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Premji Invest Leads USD51m Round for India’s BrightChamps

Premji Invest led a USD51m round for India-based edtech BrightChamps, with participation from GSV Capital, Beenext and 021 Capital, at a reported USD500m valuation. Read More

CDPQ Leads USD70m Series B for Kenya’s Sama

CDPQ led a USD70m Series B for Kenya-based AI company Sama, with participation from First Ascent Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and Vistara Growth, and follow-on from existing investors. Read More

Fidelity Leads USD120m Round for South Africa’s JUMO

Fidelity Management & Research Company led a USD120m round for JUMO, a South African platform for building fintech products, with participation from Visa and Kingsway Capital.  Read More

Mubadala Acquires Brazil’s Metrô Rio and Metrô Barra

Mubadala acquired Rio de Janeiro subway operators Metrô Rio and Metrô Barra in a deal valued at BRL1.8b (~USD335m). Read More

Temasek, Tencent, Alibaba, Genesis Capital and Tiantu Capital Invest USD500m in China’s Xiaohongshu

Temasek, Tencent, Alibaba, Genesis Capital and Tiantu Capital invested a USD500m round for China-based social e-commerce Xiaohongshu at a reported USD20b valuation. Read More

CDPQ & Cathay PE Co-Invest in Taiwan’s Greater Changhua 1 Offshore Wind Farm

Cathay Private Equity and CDPQ acquired 50% of the 605MW Greater Changhua 1 Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan for USD2.7b. Read More

Finnfund Invests USD10m in Morocco’s CIM Santé Group

Finnfund, through its OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund I, invested USD10m for an undisclosed stake in Morocco-based healthcare group Cliniques Internationales du Maroc Group. Read More

Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois Commits USD35m to Sky9 Capital Funds

Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois committed USD25m to Sky9 Capital Fund V and USD10m to Sky9 Capital MVP Fund II. Both funds are managed by early-stage Chinese venture capital firm Sky9 Capital. Read More

ShawKwei & Partners Acquires Singapore’s CR Asia Group for USD101m

ShawKwei & Partners acquired CR Asia Group, a Singapore-based energy engineering solutions provider operating across Asia, from Joh. Mourik & Co. Holding, Arabian Pipeline & Services and others for USD101m. Read More

Castlelake Completes Sale & Leaseback of Aircraft to Colombia’s Avianca

Castlelake completed the sale and leaseback of six A330-200 freight aircraft to Colombian airline Avianca with a 10-year lease term. Read More

KKR Invests USD2b in South Korea’s SK E&S

KKR invested KRW2.4t (USD2b) in SK E&S, a subsidiary of South Korea-based SK Holdings which is responsible for operating LNG power plants as well as other renewable energy power assets. Read More

InfraCo Africa and Helios to Establish USD350m Climate-Focused Fund for Africa

InfraCo Africa and Helios Investment Partners have joined forces to establish a pan-African investment vehicle: Climate, Energy Access and Resilience (CLEAR). The fund, which has an initial target size of USD350m, will focus on climate-aligned infrastructure and growth businesses. Read More