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Warburg Pincus Leads USD100m Round for Lithuania’s Nord Security
Warburg Pincus led a USD100m round for Nord Security, a Lithuania-based cybersecurity provider, with follow-on from Novator Ventures and Burda Principal Investments. The company was valued at USD3b. Read More
Aqua Capital Invests in Brazil’s Exata
Aqua Capital invested in Exata, a Brazil-based regenerative agriculture platform focused on the soil health and plant testing lab market. Read More
Gulf Capital Exits UAE’s Metito
Gulf Capital fully exited Metito, a UAE-based provider of intelligent water management solutions, through a sale to Alpha Dhabi Holding. Read More
Kotak Invests ~USD72.2m in India’s Sify Technologies
Kotak Alternate Asset Managers invested an additional INR6b (~USD72.2m) in India-based data center service provider Sify Infinit Spaces, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sify Technologies. Kotak Special Situations Fund first invested INR10b (~USD133.2m) in November 2021. Read More
Metier Reaches USD182m+ First Close for Capital Growth Fund III
Metier reached a USD182m+ first close for its third capital growth fund focused on equity-related investments in mid-market companies in Sub-Saharan Africa. The vehicle has a USD200m target. Read More
Singapore’s Bolttech Recieves USD50m Series B+ from Leapfrog Investments
Singapore-based insurtech platform Bolttech received a USD50m Series B+ from Leapfrog Investments. Read More
Indonesia’s Bababos Raises USD3m Seed Round
Bababos, an Indonesia-based raw material procurement service provider, raised a USD3m seed round from East Ventures, Patamar Capital and Accion Venture Lab. Read More
Everstone Sells 25.36% Stake in India’s Restaurant Brands
Everstone Capital sold a 25.36% stake in Restaurant Brands, an India-based food franchise chain. Everstone has a remaining 15.44% stake in the company. Read More
KKR To Acquire 20% Stake in Singapore’s Singtel
KKR agreed to acquire a 20% stake in Singapore-based communications technology group Singtel’s regional data center for SGD1.1b (~USD800m). Read More
L Catterton and CLSA Capital Partners Leads ~USD27.6m Series B for China’s Trautec
L Catterton and CLSA Capital Partners led a CNY200m (~USD27.6m) Series B for Trautec, a China-based producer of recombinant collagen-based biomaterials for medical and cosmetics industries, with participation from CDF-Capital and MF Capital. Read More
EBRD and MCI Invest ~USD21.5m in Baltic’s PHH Group
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and MCI agreed to invest EUR20m (~USD21.5m) in PHH Group, a Baltic-based e-commerce platform with a presence in Finland. Read More
Singapore’s AMP Raises USD18.5m Series A from Openspace Ventures and Jungle Ventures
Singapore-based e-commerce platform AMP raised a USD18.5m Series A from Openspace Ventures and Jungle Ventures. Read More