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BluePeak and SwedFund Invest USD25m in Côte d’Ivoire’s Teyliom Finance
Teyliom Finance, the financial services subsidiary of Côte d’Ivoire-based conglomerate Teyliom Group, received USD25m in financing, with USD20m from BluePeak Private Capital and USD5m from SwedFund. Read More
Blue Earth Capital To Partially Acquire Stakes in BII Funds
Blue Earth Capital agreed to partially acquire stakes in three funds from British International Investment, which includes two Africa-based and one India-based fund. Read More
Seviora Capital and Temasek Launch T3F Strategy Fund
Seviora Capital and Temasek launched the T3F Strategy fund, focusing on late-stage venture and early-growth agri-food companies across the Asia Pacific. Read More
Amethis Acquires Minority Stake in UAE’s BBI
Amethis acquired a minority stake in BBI, a UAE-based data management consultancy firm in the MENA region. Read More
Cento Ventures Invests in Singapore’s Doxa Holdings
Cento Ventures invested in Doxa Holdings, a Singapore-based digital procurement platform for SMEs. Doxa Holdings previously raised a USD2.2m pre-Series A in 2022. Read More
India’s GMR Airports Raises ~USD269.7m from JP Morgan Securities Asia Pacific, Tata Capital and Others
GMR Airports, an India-based aviation facilities operator, raised a INR22.4b (~USD269.7m) investment, which includes INR8.3b from JP Morgan Securities Asia Pacific, INR8b from Tata Capital, INR3b from Navi Finserv and INR2b from HSBC. Read More
Singapore’s Thryve.Earth Raises USD2.6m Seed Round from Openspace Ventures and Capital Code
Thryve.Earth, a Singapore-based cloud platform that develops and manages climate solution projects, raised a USD2.6m seed round, with USD2m from Openspace Ventures and USD500k from Capital Code. Read More
Old Mutual Alternative Investments Invests ~USD6.5m in South Africa’s Afropulse Group
Old Mutual Alternative Investments provided ZAR125m (~USD6.5m) in financing for Afropulse Group, a South Africa-based investment holding company. Read More
Temasek Exits 8% Stake in India’s Manipal Hospitals to Mubadala, Novo Holdings and CalPERS
Temasek exited an 8% stake in India-based hospital chain Manipal Hospitals via a sale to Mubadala Investment Company, Novo Holdings and the California Public Employees’ Retirement System. Read More
Advent International Acquires Majority Stake in China’s VNU Exhibitions Asia
Advent International acquired a majority stake in China-based exhibitions and conferences organizer VNU Exhibitions Asia. Read More
Temasek Exits India’s PolicyBazaar for ~USD300m
Temasek fully exited its 5.4% stake in India-based insurance aggregator PolicyBazaar for INR24.25b (~USD300m). Read More
Temasek Exits India’s PolicyBazaar for ~USD300m
Temasek fully exited its 5.4% stake in India-based insurance aggregator PolicyBazaar for INR24.25b (~USD300m). Read More