Quona Capital led a USD10m Series A for Verto, a global B2B payments platform that allows SMEs to make payments to their suppliers, with participation from Treasury, Middle East Venture Partners, TMT Investments, Unicorn Growth Capital, Zrosk Investment Management and P1 Ventures. Read more… Read More
DFC committed USD25m to PG Impact Credit Strategies, a fund managed by Blue Earth Capital (formerly PG Impact Investments) targeting credit investment opportunities in SMEs in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, South and Southeast Asia. DFC also committed USD10m to Altantica Ventures’ early-stage VC fund targeting seed through Series B investments… Read More
DFC approved more than USD1.4b in new investments for COVID-19 response, global health, gender equity, technology and renewable energy. Read more… Read More
GPC 1H 2021 data on fundraising, investment and exit activity across Asia, Latin America, Africa, CEE and the Middle East Key data takeaways: All major markets posted year-over-year gains in private capital deal value and deal count as the tech-fueled recovery from the pandemic continues. VC deals drove the… Read More
A global coalition convened by Acumen and including CDC Group, DFC, FMO, Green Climate Fund, the Rockefeller Foundation and IFC, among others, launched the Energy Access Relief Fund to provide relief capital in the form of short-term loans to energy access companies in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. The fund, which… Read More
Farallon Capital and existing investors LeapFrog Investments, TCV and Accel invested a USD292m Series E for Zepz (formerly WorldRemit), a digital cross-border payments platform focused on emerging markets, at a reported USD5b valuation. Read more… Read More
TPG Capital reached a USD5.4b first close for TPG Rise Climate. The vehicle has a target size of USD7b and will focus on five climate sub-sectors: clean energy, enabling solutions, decarbonized transport, greening industrials and agriculture and natural solutions. Read more… Read More
Brookfield Asset Management reached a USD7b first close for its Brookfield Global Transition Fund. The vehicle has a target size of USD12.5b and will focus on the global transition to a net-zero economy. Read more… Read More
BlackRock reached a USD250m first close for its Climate Finance Partnership, a blended finance vehicle targeting climate infrastructure investments across emerging markets. Read more… Read More
Lightrock reached a USD900m final close for its Lightrock Growth Fund I. The vehicle will invest growth capital (predominantly at Series B or C) in Europe, Latin America and India. Read more… Read More
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