Save the Date for GPCA Week in London; Monk's Hill Deal Case; Actis Raises USD1.7b for ALLIF2

14 May 2025
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Save the Date: GPCA Week in London

11-12 November 2025 | London

#GPCAEvents

Tuesday, 11 November at Hotel Café Royal

GPCA will convene private capital investors, including development finance institutions, fund of funds, secondaries firms and institutional investors. The day will feature an investor training led by Debevoise & Plimpton and a session that addresses the challenging and changing landscape for raising capital today.

The day will conclude with a brief ceremony to recognize the winners of the GPCA Deal Awards and an evening reception.

Wednesday, 12 November at EBRD Headquarters

Hosted at EBRD and in partnership with GPCA’s DFI Council, programming will focus on new partnerships between commercial capital and the development community to mobilize investment into Africa, Latin America, Asia and other global regions.

For more information, please contact Megan Smith at msmith@gpcapital.org.

GPCA Data Room: Expanded LP Intelligence

#GPCAResearch

GPCA’s Member Portal includes the Data Room (formerly GPC Analytics), now with expanded LP intelligence exclusively for GPCA Members. This interactive data platform covers fundraising, investment and exit activity by fund managers and corporate and institutional co-investors across all asset classes and geographies tracked by the team. The data can be filtered and sorted by region, country, asset class and sector – and downloaded for further analysis.

EXPLORE

Monk's Hill | ErudiFi

GPCA Deal Book V: Inclusive & Sustainable Growth

#DealCases

In April 2018, Monk’s Hill Ventures invested in ErudiFi, an Indonesia-based financial technology company that offers educational loans and installment-based payment plans to students in Southeast Asia.

With Monk’s Hill's support, the number of borrowers at ErudiFi increased 10x from 5,000 students in 2021 to over 50,000 by November 2024. The company plays a critical role in improving financial access, with 99% of Filipino and 64% of Indonesian users being first-time borrowers, helping families build credit history through affordable education financing. ErudiFi also prioritizes inclusive growth, ensuring marginalized communities are well represented. In October 2024, women made up 60% of borrowers in the Philippines and 50% in Indonesia, while 80–90% of borrowers across both countries came from lower-income households.

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INVESTMENTS

► Dragonball Capital and Lilly Asia Ventures led a CNY600m (~USD82.2m) Series B for EnChannel Medical, a China-based developer of atrial fibrillation treatment products, with participation from Lapam Capital. #Asia

► eB Capital invested BRL420m (~USD74.3m) in Orizon, a Brazil-based waste treatment company. #LatinAmerica

► Kurma Partners and Angelini Ventures led a USD45m Series B for Nuevocor, a Singapore-based medicine developer for genetic cardiomyopathies, with follow-on from EDBI, ClavystBio, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund and others. #Asia

► DPI and Al Mada Ventures led a USD13m investment in Egypt-based financial services platform Money Fellows, with participation from Partech, CommerzVentures and others. #Africa

► Griffin Gaming Partners led a USD7m investment in Fuse Games, a Turkey-based mobile gaming studio, with participation from Lakestar, NFX Capital and Actera. #CEE

► Saratoga Investama and K3 Ventures led a USD7m investment in Rekosistem, an Indonesia-based provider of waste management and recycling services, with participation from AppWorks, Skystar Capital, Orvel Ventures and others. #Asia

FUNDRAISING

► Actis reached a USD1.7b final close for its second Actis Long Life Infrastructure Fund (ALLIF2), which will invest in brownfield infrastructure assets across Asia, Latin America, CEE, the Middle East and Africa. #Global

► InvAscent reached a USD304m final close for its fourth Life Sciences Fund focused on healthcare investments across India. #Asia

► Granite Asia secured USD250m+ in anchor commitments for its Libra Hybrid Capital Fund focused on mid-size companies in the Asia Pacific region. #Asia

► BluePeak Private Capital reached a USD80m first close for its second fund focused on manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, logistics and financial services sectors in Africa. The fund has a USD250m target. #Africa

► EcoEnterprises Partners reached a first close for its fourth fund focused on nature-based climate solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. #LatinAmerica

► Outfield Ventures raised BRL100m (~USD17.5m) for its FIDC Futebol fund focused on receivables from football clubs in Brazil. #LatinAmerica

EXITS

► India-based electric scooter manufacturer Ather Energy raised USD352m through an IPO on the NSE and BSE. #Asia

► Patria exited a 16% stake in Smartfit, a Brazil-based fitness club operator, via a block trade. #LatinAmerica