The Blackstone Group has joined the flood of private equity firms targeting China take-privates, backing a management buyout of US-listed tech outsourcing firm Pactera Technology International....
Buyouts | 21 May 2013 |
Tokyo-based venture firm Globis Capital Partners has reached a first close on its fourth fund a JPY8 billion ($78 million). Globis Fund IV, will focus on Japanese companies looking to capitalize on high-growth Asian markets as well as those in the domestic...
North Asia | 16 May 2013 |
Canaan Partners and Mayfield Fund have invested $7 million in Indian real estate website Indiaproperty.com. The capital was committed last year but came through after website promoter India Property Online de-merged from Matrimony.com (formerly Consim...
South Asia | 16 May 2013 |
China's internet giants are on an acquisition spree as they seek to diversify their product platforms and carve out competitive positions in a battle that is likely to see valuations rise and rise
Greater China | 15 May 2013 |
Samsung Ventures, the VC arm of Korea’s Samsung Group, has led a new round of funding worth $15 million for Taiwanese cloud gaming firm Ubitus.
North Asia | 15 May 2013 |
Indian search engine Just Dial is on course to raise INR9.5 billion ($173.7 million) through its IPO later this month, allowing VC backers Sequoia Capital, SAIF Partners, Tiger Global, ECGS and SAP Ventures to make a partial exit.
South Asia | 14 May 2013 |
Chinese telecom software provider AsiaInfo-Linkage has accepted a take-private offer from CITIC Capital Partners that values the company at approximately $890 million. The initial offer was made last January but has taken the AsiaInfo board about 16 months...
Greater China | 14 May 2013 |
Alibaba Group has agreed to pay $294 million for a 28% stake in AutoNavi Holdings, a Chinese digital mapping company listed in the US. The deal is further evidence of cash-rich Chinese internet companies’ increasing acquisitiveness as they seek to diversify...
PIPEs | 13 May 2013 |
China Private Equity Investment Holdings (CPE), an AIM-listed vehicle that claims to offer European investors exposure to Chinese private equity in China without the limitations imposed by closed-end funds, has bought a 13.08% stake in Asia Bioenergy...
Greater China | 10 May 2013 |
Baidu has agreed to pay $370 million for PPS’ online video business, creating an exit opportunity for the company’s venture capital backers. Ceyuan Ventures, Qiming Venture Partners and Vision Knight Capital have invested in PPStream in the last seven...
Exits | 08 May 2013 |
Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) is participating in the $6.9 billion take-private of US enterprise software provider BMC Software, led by Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital. It is the third-largest global PE deal announced so far...
Buyouts | 07 May 2013 |
Goldman Sachs has invested INR6 billion ($110 million) in DEN Networks, an Indian cable distribution company. According to AVCJ Research, it is the fifth-largest PE investment completed in India so far this year.
Expansion | 07 May 2013 |
The Qatar Foundation Endowment will buy a 5% stake in Bharti Airtel for INR67.9 billion ($1.26 billion). It will purchase 199.8 million new shares issued by the India-based telecommunications provider at INR340 apiece.
Expansion | 06 May 2013 |
Infinity Group, the Israel-based private equity firm created by China Development Bank and Israeli conglomerate IDB Group, plans to invest up to RMB10 billion ($1.62 billion) in the Beijing Eco-Valley project created by food industry giant COFCO Group....
Greater China | 06 May 2013 |
Malaysia-based MAD incubator has partnered with Silicon Valley-based BootstrapLabs to create a Southeast Asia-focused start-up accelerator.
Southeast Asia | 03 May 2013 |
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