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Deal focus: Yao Capital backs new motor-racing formula
With its investment in Formula E, Yao Capital hopes to help electric car racing achieve some of Formula One's success, but with an emphasis on China, downtown circuits, younger fans, and environmentally friendly entertainment
Deal focus: Ednovation finds China solution
CDH investments has acquired Tembusu Partners' stake in Ednovation and will commit more capital for a controlling position as it supports the Singapore pre-school operator's China expansion
Fund focus: INSEAD alumni pay it forward
INSEADAlum Ventures, a seed-stage investor focused exclusively on INSEAD alumni, has raised its debut fund from a group of graduates keen to give back to the school where they got their start
Deal focus: C -Bridge brings more co-investment to Ascletis
C-Bridge Capital participates in a $100 million Series B round of funding for biotechnology Ascletis alongside existing backer Goldman Sachs and a number of its LPs
Deal focus: Magento targets evolving online retailers
Hillhouse Capital commits $250 million to e-commerce software provider Magento, joining forces with existing backer Permira in order to help the company realize its growth potential in Asia
Fund focus: LPs sign up for Axiom’s simple solution
Changes in the market and turnover in the team notwithstanding, Axiom Asia secured $1 billion for a fourth fund much like its previous three: a co-mingled fund-of-funds that offers exposure to hard-to-access GPs
INCJ, Khazanah back SE Asian telecom spin-out
Patient Japanese capital and state-backed Malaysian funding underpin a partial spin-out of Southeast Asia telecom towers business Edotco from Axiata
Strategics help One Inc hit the accelerator
Insurance giants Axa and Mass Mutual are backing H&Q Asia Pacific portfolio company One Inc to ride the wave of modernization - and technology adoption - expected in China's insurance industry
Timeline: 2016 by numbers
A selection of the key fundraising, investment and exit events - presented in chronological order - from the past 12 months
Zeitgeist: 2016 in quotes
What industry participants had to say at AVCJ events on issues ranging from value-add admidst economic volatility to China tech unicorns and raising capital from family offices
To pastures new: Asia PE people moves
A selection of the transfers, promotions, arrivals and departures in the private equity community in 2016
Deal focus: Allegro brings driller back from the brink
Allegro carves out JSW Australia from bankrupt Hughes Drilling with a view to capitalizing on the country's gradual mining rebound
Deal focus: Investing in Australia’s winds of change
Partners Group moves early in response to regulatory easing in Australia's renewables space with $186 million wind power bet
Fund focus: Jungle plans tech cross-pollinations
Jungle Ventures' latest fund aims to help start-ups in Southeast Asia reach their potential through cross-border collaboration
Fund focus: Faith in Indian modernization
Accel Partners plans to take advantage of India's increasingly affluent and sophisticated population
Deal focus: Patsnap leverages innovation boom
Sequoia Capital and Shunwei Capital Partners support Patsnap's push to provide intellectual property analytics services to Asian corporates looking to expand into new markets with minimal legal fuss
Deal focus: Mitsui makes medical inroads
Having lost out to KKR when bidding for Panasonic Healthcare two years ago, Mitsui & Co. seized upon a second chance to get involved and offer the company access to its global network of medical assets
Fund focus: Falcon House shows its staying power
Falcon House Capital comfortably beat the target for its second Indonesia-focused fund, raising $400 million for deployment in middle-market consumer sector businesses
Fund focus: EMR mines value-add experience
EMR Capital has raised $860 million for its second fund, which will focus on control deals involving copper, gold, coking coal and potash - each of which is expected to see strong demand from China
Fund focus: Long Hill aspires to specialization
With the support of his former employer, New Enterprise Associates, Xiaodong Jiang has gone independent with Long Hill Capital. Early-stage healthcare and consumer services are now in his sights
Deal focus: Eight Roads bets on IFMR as a credit hub
Eight Roads sees IFMR Capital as the backbone India's financial services sector needs in order to support growing but still vulnerable non-banking financial companies
Deal focus: Treasure Data helps businesses reach the cloud
Innovation Network Corporation of Japan ventured outside its domestic comfort zone to support Treasure Data, and thereby help Japanese corporates get to grips with big data
Fund focus: Blume gets early-stage boost
Blume Ventures plans a narrower approach with its second technology-focused fund
Deal focus: J-Star helps Asiro bring law online
Asiro came into being as a means of addressing the demand-supply imbalance in Japan's legal services industry. New owner J-Star will help the company expand its platform