Global private equity firm Permira and venture capital firm Technology Crossover Ventures have agreed to invest in Mutant, a Brazil-based provider of software and services to call centers, in a deal reportedly valued at BRL500 million (approximately US$153 million). The deal comes as Mutant is spinning out from its parent… Read More
West Africa-focused private equity firm African Capital Alliance (ACA) has reached a final close for Capital Alliance Private Equity IV (CAPE IV) with US$570 million in capital commitments. Investors in the fund include public and private pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, funds of funds and development finance institutions. ACA plans… Read More
Central and Eastern Europe-focused private equity firm Enterprise Investors, together with minority shareholders including Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners, has completed the sale of a 100 percent stake in Hungary-based sports nutrition company Scitec Nutrition to South Africa-based health and care brands company Ascendis Health for EUR170 million (approximately US$192… Read More
UFG Private Equity, the buyout and growth capital arm of Russia-based alternative investment group UFG Asset Management, has acquired a minority stake in E-COM, a Russia-based provider of business process automation services in the retail sector. UFG invested from UFG Private Equity Fund III. E-COM intends to work with UFG… Read More
MC Payment, a Singapore-based financial technology company, has raised SGD6 million (approximately US$4.4 million) in a Series B funding round led by Asia-focused private equity firm ESW Manage and private investment firm DZW Capital. Private equity firm Golden Equator Capital also participated in the round. MC Payments plans to use… Read More
India-focused private equity firm Paragon Partners has led an INR1.1 billion (approximately US$16.5 million) investment in India-based manufacturer and supplier of high-precision engineering components Maini Precision Products. Investors in Paragon’s fund also co-invested in the deal. The transaction included both a primary investment and a secondary component, which provided an… Read More
China-focused private equity firm CDH Investments has agreed to sell a 10.62 percent stake in China-based pork producer WH Group for approximately HKD9.3 billion (approximately US$1.2 billion) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. CDH continues to hold a 19.77 percent stake in the company. The firm sold 880 million shares… Read More
Mexico-focused private equity firm Alta Growth Capital has invested in two Mexico-based companies: Grupo Industrial Artes Graficas (AGH), a manufacturer of labels for consumer products packaging, and Grupo Bienestar (GEB), a fitness center operator. AGH plans to use the additional capital to fund an expansion of installed capacity in the… Read More
Southeast Asia-focused private equity firm Navis Capital Partners has acquired a 20 percent stake in Malaysia-backed make-up producer and distributor Alliance Cosmetics Group for MYR61.8 million (approximately US$15.4 million) from Malaysian government-backed private equity firm Ekuinas. In addition to its in-house trademark brand SilkyGirl, Alliance Cosmetics Group distributes global brands… Read More
India-focused private equity firm ChrysCapital has participated in an INR3.64 billion (approximately US$54 million) pre-IPO investment in India-based lender RBL Bank. ChrysCapital invested INR190 million (approximately US$2.8 million). Other investors in the round included Azim Premji’s private investment arm PremjiInvest and Government Pension Fund Global, the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund. Read More
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