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SINGAPORE PE Ascent Capital Partners

SG-Headquartered PE Firm Ascent Capital Closes Maiden Fund at $88m Launched in the first quarter of 2018, the Ascent Myanmar Growth Fund I (AMGF) was seeking to raise between $50 million and $100 million, and hit its first close in October 2018.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-11-12

CHINA Healthcare TENCENT

Tencent Sets Up US$100 Million Global Anti-Pandemic Fund to Support Fight Against COVID-19 The Fund will initially focus on the sourcing and donation of medical supplies.

by companynewshq

2020-03-25

SINGAPORE LOGISTICS Elite Partners Capital

SG-based Elite Partners makes first close of $236m logistics fund Singapore-based private equity firm Elite Partners Capital has announced the first close of its pure-play Elite Logistics Fund.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-03-24

SOUTH AFRICA PE Design Innovation Seed Fund

Design Innovation Seed Fund open for applications from Western Cape innovators The Design Innovation Seed Fund will provide Western Cape innovators with grants of up to R800k.

by ventureburn

2020-03-23

SOUTH AFRICA Logistic Imperial Logistics

Two JSE-Listed Firms Unveil Two Separate Startup Funds Worth USD 32.7 Mn Within 72 Hours This new fund will have an initial capitalisation of USD 20 Mn (about ZAR 320 Mn) and will invest in startups in the logistics industry.

by WeeTracker

2020-03-12

SINGAPORE PE Monk’s Hill Ventures

SG’s Monk’s Hill Ventures closes second fund below target at $100m Venture capital firm Monk’s Hill Ventures has closed its second Southeast Asian fund at $100 million.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-03-06

INDIA PE Falcon Edge Capital

Falcon Edge Capital raises $45.7M for its India-focussed fund Falcon Edge Capital, which has invested in companies like Ola, Quikr, Dailyhunt, Khatabook, and others, manages $2 billion assets globally.

by YourStory

2020-01-21

US PE Microsoft

Microsoft aims to become carbon negative by 2030, launches $1 billion Climate Innovation Fund The announcement came at an event titled “Microsoft’s commitment to sustainability.”

by venturebeat

2020-01-17

CHINA PE Industry

China's privately offered funds expand in 2019 The figure was up 960.4 billion yuan, or 7.52 percent from the end of a previous year, according to the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC).

by ChinaDaily

2020-01-13

CHINA VC Longzhong Xinyi Fund

Xiang Hailong Former Senior Deputy CEO of Baidu, Establish a New Fund Which Has Raised ￥200 Million Xiang Hailong Former Senior Deputy CEO of Baidu, confirmed with 36Kr that Longzhong Xinyi Fund of which he is the founder has finished its first round of fund raising of ￥200 million.

by Jeremiah

2020-01-10

CHINA GIANTS HKIFA

HKIFA: A Net Capital Inflow of $15 Billion Was Recorded in the First Ten Months of 2019 Acoording to the Fund Sales Report released by HKIFA, the net sales of retailed funds reached $15.4 billion in the first ten months of 2019, a year-on-year growth of 21 times.

by Allison

2019-12-24

Saudi Arabia PE Jada

$1.07 billion fund of funds ‘Jada’ launched by Saudi PIF to invest in startups & SMEs Jada, being a $1.07 billion fund, is intended to make investments in venture capital as well as private equity funds as shared by the PIF in their statement, without further elaboration.

by magnitt

2019-12-23

UK AFRICA PE

Apis Partners raises $550m to invest in fintech startups in Africa & Asia Apis Growth Fund II expects to make equity investments of between US$30 million and US$50 million into financial services with a focus on capital light financial services and financial technology companies across the growth markets of Africa, South Asia and South East Asia.

by techmoran

2019-12-16

INDONESIA Centauri Fund KOREA

KB Investment, TelkomGroup launch joint investment fund Centauri, to invest in growth-stage startups Centauri fund is reportedly set to close at US$150 million, helmed by investors Kenneth Li of MDI Ventures and Jong Pil Kim of KB Investment.

by e27.co

2019-12-13

NEW ENERGY SOUTH AFRICA Shell Foundation

Sub-Saharan African Solar Companies To Gain From Shell & FMO’s Newly Launched USD 120 Mn Fund In cahoots with the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, FMO, UK-registered charity, Shell Foundation, has unveiled a USD 120 Mn fund to provide financing for early to growth-stage companies in SSA operating on the region’s solar space.

by WeeTracker

2019-12-12

SINGAPORE Vertex Ventures PE

Temasek’s Vertex closes $730m master fund Temasek, which owns Vertex, remains the anchor investor for VMF, taking up about 75% of the total corpus.

by techinasia

2019-12-12

JAPAN PE Sell Stock

SoftBank Vision Fund sells stake in dog-walking startup Wag According to an internal memo, Wag will regain control of SoftBank’s two board seats as part of the agreement.

by e27

2019-12-11

INDIA Sistema Asia Capital SINGAPORE

Sistema Asia Capital lines up second India fund with $150 mn target corpus Sistema’s focus on the Series B and C stages from the proposed second fund will help plug an important gap in India’s technology funding market for follow-on capital.

by techcircle.in

2019-12-06

INDIA Accel India VC

Accel India announces $550M sixth fund to deepen its India commitment Accel India's new fund will primarily go towards investment in seed and early-stage startups.

by YourStory

2019-12-03

INDIA P&amp;amp;amp;G India CONSUMER GOODS

P&G India Launches $27.9 Mn Fund To Support Cleantech Startups P&G said that the fund is in line with its global sustainability goals ‘Ambition 2030’.

by Inc42

2019-11-29