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Malaysia’s Yondr Group Data Center Secures USD900m from IFC, DBS Bank, Deutsche Bank, Global Infrastructure Partners and Others

Yondr Group, a global operator of hyperscale data centers, secured a USD900m loan facility from IFC, DBS Bank, Deutsche Bank, Global Infrastructure Partners and others to fund its 98MW data center in Malaysia. Read More

Prosus Ventures To Acquire Argentina’s Despegar.com for USD1.7b

Prosus Ventures to acquire Despegar.com, an Argentina-based travel technology company in a transaction valued at USD1.7b. Read More

Dragon Fund Leads USD100m Series C for Singapore’s bolttech

Dragon Fund led a USD100m Series C for bolttech, a Singapore-based globally scaled embedded insurance platform, with participation from Baillie Gifford and Generali. Read More

GEF Capital and ENAM Invest ~USD85.4m in India’s Sterlite Power

GEF Capital and ENAM invested INR7.25b (~USD85.4m) in Sterlite Power, an India-based power transmission company. Read More

Lumina Capital To Invest ~USD65.7m in Brazil’s Agibank

Lumina Capital to invest BRL400m (~USD65.7m) in Agibank, a Brazil-based digital bank. Read More

Kans Capital Invests ~USD37.2m in Mexico’s Lottus Education

Kans Capital invested MXN750m (~USD37.2m) in Lottus Education, a Mexico-based holding group of universities and higher education platforms. Read More

Nuwa Capital Leads USD25m Series B for Saudi Arabia’s Calo

Nuwa Capital led a USD25m Series B for Calo, a Saudi Arabia-based meal planning platform, with participation from STV, Khwarizmi Ventures and family offices. Read More

Actis To Acquire Brazil’s Transmission Line Assets

Actis to acquire transmission line assets in Brazil in a transaction valued at BRL2.3b (~USD390m). Read More

Africa50 IAF Receives Commitments from DBSA and Axian

Development Bank of Southern Africa and Axian agreed to invest in the Africa50 Infrastructure Acceleration Fund focused on investing in infrastructure assets to accelerate Africa’s green industrial revolution. Read More

SP Ventures Reaches ~UD22m First Close for AgVentures III Climate Investment Fund

SP Ventures reached a BRL136m (~USD22m) first close for its AgVentures III Climate Investment Fund, focused on food and agtech start-ups in Latin America. Read More

Vinci Compass Raises ~USD517m for VCP IV

Vinci Compass reached a BRL3.2b (~USD517m) close for VCP IV, focused on growth equity investments in Brazil. Read More

Temasek and EQT To Sell India’s O2 Power for ~USD1.47b

Temasek and EQT agreed to sell India-based green energy platform O2 Power to JSW Neo Energy for INR124.7b (~USD1.47b). Read More