ASIA – Singapore-based venture capital firm Circulate Capital, with founding investors and partners PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Dow, Danone, Unilever, The Coca-Cola Company has launched the US$106 million Circulate Capital Ocean Fund. The fund, touted […]
SINGAPORE – DiMuto, a Singapore-based supply chain platform has raised an undisclosed amount of investment from government-owned venture firm, SGInnovate to help drive its expansion into new overseas markets. Founded by Gary Loh, DiMuto creates […]
KENYA – Williamson Tea Kenya and one of its associate farms, Kapchorua Tea Kenya narrowed their losses in the half year ended September and issued pessimistic forecasts for the full year ending March 2020. According […]
ZIMBABWE – Zimbabwe’s largest seed producer, Seed Co Limited has reported a loss of US$2.5 million for the half year period to September 30, 2019, from US$1.5 million recorded during the same period in the […]
SOUTH AFRICA – Africa’s largest packaging manufacturer, Nampak, reported a loss of R390m down 132% compared to last year’s profit of R1.2bn (US$81.3m), according to its annual financial results for the year ended September 30, […]
INDIA – Zomato, an Indian online food delivery platform, has named Akriti Chopra as the company’s new chief financial officer (CFO). Chopra’s appointment follows the resignation of the Sameer Maheshwary in December last year, having […]
CHINA – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has received CNY100 million ($15 million) donation from the Ningxia Yanbao Charity Foundation. FOA said the donation will be used to establish a […]
AUSTRALIA – Australia’s plant-based meat startup, v2food has raised US$35 million in Series A funding round led by Main Sequence Ventures and Hong Kong business magnate Li Ka-shing’s Horizons Ventures. Sequoia Capital China and Fairfax […]
CHINA – Hongjiu Fruit, which operates across the fruit supply chain in Asia, has secured US$71 million (500 million yuan) in funding as part of its Series C round led by the CMC Capital Partners. […]
FRANCE – Platinum Equity, a Los Angeles based investment firm, unveiled that it has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire Biscuit International, a leading European manufacturer of private label biscuits from Qualium Investissement. Biscuit International […]
