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3TS Capital Partners Invests US$6 Million in SALESmanago (CEE and CIS)
CEE-focused venture capital firm 3TS Capital Partners has invested US$6 million in Poland-based marketing technology company SALESmanago. The company uses cloud-based technology to automate marketing for e-commerce and business-to-consumer companies. SALESmanago will use the new capital to build out its technology platform and expand in Europe. Read More
Goodwell Investments Acquires a Minority Stake in Musoni Services (Sub-Saharan Africa)
Impact investment firm Goodwell Investments has acquired a minority stake in Musoni Services, a company that provides banking software for microfinance institutions in Africa. Musoni Services, which has licensed its services to 39 microfinance institutions across eight countries in Africa and one in Myanmar, plans to use the new capital to expand into West Africa. Financial details of the transaction… Read More
IDFC Alternatives Agrees to Acquire a 76 Percent Stake in Bangalore Elevated Tollway (Asia)
India-focused private equity firm IDFC Alternatives has agreed to acquire a 76 percent stake in India-based Bangalore Elevated Tollway—a special purpose vehicle that has developed and is currently operating an elevated highway in Bangalore—from India-based infrastructure development companies NCC Infrastructure and Soma Enterprise. NCC and Soma each hold a 38 percent stake. The transaction, which will be structured through IDFC… Read More
Global Environment Fund Backs Compagnie des Bois du Gabon (Sub-Saharan Africa)
Global alternative asset manager Global Environment Fund (GEF) has invested in Compagnie des Bois du Gabon, a vertically-integrated tropical forest harvesting and wood processing company that manages a contiguous forest concession near the southern coast of Gabon. The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, a philanthropic organization, co-invested with GEF. GEF structured its investment through GEF Forestry Fund.… Read More
Enko Capital Managers Reaches a Final Close for Enko Africa Private Equity Fund (Sub-Saharan Africa)
Enko Capital Managers, an Africa-focused asset management firm, has reached a final close for Enko Africa Private Equity Fund (EAPEF) with US$83.25 million in capital commitments. Investors in the fund included development finance institutions Proparco and African Development Bank, boutique investment manager Massena Partners, private family office Soros Brothers Investments and other institutional, family office and high net worth investors.… Read More
MIRA Closes Its Asian Regional Infrastructure Platform with US$3.1 Billion in Commitments (Asia)
Global infrastructure asset manager Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) has closed its Asian regional infrastructure platform with US$3.1 billion in capital commitments. The platform includes the Macquarie Asia Infrastructure Fund, which reached its hard cap of US$2.3 billion, and specialist investment vehicles. Investors included pension funds New Mexico State Investment Council and PGGM. The platform will focus on investment… Read More
Omidyar Network Backs India-based Newslaundry (Asia)
Philanthropic investment firm Omidyar Network has invested in India-based digital media platform Newslaundry. A number of individual investors have also participated in the round. Newslaundry will use the new capital to expand its team. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Read More
Jaypore Raises an INR300 Million Series A Round from Aavishkaar (Asia)
India-based e-commerce platform Jaypore has raised an INR300 million (approximately US$4.4 million) Series A round from South- and Southeast Asia-focused impact fund advisory firm Aavishkaar. The investment will be made in two tranches. Jaypore, which sells products such as apparel and accessories, will use the new capital to scale up its technology infrastructure, build its brand and expand its team. Read More
Xpressbees Raises US$12.5 Million from SAIF Partners, IDG Ventures India and Others (Asia)
India-based e-commerce logistics company Xpressbees has raised US$12.5 million in a financing round from venture capital firms IDG Ventures India, New Enterprise Associates, Vertex Ventures and SAIF Partners. Hedge fund Valiant Capital Management also participated in the round. Xpressbees will use the new capital to upgrade its technology and expand its operations. Read More
KV Asia Capital Acquires a Majority Stake in Malaysia-based TF Value-Mart (Asia)
Southeast Asia-focused private equity firm KV Asia Capital, together with its local and international partners, has acquired a controlling interest in Malaysia-based hypermarket chain TF Value-Mart. The transaction was structured through KV Asia Capital’s investment vehicle Peta Sejahtera. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Read More
Synergy Capital Managers Invests in Africa Terminals (Sub-Saharan Africa)
Nigeria- and Ghana-focused private equity firm Synergy Capital Managers has invested in Nigeria-based petroleum products and gas storage company Africa Terminals. The transaction was structured through Synergy Private Equity Fund. The company, which offers storage to both local and multi-country petroleum products trading companies, will use the new funding to acquire and develop storage terminals across the West African coast.… Read More
IDFC Alternatives Partially Exits Star Agriwarehousing and Collateral Management (Asia)
India-focused private equity firm IDFC Alternatives has sold a portion of its stake in India-based agricultural commodity warehousing service company Star Agriwarehousing and Collateral Management (StarAgri) to Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek for a reported INR750 million (approximately US$11 million). IDFC Alternatives originally invested in StarAgri through its fund IDFC Private Equity Fund III. Read More