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Lendable Reaches USD49m First Close for Emerging Market Fintech Fund

Emerging market fintech credit provider Lendable reached a USD49m first close for its Lendable MSME Fintech Credit Fund. The vehicle, which has an initial target size of USD100m, will provide credit to African and Asian fintech companies that offer credit facilities and financial services to MSMEs. DFC, DFAT, Calvert, Ceniarth, BIO, FMO and FSD Africa invested in the fund. Read… Read More

Temasek Leads USD100m Series C for India’s Open

Temasek led a USD100m Series C for India-based neobanking platform Open at a reported USD500m valuation, with participation from Google and SBI Investment, and follow-on from Tiger Global and 3one4 Capital. Read More

Yunqi Partners Reaches USD300m Final Close for Fund III

Yunqi Partners reached a USD300m final close for Yunqi Partners Fund III. The vehicle targets early-stage investments in the enterprise and productivity solutions space in China. Read More

TPG Rise Climate and ADQ to Invest ~USD1b in Tata Motors EV Unit

TPG’s Rise Climate Fund and Abu Dhabi’s ADQ agreed to invest ~USD1b for an 11-15% stake in the EV unit of India-based Tata Motors. The investment will reportedly value TML EVco at USD9.1b. Read More

DP World and CDC Group to Invest USD1.72b in Africa Port Infrastructure

DP World and CDC Group formed a partnership to invest USD1.72b to develop port infrastructure in Africa, with a primary focus on Senegal, Egypt and Somaliland. Read More

Source Code Reaches ~USD1.1b Final Close for Fund V

Source Code Capital reached a CNY7b (~USD1.1b) final close for its fifth CNY-denominated fund targeting early-stage investments in China. Read More

Affirma Reaches ~USD473m Final Close for Ascenta V

Affirma Capital reached a KRW543b (~USD473m) final close for Ascenta V, its fifth South Korea-focused fund. The vehicle will focus on midcap buyouts and growth capital investments in South Korea as well as co-investments in the wider Asia-Pacific region. Read More

My.Games VC Invests USD3m in Voxter, Tworogue Games & Wideview

My.Games Venture Capital invested USD3m in three Eastern European game studios: Voxter, Tworogue Games and WideView Games. Read More

AfricInvest Invests in Burkina Faso’s RAYNAL Assurances

AfricInvest, through AfricInvest FIVE, invested an undisclosed amount in Burkina Faso-based insurance company RAYNAL Assurances IARD Burkina Faso, facilitating an exit for pan-African financial group SUNU. Read More

Rocket Internet, Global Founders and P1 Ventures Lead USD5m Seed Round for Morocco’s Chari.ma

Rocket Internet, Global Founders and P1 Ventures led a USD5m seed round for Morocco-based fintech and B2B e-commerce Chari.ma, with participation from Plug and Play, Y Combinator, Village Capital, Orange Ventures, Air Angels, SPE Capital, Pincus Capital Management, Reflect Ventures, the Chandaria family and others. Read More

Blackstone to Acquire UAE’s VFS Global from EQT

Blackstone agreed to acquire a majority stake in Switzerland- and UAE-based visa services company VFS Global from EQT Private Equity and Kuoni and Hugentobler Foundation for an undisclosed amount. Read More

Summit Africa Reaches ~USD106m Final Close for PE Fund

Summit Africa reached a ZAR1.6b (~USD106m) final close for Summit Private Equity Fund I. The vehicle will target investments in the healthcare, education, financial services and ICT services sectors in South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho and Eswatini. Read More