Gogoro Inc, a Taiwanese-based venture-backed company that develops and sells electric scooters and battery swapping infrastructure, has raised another US$300 million (NT$9 billion) as it looks to further expand to new regions and product ...
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Impossible Foods says that it has passed important milestones for food safety, including a unanimous expert-panel affirmation of the safety of a key ingredient used in its products. A panel of food safety and allergy experts at three ...
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Impossible Foods has launched its first large-scale production facility, which could allow the company to make about 1 million pounds of meat a month, directly from plants, when fully ramped up. The goal for the East Oakland site is to ...
Japanese global establishment Mitsubishi has agreed to acquire 20% stake in agri-business firm Olam International, in two deals that are valued at around S$1.53bn ($1.09bn). Under the agreed terms, Mitsubishi will acquire 332.73 million ...
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The Aditya Birla Group has proposed a four-way restructuring plan to bring its retail business under Pantaloon Fashion & Retail (PFRL) and offer a maximum of 10 per cent equity stake to an investor in the consolidated entity, according to ...
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Singapore’s Olam International has agreed to acquire the global cocoa business of Archer Daniels Midland Company, in a $1.3bn deal. This new development is expected to enhance Olam's chocolate and cocoa businesses, in an effort ...
Southeast Asian online retailer, Lazada has raised €200 million in a new funding round led by Singapore investment company Temasek . In a statement, Lazada said Temasek joined existing investors including Verlinvest, Kinnevik and ...
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LatticePower Corp of Nanchang, China, which claims to be the first company to commercialize GaN-on-silicon LED lighting, has announced an $80m initial round of Series D equity financing led by Asia Pacific Resources Development Investment ...
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Temasek, a sovereign wealth fund of the Government of Singapore, and private equity firm Hopu have agreed to purchase a $213m stake in Chinese infant formula maker Yashili International. The move comes after Yashili's parent company China ...
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Temasek, Singapore's state-owned investment company, has teamed up with China-focused private equity firm Hopu and three private investors to acquire $213m worth stake in infant milk formula producer Yashili International. The shares will ...
Shuanghui International, a Chinese food giant, is seeking to raise up to $6bn through an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong in the second quarter of 2014. The Chinese firm recently acquired US-based hog and pork processor ...
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Sharply dropped share price of Kunlun Energy Co., Ltd. (SEHK: 0135) is expected to stop Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings from investing more in it. Kunlun Energy, a subsidiary of PetroChina Co., Ltd. (SHSE: 601857 and ...
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Varun Beverages, an India-based bottling arm of RJ Corp, is set to sell a minority stake in the company to private equity firms in a move to raise INR3bn ($47.5m). The company is currently in talks with four private equity firms - GIC ...
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After eluding police for 10 days last year, a dragnet in central China’s Henan province finally closed in on Li Mingzhong, the head of a BOC Fullerton Community Bank branch who had absconded with more than US$16 million in rural ...
Tags: Village Banks, Privatization
Singapore’s Singbridge Holdings has entered into an agreement set up a management company for the development of food zone in the province of Jilin, China. Under the agreement, Singbridge will hold 40% in the joint venture, while ...
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