Bessemer Invests in Anunta (Asia)

Global venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners has invested in India-based Anunta Technology Management Services as part of the company’s Series A financing round. Anunta provides software delivery services to companies developing mobile applications. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Read More

GrowthGate Exits Investment in Saudi Steel Fabricator (MENA)

GrowthGate Capital Corporation, a growth investment firm focused on the Middle East and North Africa region, has exited its investment in Roots Steel International (RSI), a Saudi Arabia-based steel fabricator. GrowthGate sold its minority stake in RIS, in which it originally invested in 2010, to a consortium of majority… Read More

Gulf Capital Invests in OCB Oilfield Services (MENA)

Middle East-focused private equity firm Gulf Capital has acquired a majority stake in United Arab Emirates-based oil and gas crew supply and related logistics provider OCB Oilfield Services. OCB provides companies in the oil and gas industries with outsourced human resources solutions and operates in the Middle East, Southeast… Read More

Safer Taxi Gets US$4.2 Million Capital Injection (Latin America)

Safer Taxi, a Chile-based mobile taxi service application developer, has received a US$4.2 million investment from venture capital firms Otto Capital, Kaszek Ventures and Draper Associates. Safer Taxi allows its users to summon taxis through a smartphone application and has 2,250 registered taxis in Chile, Brazil and Argentina. Read More

Apax Sells 4.6 Percent in Apollo Hospitals for US$98 Million (Asia)

Global private equity investment group Apax Partners has sold an approximate 4.6 percent stake in Indian hospital operator Apollo Hospitals Enterprises through an open market share sale on India’s Bombay Stock Exchange for INR5.3 billion (approximately US$98 million). The shares represented approximately half of Apax’s stake in Apollo Hospitals,… Read More

Valyoo Tech Raises INR530 Million from Unilazer, IDG (Asia)

Valyoo Technologies, a manager of online luxury retail platforms in India, has received INR530 million (approximately US$9.9 million) in funding from venture capital firms IDG Ventures India and Unilazer Ventures, a venture capital fund promoted by Indian media executive Ronnie Screwvala. IDG previously invested US$4 million in Valyoo in… Read More

Investec Private Equity Buys Stake in Assupol (Sub-Saharan Africa)

Investec Private Equity, the private equity division of international specialist banking and asset management firm Investec, has acquired a 30 percent stake in Assupol, a South African life insurance and financial services company. The investment consists of an equity injection as well as a debt component payable over five… Read More



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