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Arrowroot Capital Leads USD91m Series C for South Africa’s Clickatell
Arrowroot Capital led a USD91m Series C for Clickatell, a US-headquartered chat commerce company founded in South Africa, with participation from Kennedy Lewis Investment Management, Endeavor Global and Harvest. Read More
Mubadala Leads USD500m+ Investment in Singapore’s Princeton Digital Group
Mubadala led a USD500m+ investment in Singapore-based data center operator Princeton Digital Group, with follow-on from Warburg Pincus and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board. Read More
Navis to Exit Singapore’s TES via Sale to SK Ecoplant
Navis Capital Partners agreed to fully exit its investment in Singapore-based battery lifecycle services provider TES-Envirocorp via a sale to SK Ecoplant at a USD1b valuation. Read More
SoFi Technologies Acquires Technisys for USD1.1b
SoFi, a US-based consumer finance management platform, acquired Technisys, a digital banking platform with operations in Latin America, the US and Canada in a USD1.1b all-stock transaction. Read More
Apax Partners Leads USD100m Series E for China’s Yunzhangfang
Apax Partners, through Apax Digital, led a USD100m Series E for China-based SaaS tax platform Yunzhangfang, with participation from GF Securities’ GF Qianhe, GF Investment and InvesTarget. Read More
Sequoia China Infrastructure and ST Telemedia Global Data Centres Invest USD620m in China’s GDS
Sequoia China Infrastructure Fund I, ST Telemedia Global Data Centres and an Asian sovereign wealth fund invested USD620m in China-based data center operator GDS Holdings via convertible notes. Read More
Vinci Partners Invests ~USD20m in Brazil’s DMCard
Vinci Partners, through its Vinci Impacto e Retorno IV, agreed to invest BRL100m (~USD20m) for a minority stake in DMCard, a Brazil-based fintech focused on providing credit to the low-income population. Read More
JAM Fund, ICCP-SBI Venture, Kaya Founders Invest USD31m Series B for Philippines’ PayMongo
Philippines-based fintech PayMongo raised a USD31m Series B from JAM Fund, ICCP-SBI Venture Partners and Kaya Founders, with follow-on from Global Founders Capital and SOMA Capital. Read More
Macrocapitales Sells 33.33% of Hass Peru to Local Investors
Macrocapitales’ Fortaleza Fondo de Inversión de Capital Privado sold 33.33% of Peru-based agroindustrial company Hass Peru to local investors. Read More
L Catterton Invests in China’s Shanghai Enova Pet Products
L Catterton invested an undisclosed amount in Shanghai Enova Pet Products, the owner of China-based premium pet food brand Pure & Natural. Read More
Country Garden Venture Capital and Primavera Lead USD400m Series D for Hong Kong Asia Medical Group
Country Garden Venture Capital and Primavera Capital led a USD400m Series D for hospital chain Hong Kong Asia Medical Group, with participation from Taikang Life Insurance, ICBC International, ABC International, BOCOM International, Hudson Bay Capital and Sherpa Venture Capital, and follow-on from Legend Capital and General Atlantic. Read More
500 Global Invests Pre-Seed Round for Hong Kong’s OnMyGrad
500 Global invested an undisclosed pre-seed round for Hong Kong-based edtech OnMyGrad. Read More