Private Equity

Asia-Pacific

DE Shaw backs $575m take-private(3)

The hedge-fund giant has kick-started its new US private equity platform with the announced privatisation of insurance company James River.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

DE Shaw backs $575m take-private(2)

The hedge-fund giant has kick-started its new US private equity platform with the announced privatisation of insurance company James River.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

DE Shaw backs $575m take-private

The hedge-fund giant has kick-started its new US private equity platform with the announced privatisation of insurance company James River.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

IBM-Lehman fund buys stake in Chinese software firm

IBM and Lehman Brothers are investing $17 million in a Hong Kong-listed Chinese software company from a fund the two companies established last year.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Baring Asia & IFC co-invest in China

Baring Private Equity Asia has joined forces with the private sector arm of the World Bank to invest $47 million in a Chinese producer of environmentally-friendly refrigerants.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Baring Asia banks on China steel sector

Hong Kong-based Baring Private Equity Asia has made two investments totalling about $100 million in China’s steel-related industry, a sector the firm had identified early last year when it was out of favour.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Disney affiliate leads investment in video startup

Steamboat Ventures, a venture capital firm affiliated with The Walt Disney Company, has invested $5 million in CTS Media, a provider of in-stream video advertising technology and services.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Actis leads Chinese investment

Chinese silicon manufacturer Shunda has raised $82 million in private equity financing – $40 million of which is from emerging markets private equity investor Actis.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Sun Capital buys Japanese snack maker(2)

Sun Capital’s recently established Japanese affiliate has completed its first deal with the acquisition of “Fruit Jelly” snack maker Tarami.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

VC firms invest $12m in telecoms group(2)

XConnect Global Networks, a service provider to the telecommunications industry, has received $12 million of funding from a venture capital consortium led by Accel Partners and Venrock Associates.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

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