Southeast Asia Women Investors Directory; Accel Raises USD650m for India VC Fund VIII

15 January 2025
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Southeast Asia Women Investors Directory

in partnership with Investing in Women

#WomeninPrivateCapital

GPCA is pleased to present its inaugural Southeast Asia Women Investors Directory, which aims to raise the visibility of women investors active in the region, foster connections and track the growth of the women investor community over time.

The effort is funded through GPCA’s partnership with Investing in Women, an initiative of the Australian Government. This directory includes 365 women investment professionals who are deploying private capital in Southeast Asia across multiple asset classes – including PE, VC, private credit, infrastructure, natural resources and real estate.

SEE THE FULL DIRECTORY

Registration Open for GPC Conference 2025
7-9 April 2025 | New York City

#GPCAEvents

Registration is now open for the Global Private Capital Conference in partnership with IFC, which will convene on 7-9 April 2025 at 360 Madison with a Welcome Reception at Bryant Park Grill.

Featured Speakers

Jeffrey Perlman

CEO, Warburg Pincus

Andrea Auerbach

Global Head of Private Investments & Partner, Cambridge Associates

Gaurav Trehan

Co-Head of Asia Pacific, KKR

Pedro Arnt

CEO, dLocal

Craig Thorburn

Director, Future Fund

Alexandre Saigh

CEO & Board Member, Patria Investments

Runa Alam

CEO & Partner, DPI

Andy Kuper

Founder & CEO, LeapFrog Investments

Event highlights include:

Trainings, breakouts and meetings including partners from the Middle East, ILPA and FMO among others:
Sit-down with Ownership Works on the globalization of employee ownership
Partnership with IVCA to deep dive on the private capital opportunity in India
Convening of Next Gen Partners, GPCA’s global peer networking platform and leadership program
Special programming for women in global private capital
Panels and keynote discussions on the Energy Transition, Fintech, Private Credit Strategies, Agribusiness Opportunity, Infrastructure and more.
Networking with and insights from GPCA Board Members, Global Tech Council, DFI Council and others.

GPCA Members have priority access to register and secure discounted early bird rates through 31 January 2025.

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Asia Members Meeting & Reception

6 February 2025 | 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Singapore

#GPCAEvents

GPCA will host the first Asia Members Meeting & Reception of the year featuring a fireside chat with Dr. Ridha D. M. Wirakusumah, Chief Executive Officer of the Indonesia Investment Authority, moderated by GPCA Senior Advisor Steve Okun.

Please note that this event is for GPCA Members only.

Dr. Ridha D. M. Wirakusumah

Chief Executive Officer

Indonesia Investment Authority

Steve Okun

Southeast Asia Senior Advisor

GPCA

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INVESTMENTS

► KKR, OTPP and Trust Investment Advisors invested INR55b (~USD640m) in Highways Infrastructure Trust, an India-based trust that manages and operates highways across the country. #Asia

► AC Ventures and AppWorks led a Series A+ for Soul Parking, an Indonesia-based motorcycle parking management platform, with participation from Taiwan Mobile, USPACE and Wavemaker Ventures. #Asia

► EBRD acquired a minority stake in eTravel, a Poland-based business travel management company. #CEE

► Pudong Venture Capital and Value Partners Group led a USD100m+ Series E for Insilico Medicine, an AI-powered biotechnology firm with facilities in Hong Kong, with participation from Warburg Pincus. #Asia

► DFC, IFC and Google invested USD90m in Cassava Technologies, an information and communications technology platform operating in over 30 countries across Africa. #Africa

► responsAbility completed a mezzanine investment in Bisedge, a Nigeria-based provider of electric logistics solutions. #Africa

► ArtCap Strategies provided a USD40m senior loan to Island Finance, a Trinidad and Tobago-based loan provider. #LatinAmerica

► Balderton Capital led a USD30m Series A for Grand Games, a Turkey-based gaming studio, with follow-on from Bek Ventures, Laton Ventures and angel investor Mert Gür. #CEE

► Wa'ed Ventures led a USD30m Series A for Zension Technologies, a Saudi Arabia-based aftersale services provider, with participation from Sumitomo Corporation and Global Ventures. #MiddleEast

► IFM Investors acquired Aleatica, a Mexican transportation infrastructure operator, in a transaction valued at USD8.2b. #LatinAmerica

FUNDRAISING

► Riza Asset raised BRL123m (~USD20.1m) for renewable energy infrastructure in Brazil. #LatinAmerica

► Accel raised USD650m for its eighth VC fund focused on early-stage tech investments in India. #Asia

► Big Bets reached a BRL150m (~USD24.5m) first close for Big Bets Fund II focused on software companies in the seed and pre-seed stages. #LatinAmerica