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U.S. President Obama’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Stanford University, Deadline 18 March 2016
Now accepting applications for investors, funders, accelerators and incubators On 22-24 June 2016, United States President Barack Obama will host the seventh annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) at Stanford University. The application for investors, funders, accelerators and incubators to apply to attend is now open. GES offers an opportunity to meet hundreds of dynamic, hand-picked entrepreneurs from around the world, who seek… Read More
Gulf Capital Expands to Sub-Saharan Africa Through a Partnership with Serengeti Capital
Middle East-focused alternative asset manager Gulf Capital will expand its private debt business to Sub-Saharan Africa through a partnership with Africa-focused investment bank Serengeti Capital. Through this partnership, Serengeti Capital will be advising Gulf Capital on credit and mezzanine investment opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Gulf Capital will make investments in Sub-Saharan Africa through Gulf Credit Opportunities Fund II, which recently… Read More
PENM Partners Sells a 30 Percent Stake in Vietnam-based European Plastics Window Company (Asia)
Vietnam-focused private equity firm PENM Partners has sold a 30 percent stake in European Plastics Window Company—a Vietnam-based door, window and partition manufacturer that markets under the Eurowindow brand—to Japan-based sliding door manufacturer Bunka Shutter. PENM Partners originally invested in the company in 2007 and made a follow-on investment in 2011, both structured through its fund Private Equity New Markets… Read More
AION Capital Partners Agrees to Acquire GE Capital’s India Lending Businesses (Asia)
AION Capital Partners, a joint venture between private equity firms ICICI Venture and Apollo Global Management, has agreed to back a consortium of former GE Capital executives to acquire GE Capital’s India commercial lending and leasing businesses, namely GE Capital Services India and GE Money Financial Services. The transaction will include approximately US$400 million in ending net investment. The companies,… Read More
Warburg Pincus Agrees to Sell a 16 Percent Stake in China Biologic Products for US$425 Million(Asia)
Global private equity firm Warburg Pincus has agreed to sell a 16 percent stake in China-based biopharmaceutical company China Biologic Products for US$425.7 million via a secondary offering on the NASDAQ Stock Market. Warburg Pincus originally invested in the company in 2010 in a transaction structured through Warburg Pincus Private Equity X. The company manufactures more than 20 different dosage… Read More
Innova Capital Sells Provus Group to Wirecard (CEE and CIS)
Mid-market private equity firm Innova Capital has sold Romania-based payments processing company Provus Group to Germany-based electronic payments company Wirecard. According to Wirecard, the compensation owed within the scope of this transaction was EUR32 million (approximately US$35 million) in cash payments. Innova originally acquired the company in 2011. Read More
Souq.com Raises US$275 Million from Tiger Global, Naspers, SCPE, IFC and Baillie Gifford (MENA)
United Arab Emirates-based online marketplace Souq.com has raised US$275 million from global investment firm Tiger Global Management, South Africa-based internet and media company Naspers, Standard Chartered Bank’s private equity arm Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE), development finance institution International Finance Corporation (IFC) and global investment management firm Baillie Gifford. SCPE contributed US$50 million to the round. Read More
Actis Exits Plateno Hotel Group and Agrees to Sell Stake in Emerging Markets Payments (Asia, MENA)
Pan-emerging markets private equity firm Actis has sold its minority stake in China-based budget and mid-range hotel chain Plateno Hotel Group to China-based hotel group Shanghai JinJiang International Hotels (JinJiang Hotels). The transaction took place as part of JinJiang Hotels’ acquisition of an 81 percent stake in Plateno at an enterprise value exceeding CNY10 billion (approximately US$1.53 billion). Financial details… Read More
Elbrus Capital-led Consortium Agrees to Acquire HeadHunter from Mail.ru Group (CEE and CIS)
Mail.ru Group, a London-listed internet access service company headquartered in Russia, has agreed to sell Russia-based online recruitment website HeadHunter to a consortium of investors led by Russia and CIS-focused private equity firm Elbrus Capital for RUB10 billion (approximately US$131 million). The amount will be paid in two tranches before the end of April 2016. HeadHunter was founded in 2000… Read More
Multiples Alternate Asset Management, CDC, PGGM and CPPIB Invest INR850 Million in PVR (Asia)
Private equity firm Multiples Alternate Asset Management (Multiples PE) and two investment entities co-owned by pension funds Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and PGGM and development finance institution CDC have invested INR850 million (approximately US$12.4 million) for an additional 2.6 percent stake in India-listed multiplex theater chain operator PVR. Multiples PE structured its transaction through Multiples Private Equity Fund… Read More
Amadeus Capital Partners Invests US$2 Million in Hepstar (Sub-Saharan Africa)
Technology-focused venture capital firm Amadeus Capital Partners has invested US$2 million in South Africa-based digital insurance distributor Hepstar. The transaction was structured through Amadeus’s Digital Prosperity Fund. Hepstar will use the new capital to expand globally, accelerate technology development and grow its brand. Read More
Warburg Pincus and Mr. Sun Dongping to Invest in D&J Industrial Property Investment (Asia)
Global private equity firm Warburg Pincus has agreed to invest US$220 million in China-based industrial facilities developer and operator D&J Industrial Property Investment (D&J China) along with D&J China’s founder Mr. Sun Dongping. Warburg Pincus will structure its contribution through Warburg Pincus Private Equity X. D&J China, the second platform co-founded by Warburg Pincus and Mr. Sun, was established in… Read More