Global private equity fund manager Northgate Capital has invested MXN200 million (approximately US$11 million) in Mexico-based leasing solutions provider ABC Leasing. Northgate also has the option to inject an additional MXN100 million (approximately US$5.5 million) in the company over the next 18 months. With Northgate’s support, ABC Leasing will open… Read More
West Africa-focused investment firm African Capital Alliance (ACA) has bought a 49 percent stake in Nigeria Stock Exchange-listed reinsurance company Continental Reinsurance from Morocco-based full line insurance company Saham Finances. The transaction was structured through ACA’s Capital Alliance Private Equity IV. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. … Read More
Global investment firm KKR has acquired a 9.95 percent stake in India-listed Max Financial Services, the holding company of India-based private life insurance provider Max Life, from a sponsor group for INR9.5 billion (approximately US$139 million). The transaction was structured through KKR’s Asian Fund II. Max Financial Services, which recently… Read More
Nigeria-based integrated gas company Seven Energy International has secured US$100 million in financing from investors. Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek, emerging markets-focused private equity firm Capital International Private Equity, multinational banking and financial services company Standard Chartered, development finance institution International Finance Corporation (IFC) and IFC subsidiary IFC Asset Management… Read More
Emerging Markets Private Capital Fundraising and Investment Decline in 2015; Bright Spots in Infrastructure and Real Assets, Credit and Venture Capital EMPEA’s just-released emerging markets (“EM”) private capital Year-End 2015 Industry Statistics reveal that private capital fund managers—inclusive of private equity, private infrastructure and real assets and private credit—raised… Read More
Hong Kong-based online clothing retailer Grana has secured an additional US$3.5 million in seed funding led by Southeast Asia-focused early-stage venture capital firm Golden Gate Ventures. Venture capital firm Mindworks Ventures and Hong Kong-based luxury retailer Bluebell Group also participated in the round. Grana will use the capital to develop… Read More
Nexif Energy, a Southeast Asian independent power producer formed with the backing of energy-focused private equity firm Denham Capital, has taken a controlling interest in Vietnam-based hydro power project Coc San through the acquisition of a majority stake in Vietnam-based power producer Viet Hydro. Coc San, a run-of-the-river 30 MW… Read More
Unitus Impact, an investment arm of Unitus Group, has reached a final close for its Livelihood Impact Fund with US$45 million in capital commitments. Investors included Australia-based pension fund Christian Super, development finance institution Overseas Private Investment Corporation and two philanthropic organizations: the eBay Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. Livelihood… Read More
Aspada Investment Advisors, an investment firm focused on small- and medium-sized enterprises in India, has led a US$5 million Series A financing round for India-based recruitment service provider Aasaanjobs. Venture capital firms IDG Ventures India and Inventus Capital Partners also participated in the round. Aasaanjobs will use the new capital… Read More
Pan-African private equity firm AfricInvest and private equity firm Siparex have reached a first close for the Fonds de Co-Localisation Franco-Tunisien (FCFT) with EUR20 million (approximately US$22.4 million) in capital commitments. The fund was promoted and equally subscribed by France-based investment bank Bpifrance and the Tunisian branch of the French… Read More
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