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Fulcrum Venture India Exits Real Estate Firm Casa Grande (Asia)

Indian private equity investor Fulcrum Venture India has exited its holding in Indian real estate firm Casa Grande, a developer of luxury villas and apartments, by selling its stake to the management of Casa Grande for INR500 million (approximately US$9.6 million). Fulcrum originally invested INR48 million (approximately US$1 million) in the company in 2004. The sale reportedly generated a return… Read More

PineBridge Completes Second Close of Mexican CKD (Latin America)

Global multi-asset class investment manager PineBridge Investments has reached the second close of its Mexico-focused fund of funds at MXN2.68 billion (approximately US$209 million). The fund of funds is structured as a certificado de capital de desarrollo (CKD), a vehicle listed on the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores that allows Mexican pension funds to invest in private investment funds. Read More

Capitalworks Invests in the Consumer Food Market (Sub-Saharan Africa)

South African alternative asset management firm Capitalworks Equity Partners is acquiring a majority stake in Rhodes Food Group, a South African diversified foods producer. Rhodes Food Group produces prepared meals, dairy products, pies and canned foods, and operates its own agricultural and processing facilities. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Read More

CHAMP Private Equity Purchases Stake in Miclyn Express Offshore from Macquarie Capital Group (Asia)

Australian buyout firm CHAMP Private Equity has agreed to purchase a 33.2 percent stake in Miclyn Express Offshore (MIO), a Singapore-based provider of service vessels to the oil and gas industry, from global investment firm Macquarie Capital Group. The transaction, which is expected to take place in October 2012 through a sale on the Australian Stock Exchange, will involve the… Read More

XSML Unlocks the Congo River (Sub-Saharan Africa)

Sub-Saharan Africa-focused private equity fund manager XSML has invested in SOGETRA, a river and road transportation company in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, through its Central Africa SME Fund, which is targeting US$25 million in commitments. SOGETRA plans to use the investment to construct new barges and tugboats for transport on the Congo River. Financial terms of the transaction… Read More

Marlow Acquires Various Assets of Waste Giant (Sub-Saharan Africa)

South African asset management and advisory firm Marlow Capital has acquired an indirect holding in Waste Giant, a South African supplier of commercial and industrial waste solutions, through its portfolio company Wasteman Holdings, a South African waste management company. The investment will allow Wasteman to develop waste treatment assets, benefit from an expanded Mining Services Division and expand its fleet… Read More

Baring Vostok Gets US$1.5 Billion for Russian Fund (CEE and CIS)

Russian private equity firm Baring Vostok Capital Partners has closed its fifth Russia-focused fund, Baring Vostok Private Equity Fund V, at US$1.5 billion. The fund is divided into two components: a US$1.15 billion main fund which operates as a traditional private equity fund and a US$350 million co-investment fund. Baring Vostok surpassed the US$1.3 billion raised for its previous fund… Read More

Pearl Capital Partners Invests US$1.25 Million in Highland Seed Growers (Sub-Saharan Africa)

Uganda-based agriculture investment management firm Pearl Capital Partners has made its second investment in Tanzanian seed company Highland Seed Growers. The US$1.25 million investment was made using a quasi-equity debt instrument using capital from the US$12 million African Seed Investment Fund (ASIF). Pearl Capital Partners manages ASIF on behalf of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, an initiative… Read More

Chilean IT Firm Synapsis Buys Brazil’s Cyberlynxx (Latin America)

Chilean informational technology firm Synapsis has acquired 100 percent of Brazilian information technology company Cyberlynxx through a Brazilian subsidiary. Brazil-focused venture capital firm FIR Capital Partners, which held a 25 percent stake in Cyberlynxx, has received shares in Synapsis in exchange for its shares.  The transaction was reportedly valued at US$20 million. Read More

Investcorp to Acquire a 35 Percent Stake in Kuwaiti Automak (MENA)

United Arab Emirates-based alternative investment manager Investcorp will acquire a 35 percent stake in Kuwaiti vehicle leasing and rental company Automak through its US$1 billion Gulf Opportunity Fund. Automak operates a fleet of over 4,500 vehicles. The investment marks Investcorp’s second in Kuwait after its 2009 investment in Gulf Cryo, a manufacturer of industrial and medical gases. Financial details of… Read More

Promed Expands Generic Pharmaceutical Production in Katanga (Sub-Saharan Africa)

Sub-Saharan Africa-focused private equity fund manager XSML has invested in Promed, a generic drug manufacturer based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The investment was made from XSML’s Central Africa SME Fund, which targets investments in the DRC and the Central African Republic. Promed manufactures approximately 80 generic drugs and will use the investment to build a new… Read More

RDIF Announces First Pre-IPO Consortium Investment in the Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS (CEE and CIS)

Global asset manager BlackRock Investment Management has purchased an undisclosed number of shares in the Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS from the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the US$10 billion sovereign private equity fund sponsored by the Russian government to co-invest with international investors. BlackRock joins the RDIF, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and U.S.-based private equity firm Cartesian… Read More