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The Hong Kong private equity firm has allocated more than 200 million dollars from its 500 million dollar tech budget, shifting its focus from large language models to robotics and specialized hardware.
Samsung Electronics and five affiliates inject $1 billion into KKR’s digital platform, lifting total capital past $11 billion.
The global consumer private equity firm’s investment will fund kitchen expansion, real estate acquisition, and centralized supply chains across southern India.
Proceeds will primarily fund mechanical and electrical works at the 50-megawatt HKG10 facility in Tsuen Wan, scheduled to enter service in early 2028.
Advisory firm FTI Consulting is handling the sale of the Veronika Maine owner just over a year after Hilco acquired the business.
The Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund takes a minority stake in China’s largest coffee chain as store numbers pass 36,000 locations globally.
Private equity firm Tamara Capital acquired a majority stake in the business in 2020 in a deal valuing it at $50 million.
Corporate buyouts with investment funds and strict market cap thresholds force an unprecedented wave of departures from Japan’s primary bourse.
The fifth vintage of the Japan development vehicle hit its hard cap to build out an $11 billion modern warehouse pipeline across Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya.
Private equity firm Yellow Wood Partners takes control of the mainstream vitamins portfolio as the Swiss food group trims non-core categories.
The proposed deal values the Indian specialty coffee chain at up to 3,700 crore rupees as it prepares to expand across India, the UAE and Japan.
Singapore-headquartered operators captured 98 percent of the capital while building out capacity across Malaysia and Indonesia.
Local operator BKR will launch a reservation-only concept in Seongsu on September 10 while targeting an expansion past 600 outlets nationwide.
Existing backer L Catterton exits the Tokyo-based maker of &Honey and 8 The Thalasso as top executives reinvest alongside the buyout firm.
Mekong Capital announced that it was awarded the 2018 Private Equity International (PEI) Award for Operational Excellence for a Lower Mid-Market/Small Cap investment in Asia Pacific, based on the performance of Traphaco. This is the sixth year in a row of…
KKR and Carlyle, the US private equity firms, have been invited to bid for the Asian business, which trades as Homeplus, while London-based CVC Capital Partners has also been asked to bid. The decision to sell the South Korean stores comes as the retail…
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