India-based cloud services company Enterprise Nube Services has raised INR150 million (approximately US$2.8 million) from global venture capital firm Accel Partners. As part of the transaction, Mahendran Balachandran, a Partner at Accel, will join the board of Enterprise Nube. Accel Partners’ recent investments in the country include e-commerce startup… Read More
PVG Venture Capital Partners, an affiliate of Taiwanese venture capital management firm Pacific Venture Group, has acquired a 3.3 percent stake in China Mobile Games and Entertainment (CMGE), a mobile games developer and subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed internet video broadcasting company VODone Limited. Financial terms of the transaction were… Read More
New York Life Investment Management India Fund, advised by Jacob Ballas Capital India Private Limited, has sold an approximate 2.77 percent stake of its holding in Commercial Engineers & Body Builders Co. (CEBBCO), an Indian producer of vehicle and locomotive bodies, for an estimated US$1.8 million. Jacob Ballas Capital… Read More
NetJets Inc., a private aviation company owned by Berkshire Hathaway, has announced plans for a new joint venture to bring their services to China. NetJets China Business Aviation Limited will be a joint venture between NetJets Inc. and a consortium of Chinese investors led by Hong Capital subsidiary Hony… Read More
India-focused private equity firm ChrysCapital has reportedly raised US$500 million for a new fund. This is the first fund since the firm announced that Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director Ashish Dhawan will leave the firm later this year. ChrysCapital is purported to have raised capital from a variety of… Read More
China-based private equity fund Vision Knight Capital has invested in Allyes Group, a provider of integrated digital marketing solutions in China that is majority-owned by global technology-focused investor Silver Lake Partners. David Wei, Vision Knight Capital’s Chairman and Founding Partner, joined Allyes’ Board of Directors in December 2011. Financial… Read More
By most measures, China has emerged as the destination of choice for investors in emerging markets private equity. However, the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape and mushrooming of new funds have left ample opportunity for confusion and misunderstanding. This article clarifies the different types of private equity activity taking place in… Read More
Jie Gong and Neil Harper, Portfolio Managers at Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners Private Equity Fund of Funds group, lead investment activities for Asia and EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), respectively. They discuss their views on the current state of the private equity industry from a global perspective… Read More
We are pleased to present the fifth issue of the Bulletin, marking a milestone for both this publication and the EMPEA Legal and Regulatory Council as we enter our second year. As investors and regulators grapple with how to balance a new appreciation for risk with the requirement to… Read More
In the current economic environment, competition for capital is fierce and GPs must increasingly look for new funding sources to complement their traditional investor base. This report takes another step toward providing a greater understanding of the pools of capital outside of North America and Western Europe that may potentially… Read More
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