Official Record
Fund focus: Plugging the innovation gap
First State Super teams up with local VC player H2 Ventures to back Australia financial technology start-ups
New faces, old faces: Asia PE people moves
A selection of the transfers, promotions, arrivals and departures in the private equity community in 2015
Zeitgeist: The year in quotes
What industry participants had to say at AVCJ events on issues ranging from fees and tech sector valuations to China trade sales and Japanese LPs
Deal focus: GFS brings Navis meaty returns
Having acquired Golden Foods Siam from a foreign parent that didn't want it and given management the resources to pursue expansion, Navis Capital Partners has sold the business to a strategic buyer for a 3.4x return
Deal focus: J-Star sees low-voltage potential
Japan-based energy savings solutions provider ESCO is expected to benefit from increased consumer awareness of efficiency issues and a shake-up in the broader utilities space
Deal focus: Partners Group targets top-tier baby products
China baby products retailer Aiyingshi wants to develop its online presence and identify partners and acquisition targets in developed markets. Partners Group is going to help
Deal focus: S Chand unlocks digital doors
IFC and Everstone support S Chand's plans to take India educational publishing firmly into the digital age
Deal focus: Meili Jinrong targets P2P consumer finance
Yooli founder turns his attentions to specialist niches in China's overcrowded online peer-to-peer lending space, with support from Morningside Venture Capital and SoftBank China
Deal focus: Taiwan AI draws global investors
Appier, a Taipei-based company that applies artificial intelligence and machine-learning technology to advertising, gets $23 million in Series B funding
Deal focus: KKR eyes Asia content
KKR teams up with The Chernin Group to create Emerald Media, a growth investment platform dedicated to Asia's media and entertainment industry
Deal focus: CMC’s big ambitions for Chinese football
Having paid $1.3 billion for the broadcasting rights to domestic Chinese football, CMC Capital Partners is targeting better players, better production standards and broader market appeal
Fund focus: Morningside scales up for growth deals
Morningside Venture Capital divides up the corpus of its $660 million fourth fund to address a China market increasingly characterized by early-stage and late-stage deals
Deal focus: SingPost’s one-world e-commerce play
Singapore Post buys TradeGlobal from Bregal Sagemount as part of a push from traditional mail delivery and into global e-commerce
Deal focus: KKR eyes O2O home services expansion
KKR joins Alibaba Group and Ping An Group in backing 58 Daojia, an online-to-offline local services platform that is tipped to match Didi Kuaidi and Dianping-Meituan for size
Deal focus: Electra plays the long game
Electra Partners Asia's exit of Zensar Technologies to Apax Partners brings to an end one of the longest investment holding periods ever seen in the region's private equity industry
Deal focus: Dianping-Meituan war reaches logical conclusion
Following the announced merger of Dianping and Meituan, further consolidation is expected in China's online-to-offline (O2O) services market
Fund focus: Venturra taps experience for SE Asia start-ups
Venturra Partners will draw on its founders' investment and entrepreneurial experience, plus a strategic connection to Lippo Group, as it helps Southeast Asian start-ups achieve scale
Fund focus: Lighthouse bets on consumer sophistication
India-focused Lighthouse Funds is looking to capitalize on consumers' concern for practical needs and their desire to build better lives for their families
Fund focus: Vertex strengthens its global foothold
Vertex Venture Holdings will use its new $600 million allocation from Temasek Holdings to invest in Vertex family funds across the US, Israel and China
Deal focus: H&Q’s reinvigoration factor
H&Q Asia Pacific's Silicon Valley-based innovation hub is intended to help established Asian companies find new avenues of growth in an increasingly challenging commercial landscape
Deal focus: Monde Nissin develops a taste for Quorn
Monde Nissin's acquisition of Quorn Foods from Exponent Private Equity reflects the growing interest among Philippines conglomerates for overseas assets
Deal focus: Portea takes healthcare to the home
Accel leads a $37.5 million round for Portea Medical, an India-based home healthcare business set up by the founders of TutorVista
Deal focus: CDC backs frontier e-commerce strategy
Daraz gets $55 million to build out its online retail marketplace in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar
Deal focus: Allegro secures smooth TSC exit
Australia's Allegro nets a 2.4x return as Engie moves early for industrial services provider TSC Group