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Deal focus: Longreach finds its magic beans
Having acquired Japanese coffee shop chain Kohikan, The Longreach Group now hopes to build the family-owned business into a player capable of rivaling the national leaders
Deal focus: VIG’s food supply chain upgrade
VIG Partners acquires Korean food wholesaler WinPlus in a bid to consolidate the country's food supply chain
Deal focus: Lightspeed boosts Udaan’s B2B drive
Lightspeed India Partners renews its commitment to B2B online marketplace Udaan and its emphasis on data-derived trustworthiness
Deal focus: CLSA likes the fit of Marubeni subsidiary
CLSA Capital Partners agrees to carve-out Marubeni's uniform business with a view to driving consolidation in an industry where Japanese corporate customers are already gravitating from ownership to rental
Deal focus: Navis thinks long, goes fast with MFS
Navis Capital Partners sees MFS Technology - the first exit from its seventh fund - as the initial manifestation of a strategy that takes a long-term view on a target industry's development but focuses on rapid implementation of value creation plans
Deal focus: CITIC identifies OBOR cleantech angle
Organica Water's plans to build botanical garden-style wastewater treatment plants in urban centers along the Silk Road make it well-suited to CITIC Capital's One Belt One Road (OBOR) agenda
Deal focus: ACE secures industry 4.0 buyout
ACE Equity Partners buys control of Woojin Electric Machinery from SkyLake Investment for $200 million with a view to launching a China expansion strategy
Deal focus: Tryb sees strength in numbers
Singapore's Makara Innovation Fund supports Tryb Group's push to build a Southeast Asia-focused fintech platform
Deal focus: Permira takes the I-Med baton from EQT
Permira's first Australia investment provides EQT Partners with an exit from medical imaging service I-Med Radiology Network
Deal focus: LeapFrog adds to financial inclusion portfolio
LeapFrog Investments backs NeoGrowth Credit to provide financial backing for digital payments among Indian retailers
Deal focus: Rokid attracts interest as household AI heats up
The Series C round for smart household device manufacturer Rokid underlines investor interest in China-based artificial intelligence plays
Deal focus: Ziroom carves a rental niche
Ziroom receives $621 million in funding to build out its property management service that provides apartments for China's growing population of urban rentors
Deal focus: Quadrant finds a taste for candy
Leveraging a relationship established through an investment in VIP Petfoods, Quadrant Private Equity secured a buyout of Australian candy maker Darrell Lea
Deal focus: VCs see value in secondhand luxury
Chinese online pre-owned luxury goods retailer Xinshang aims for scale with investments from GGV Capital, Joy Capital and Northern Light Venture Capital
Deal focus: Black Fish emphasizes focus on fintech
Lightspeed, Morningside, Jafco and Gobi contribute to the first institutional round of funding for Chinese financial technology player Black Fish
Deal focus: KV secures its biggest buyout
KV Asia Capital sees strong growth potential for the education sector in Southeast Asia. The firm’s latest investment in Malaysia-based APIIT Education Group reflects confidence in this vision
Deal focus: Cream of the crop
Proterra is on course to more than double its money on AustAsia, following an agreement to exit the Chinese dairy farm operator to fellow investor Japfa
Deal focus: VIG sees stability in shoes
Korea's VIG Partners completes its second OEM deal in six months with the $207 million acquisition of Youyoung, a supplier of materials used in running shoes
Deal focus: VCs fuel Canva’s growth designs
Australia's Canva achieves a $1 billion valuation following a $40 million round led by Sequoia Capital China
Fund focus: The need for speed
Quadrant Private Equity is deploying capital at pace in Australia’s middle market, raising A$1.15 billion ($863 million) for its ninth fund less than a year-and-a-half after closing its eighth vehicle
Deal focus: The flair apparent
Gaja Capital’s investment in Chumbak Design aims to leverage an emerging sub-trend in India’s growing consumer space where style-conscious millennials are making their mark
He said, she said: 2017 in quotes
What industry participants had to say at AVCJ events on issues ranging from carve-outs in Japan to spin-outs in China and from addressing disruptive technologies to politics in the Philippines
Timeline: 2017 by numbers
A selection of the key fundraising, investment and exit events - presented in chronological order - from the past 12 months
Musical chairs: Asia PE people moves
A selection of the transfers, promotions, arrivals and departures in the private equity community in 2017