Sharon Lim
UTI Ventures, a private equity firm based in India, has invested $5.8 million in a local menswear company.
CDH Investments, a China-based growth capital manager, has raised $200m for a debut venture fund.
The Carlyle Group has raised $1.8 billion for its second pan-Asia ex-Japan buyout fund from which it has already made two investments.
Gulf Capital Group, a new boutique investment bank in Dubai, aims to capture opportunities presented by private equity in the region as well as China and India.
Legend Capital, a China-based venture capital firm affiliated with PC company Lenovo, has participated in the Series A financing of a video games developer, Virtuos.
EMP Global, a private equity investor in emerging markets specialising in direct investments, has hired James Seymour, a fund investment veteran.
The private equity arm of Goldman Sachs JB Were has sold Hirepool, an equipment rental company in New Zealand, to Next Capital in a NZ$172 million secondary buyout.
India has attracted $2.1 billion in private equity investments in the second quarter of this year, with KKR’s first deal accounting for almost half that amount.
IDFC Private Equity has made its second investment in India’s healthcare in less than a month.
Vision Super, a superannuation fund in Australia, has appointed new managers in a move aimed at expanding its private equity exposure.