asia Pacific. Based in Hong Kong, he will assume responsibility for servicing private equity, hedge fund and real estate managers.

  • People
  • 02 September 2014
Australia's Future Fund promotes infrastructure head to CIO

Australia’s Future Fund has appointed Raphael Arndt as chief investment officer. He was previously head of infrastructure and timberlands with the sovereign wealth fund.

  • People
  • 02 September 2014
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