Proparco and Société Générale have provided EUR30m (approximately USD34m) to Actis to support the development of Douala Grand Mall, an EDGE-certified shopping center in Cameroon, which will create over 4,500 jobs. Read more… Read More
ESR Cayman, a Hong Kong-based logistics real estate platform backed by Warburg Pincus, has announced the closing of USD1b ESR KS II, a joint venture with Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board and Dutch pension fund APG. ESR, CPP Investments, and APG have made initial commitments of USD200m, USD450m,… Read More
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has agreed to invest USD1.5b in India-based telecommunications and technology company Jio Platforms, a subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, for a 2.32% stake, joining existing investors Facebook, KKR, General Atlantic, Vista Equity Partners, Mubadala Investment Company, ADIA, L… Read More
A91 Partners has invested INR1.25b (approximately USD16.4m) in India-based B2C spice brand through A91 Emerging Fund I. Read more… Read More
DEG led a USD12m Series B for Brazil-based SME online lender BizCapital, with participation from MELI Fund and existing investors Quona Capital, Monashees, Chromo Invest, and 42k Investments. Read more… Read More
Owl Ventures led a USD32m investment in India-based workforce-focused edtech Degreed to support the company’s upskilling platform. Read more… Read More
KaszeK Ventures led a USD10m Series A in Colombia-based proptech La Haus. Read more… Read More
Impact Ventures has invested EUR1.3m (approximately USD1.5m) in Hungary-based programming bootcamp Green Fox Academy. Read more… Read More
Change Ventures led a EUR2.2m (approximately USD2.5m) seed round for Planet42, an Estonia-based fintech operating in Africa and focused on providing access to the underbanked, with participation from Bolt Co-Founder Martin Villig, Pipedrive Co-Founder Ragnar Sass, MeetFrank Co-Founder Marko Virkebau, Katana Co-Founder and CEO Kristjan Vilosius, and other… Read More
Kaszek Ventures led a BRL110m (approximately USD21m) investment in Brazil-based fintech Remessa Online, with participation from Kevin Efrusy, partner at Accel, and Bewater Ventures. Read more… Read More
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