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Kenya’s Shamba Pride Kenya’s Raises USD3.7m Equity and Debt Pre-Series A
Shamba Pride, a Kenya-based online-to-offline platform for farmers, raised a USD3.7m equity and debt pre-Series A from EDFI AgriFI and Seedstars Africa Ventures. Read More
Actis-Led Consortium Acquires Telecom Tower Portfolio from Serbia’s Telekom Srbija
A consortium led by Actis acquired a tower portfolio from Telekom Srbija, a Serbia-based telecommunications operator. The deal includes 1,800 macro towers across Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro. Read More
Temasek-backed Heliconia Capital Partially Exits Vietnam’s Medical Saigon Group to KKR
Heliconia Capital, a wholly-owned unit of Temasek, partially exited Medical Saigon Group, a Vietnam-based eye hospital chain, via a sale to KKR. Read More
CEECAT Capital To Exit Turkey’s Anatolia Hospitals to Koc Holding
CEECAT Capital agreed to fully exit its 80% stake in the Turkey-based hospital chain Anatolia Hospitals through a sale to Koc Holding at an enterprise valuation of EUR110m (~USD120m). Read More
Ascent Venture Group Leads USD2.3m Seed Round for Indonesia’s DayaTani
Ascent Venture Group led a USD2.3m seed round for DayaTani, an Indonesia-based agtech platform to increase farming yields, with participation from Northstar Ventures, BRI Ventures and Gentree Fund. Read More
Ezdehar Acquires Minority Stake in Egypt’s Yodawy for USD10m
Ezdehar acquired a minority stake in Egypt-based healthcare platform Yodawy for USD10m. Read More
Horizon Capital Invests in Ukraine’s Viseven
Horizon Capital invested in Viseven, a Ukraine-based pharmaceutical marketing agency. Read More
TVM Capital Healthcare, The Fred Hallows Foundation and Rohto Pharmaceutical Invest in Vietnam’s Alina Vision
TVM Capital Healthcare, The Fred Hallows Foundation and Rohto Pharmaceutical invested in Alina Vision, a Vietnam-based eyecare services provider. Read More
Multiples Reaches USD800m Final Close for Fund IV
Multiples Alternate Asset Management reached a ~USD800m final close for its fourth fund to invest in India’s green economy, financial services, pharma & healthcare and consumer & enterprise technology sectors. Read More
Ezdehar Management Acquires Majority Stake in Egypt’s SETA Textiles
Ezdehar Management acquired a majority stake in Egypt-based apparel retailer SETA Textiles. Read More
Gulf Capital closes strategic sale of AmCan
Gulf Capital fully exited AmCan, a UAE-based sports nutrition distributor, to a regional FMCG distributor operating across the Middle East and Africa. Gulf Capital first invested in AmCan in 2016. Read More
Lexington Partners Raises USD22.7b for Fund X
Lexington Partners raised USD22.7b for Lexington Capital Partners X. The fund surpassed its USD15b target and significantly exceeded Lexington’s prior secondary fund, LCP IX, which closed on USD14b in 2020. Read More