Crescera Capital has been investing as an asset manager in the Brazilian market since 2008. Please talk about the opportunity you saw at that time and why Crescera was launched. How has Crescera’s investment strategy changed over time?  Crescera Capital launched in 2008, our first fund was focused entirely on the education sector in Brazil, followed by another fund focused on consumer goods and services. Over time, we raised another two funds dedicated to these strategies. Initially, we kept the strategies separate; they were managed by different investment teams and had different timeli ..read more

Executive: S. Sriniwasan, Managing Director Investor Name: Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Ltd (KotakAlt) Investor Type: Alternate Assets – Private Equity, Private Credit, Infrastructure & Real Estate AUM: USD9016m Year Founded: 2005 Main Offices: Mumbai Geo Focus: Asia Target Sectors: IT, Real Estate, Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Conventional Energy Kotak Mahindra Group is a large financial institution in India with a track record of private equity investments since 1997. What have been some of the key milestones in your portfolio over the years? Can you share any lessons from that perio ..read more

Announced at Abu Dhabi Finance Week – GPCA to have a permanent, significant presence in the UAE Abu Dhabi, UAE – 29 November 2023: The Global Private Capital Association (GPCA) and the Middle East Venture Capital Association (MEVCA) announce a significant strategic partnership during Abu Dhabi Finance Week 2023. The partnership will see New York and Singapore headquartered-GPCA, establish a permanent presence in the Middle East, with the support of MEVCA and the Abu Dhabi and regional ecosystem. The strategic move reinforces MEVCA’s standing as a leading platform in the region for Growth and ..read more

Recognizing Environmental, Social, Innovation and Gender Diversity Excellence  NEW YORK, 9 November 2023 – The Global Private Capital Association (GPCA) today announced the winners of the 2023 GPCA Deal Awards, recognizing investments with extraordinary outcomes in the categories of environmental sustainability, social impact, gender/diversity and innovation in Asia, Latin America, Africa, Central & Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Awards included Deal of the Year, featuring an outstanding exit. About the 2023 GPCA Deal Award Winners: Patria Investments receives the 2023 GPCA Deal ..read more

Since being founded in 2017, Humania has invested in the healthcare sector in the Middle East and other global markets. Can you describe your strategy for healthcare investments in your target geographies? Are you investing in individual countries, or do you have a buy and build strategy? Humania’s sector focus is the entire healthcare spectrum with primary investment interest in healthcare services, technology, and other related businesses in the ecosystem e.g. specialized healthcare facilities, medical tourism and health-tech. Our geographic focus is primarily emerging markets with an immedi ..read more

GPCA partnered with the Beijing Private Equity Association to support the 2023 Global PE Forum (Beijing) on September 4, 2023. GPCA CEO Cate Ambrose delivered remarks on global private capital deal activities and on the Chinese PE/VC ecosystem from a global perspective, including preliminary findings from GPCA’s Mid-Year 2023 Industry Data & Analysis ..read more

For the past decade, GEF Capital Partners has invested in environmentally sustainable projects. Can you describe how the firm’s investment opportunities have evolved during this time? What attracted you to making these investments in India? Also, how have GEF Capital Partners’ investment strategies and priorities shifted over time?   Several of the senior members of GEF Capital Partners’ South Asia team have been investing in the region for well over a decade in mid-market, growth companies, focused on climate and sustainability sectors. Over that period, the number and scale of comp ..read more

Please describe the private capital opportunity in North Africa today as reflected by Mediterrania’s focus on mid-market growth investments. How has the region evolved since you started in 2013 and what are your expectations for the next decade?    Initially, our investment scope centered on North Africa, but it has since expanded to include North, West and Central Africa. We started in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia and later extended our reach to Egypt and Sub-Saharan countries such as Senegal and Ivory Coast, with our portfolio companies expanded to 26 African countries. This diversifica ..read more

Company: Tricog Health Co-Founders: Dr. Charit Bhograj (CEO), Zainul Charbiwala (CTO) Headquarters: Singapore Markets of Operation: India, Southeast Asia and Africa Investors: Blume Ventures, Inventus Capital, University of Tokyo Edge Capital (UTEC), TEAMFund, Omron Health Care, Sony Sony Innovation Fund, SGInnovate, Aflac Global Ventures and Dream Incubator Most Recent Funding:USD9m Series C (2023) Tricog Health is a Singapore-based health AI company providing remote cardiac diagnosis and care coordination in healthcare centers across India, Southeast Asia and Africa. To date, Tricog hea ..read more

Fundraising in the region touched $11.2 billion last year, up 42% increase versus 2021, according to a Global Private Capital Association report. India and Southeast Asia drove the increase in transactions for 2022, it said. Read More ..read more