Private Equity
ET Solar has received $50m in funding in the last four months as private equity firms continue to invest heavily in China's alternative energy sector and the environment.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The firm has sold its stake in the Chinese household appliance retailer in a pre-IPO restructuring, and is working on developing its debut private equity fund for investing in China.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Asia-focused private equity firm has partnered with a Mainland China developer part-owned by Sam Zell’s Equity International to build a residential development in Huzhou.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The US smaller middle market-focussed private equity firm has returned 4.8x its investment in Universal Air Filter while investing in GTI Diagnostics through its micro-cap fund.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The global private equity firm will invest $87m in Sinorgchem, China's largest producer of rubber antioxidant chemicals.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The firm is structuring the financing for the acquisition of two oil and gas drilling equipment companies in the US for $82m, and has agreed to acquire another in China.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Bahrain-based investment firm is betting on China’s alternative energy sector through a joint venture with India’s Tanti Group. The deal is Arcapita’s first in China.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Bowmark Capital has made four times its money from a consolidation play in the UK educational travel market. DLJ plans to take advantage of trends driving the market to outsourced travel providers.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Italian private equity firm Magenti will sell the concrete equipment firm to a consortium comprised of Shenzhen-listed construction equipment company Zoomlion, Goldman Sachs, Hony Capital and Mandarin Capital Partners.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Maverick Capital, Brookside Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures, Farallon Capital and Chengwei Ventures have committed $30 million in equity financing to Chinese video website Youku.com, bringing its total venture capital backing to some $70m.
1 min read · 04 January 2013