India-focused early-stage venture capital firms Helion Venture Partners and Nexus Venture Partners, along with Teruhide Sato, CEO of Japan-based Netprice, have collectively invested INR540 million (US$10 million) in Indian e-commerce company ShopClues.com. Nexus Venture Partners previously invested INR200 million (US$3.7 million) in ShopClues.com in a prior round of funding. Read More
Russia-based online hotel reservations service Oktogo has raised US$11 million in venture capital funding from VTB Capital, the investment arm of Russia’s VTB Group, France-based Ventech Capital, Luxembourg-based Mangrove Capital Partners and Russian internet entrepreneur Victor Sazhin’s eponymous investment group. Oktogo will use the funds to invest in brand… Read More
Repco Home Finance (RHF), the housing finance unit of India-based Repco Bank, has launched an initial public offering on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) of 15.7 million shares valued at up to INR2.7 billion (US$49.7 million). RHF is backed by private equity firms… Read More
Brazilian private equity firm W7 Brazil Capital and global technology investment firm Atomico have invested BRL20 million (approximately US$10.2 million) in Bebe Store, a Brazil-based online baby and children’s products retailer. Bebe Store intends to use the funding to expand its product range, augment its management team and improve… Read More
Global investment firm TPG has agreed to invest INR270 million (approximately US$5 million) in Flexituff, an India-based bulk container manufacturer, via a preferential share issue. TPG, through its TPG Growth II platform, intends to purchase over 1.2 million equity shares in the Bombay Stock Exchange- and National Stock Exchange-listed… Read More
Genesis Capital, a Czech Republic-based private equity firm, has acquired an 80 percent stake in Czech advertising and printing solutions provider HSW Signall. Genesis Capital, which made the investment from its Genesis Private Equity Fund II, acquired the stake from Neschen Benelux, HSW’s Netherlands-based supplier, and purchased an additional… Read More
Mexican venture capital fund Alta Ventures Mexico has invested US$1.5 million in Ondore, a company specializing in big data analysis and online reputation management. Ondore, which has offices in Mexico City and San Francisco, plans to use Alta Ventures’ investment to expand sales and marketing efforts for its flagship… Read More
Senior Solution, a Brazilian software company, has held an initial public offering in Brazil that raised BRL62million (approximately US$32 million). The company, which was listed on Brazil’s BOVESPA Mais without a share offering in May 2012, sold 3.5 million new shares. Brazilian investment and advisory firm Stratus Group and… Read More
Indian private equity firm Tata Capital, Indian wealth management company Vyana Advisory and investor Brijesh Kumar Biyani have collectively invested INR416 million (approximately US$7.5 million) in Indian engineering company McNally Bharat Engineering (MBE). MBE provides turnkey solutions for the power, metals and minerals industries. The consortium purchased non-convertible redeemable… Read More
Emerging markets-focused private equity firm Actis has agreed to purchase French environmental solutions provider Veolia Environnement’s Moroccan water, wastewater and electricity services, operated by concession companies Redal and Amendis. The transaction is valued at around EUR370 million (approximately US$482 million). Read More
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