Carmela Mendoza is a senior reporter for Private Equity International based in London. She first joined PEI in Hong Kong in 2015 and covered Asia. A graduate of Ateneo de Manila University, she previously worked for a digital agency in Singapore focused on government websites and publications covering business, trade and industry, transport, and social development.
The fresh capital from Temasek will be used to anchor LeapFrog Investment’s future funds focused on Asia and Africa.
3 min read · 11 March 2021
The buyout firm collected about €220m more than its original target in a fully virtual fundraising process.
3 min read · 11 March 2021
Executives at the alternatives giant discussed the firm's impact strategy at PEI's Responsible Investment Forum last week.
3 min read · 09 March 2021
The alternatives giant has a $130bn multi-year fundraising goal as well as near-term plans to expand its private credit and insurance businesses.
3 min read · 03 March 2021
Savvy sponsors are increasingly using data science to improve outcomes – from deal origination to due diligence and value creation.
10 min read · 02 March 2021
The growth of special purpose acquisition companies last year added more than $40bn to the pile of capital chasing buyout deals, according to the consulting firm's latest report.
4 min read · 01 March 2021
Firms should take a step back and see how the SPAC phenomenon settles, says the alternatives giant's chief executive Kewsong Lee.
2 min read · 25 February 2021
An interactive chart mapping performance by internal rate of return and total value to paid-in across the firm's private equity funds.
1 min read · 24 February 2021
Vehicles by Hellman & Friedman, KKR and EQT are among the 10 largest in market as of mid-February, PEI data show.
2 min read · 23 February 2021
The US market for special purpose acquisition companies is not a game the company wants to play, co-founder Mathieu Chabran tells PEI.
3 min read · 23 February 2021
