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BAIN GETS LINKEDINThe social networking site for professionals has received $53m in its fourth financing.
- Sequoia opens third Indian office
Sequoia Capital has opened a new office in Delhi, its third in India. The firm’s other Indian offices are located in Bangalore and Mumbai.
- Report: Church Pension Fund opens in Hong Kong
The New York-based pension fund is opening its first Asian office in Hong Kong and has hired Eric Mason, who was formerly at The Carlyle Group.
- Google grows venture capital activities
One of Silicon Valley’s greatest success stories increasingly resembles the venture firms that helped catapult it from a dorm room start-up to an internet behemoth.
- CDC commits $30m to microfinance
The UK government-backed fund of funds has invested in two new vehicles: India Financial Inclusion Fund and Catalyst Microfinance Investors.
- Report: SAIF Partners raises RMB1.6bn fund
SAIF Partners reportedly joins a growing number of non-state backed private equity firms in China to raise yuan-denominated funds.
- Report: Carlyle sues Sequoia executive over China deal
Carlyle is reportedly demanding $206m in estimated profits lost due to a Sequoia executive allegedly backdating an agreement with a Chinese medical research company to win the deal.
- Indian microfinance firm gets $75m
A consortium of investors is backing the growth of SKS Microfinance with ‘the largest private equity investment in microfinance globally’.
- Report: KKR to invest in Indian cricket franchise
The private equity firm is reportedly negotiating a 47 percent stake in Deccan Chargers, a Hyderabad-based cricket team, in what will be the first private equity investment in an Indian sports franchise. The deal is estimated to be worth $20m.
- LinkedIn financing maintains $1bn valuation
Goldman Sachs, The McGraw-Hill Companies, SAP Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners have added $23m on to the $53m in Series D financing the professional networking site raised over the summer.