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ChrysCapital Sells a 3.7 Percent Stake in ING Vysya Bank for US$108 Million (Asia)
ChrysCapital, an investment firm that focuses on growth sectors in India, has partially exited its stake in India-listed private sector bank ING Vysya Bank. The firm sold a 3.7 percent stake in ING Vysya Bank for INR6.7 billion (approximately US$108 million) through open market transactions. ChrysCapital originally invested in the bank in 2004. Read More
Helios Investment Partners Poised to Close Helios Investors III (Sub-Saharan Africa)
Pan-African private investment firm Helios Investment Partners has exceeded the US$1 billion target set for its third Africa-focused fund, Helios Investors III, and will be closing the fund shortly with US$1.1 billion in capital commitments, reaching the fund’s hard cap. Investors in the fund include sovereign wealth funds, corporate and public pension funds, endowments and foundations, funds of funds, family… Read More
Gávea Investimentos Sells Its Stake in Simpress to Samsung (Latin America)
Brazilian antitrust agency CADE has approved multinational electronics conglomerate Samsung’s proposed acquisition of Brazil-based digital printing services company Simpress, facilitating an exit for private equity firm Gávea Investimentos. Samsung had agreed to acquire Gávea’s entire 43 percent stake in the company. Gávea originally invested in Simpress through its second fund, GIF II. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Read More
Sahel Capital Buys a 25 Percent Stake in L&Z Integrated Farms (Sub-Saharan Africa)
West Africa-focused fund manager Sahel Capital has acquired a 25 percent stake in Nigeria-based dairy producer and processor L&Z Integrated Farms. The transaction was structured through Sahel Capital’s Fund for Agricultural Finance in Nigeria (FAFIN). L&Z has an integrated facility that produces yogurt, fresh milk and ice cream from its dairy operations, and eggs and poultry meat from its poultry… Read More
Sequoia Capital Exits TD Power Systems for INR795 Million (Asia)
Venture capital firm Sequoia Capital has exited its investment in India-based power equipment manufacturer TD Power Systems through an open market share sale on 8 January. Sequoia sold its entire stake in the company for INR795 million (approximately US$6.4 million). Sequoia had originally acquired around a 4.5 percent stake in TD Power through two tranches in 2011, later acquiring more… Read More
Spruce Capital Partners and Xeraya Capital Hold a First Close on MLS Capital II (Asia)
Private investment firms Spruce Capital Partners and Xeraya Capital announced the first close of MLS Capital Fund II with US$150 million in capital commitments. Investors in the fund included both institutional and global corporate investors. MLS Capital Fund II is co-managed by Spruce Capital Partners and Xeraya Capital, and will target companies at all stages of development in sectors such… Read More
Actis Invests in Egypt-based Integrated Diagnostics Holdings and Brazil-based Genesis Group (MENA)
Pan-emerging markets private equity firm Actis has acquired a 21 percent stake in Egypt-based Integrated Diagnostics Holdings, a private sector healthcare diagnostics service provider. Global growth markets investor The Abraaj Group partially exited through the transaction. The company intends to accelerate its growth and offer new and complementary services to its customers. Separately, Actis has acquired a stake in Brazil-based… Read More
Aqua Capital Acquires and Merges Comfrio Soluções Logísticas & Stock Tech Logística (Latin America)
Aqua Capital, a private equity fund focused on mid-sized agribusiness, food and logistics companies in Brazil and the southernmost areas of South America, has completed the merger of two Brazil-based cold storage logistics companies: Comfrio Soluções Logísticas and Stock Tech Logística. After owning a co-controlling stake in Comfrio for three years, Aqua acquired the remaining equity as well as 100… Read More
Canbank Venture Capital Fund Invests INR160 Million in Anand Teknow Aids Engineering India (Asia)
Canbank Venture Capital Fund, a wholly-owned venture capital subsidiary of Canara Bank, has acquired a five percent stake in India-based Anand Teknow Aids Engineering India, a provider of engineering products for the oil and gas industry, for INR160 million (approximately US$2.5 million). The transaction was structured through Canbank’s Emerging India Growth Fund. The company intends to use the capital to… Read More
CDH Investments to Exit CNinsure for US$54 Million (Asia)
China-focused private equity and venture capital firm CDH Investments has agreed to sell back its shares in NASDAQ-listed CNinsure, a China-based insurance intermediary company and online insurance service provider, to certain members of the company’s management. CNinsure’s management will purchase 7.7 million shares at a price of US$7 per share, totaling US$54 million. Upon completion of the transaction, the management’s… Read More
Growthgate Capital Exits Able Logistics for US$32 Million (MENA)
Middle market-focused buyout investor Growthgate Capital has exited its investment in United Arab Emirates-based logistics provider Able Logistics Group by selling its 70 percent stake to Kerry Freight Services (South Asia) for US$32 million. Kerry Freight Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed logistics provider Kerry Logistics Network. Taking into account this transaction and prior dividends, Growthgate has… Read More
PineBridge Investments to Buy Malpka Express (CEE and CIS)
Poland-based retail group Czerwona Torebka has agreed to sell its convenience store chain Malpka Express to principal investment firm PineBridge Investments for PLN362 million (approximately US$108 million). Instead of a cash payment, PineBridge will transfer all of its current shares in Czerwona—in which it holds a 16 percent stake—back to the retail group as the first installment. The remaining amount… Read More