VIG taps KDB financing to buy 40% stake in Kakao Mobility

South Korea’s private equity firm VIG Partners’ buyout of minority stakes in Kakao Mobility Corp., the nation’s most popular taxi-...

STIC to buy Korean flooring firm Nox from TPG for $336 mn

Seoul-based private equity firm STIC Investments has agreed to acquire global leading luxury vinyl tile (LVT) flooring firm Nox Corp. at 450 billion...

TPG to fully acquire cosmetics container firm Samhwa at around $237 mn

Texas-based private equity firm TPG Inc. is poised to fully acquire Samhwa Co., a South Korean cosmetic packaging supplier to global beauty powerhou...

TPG to sell off Korean luxury tile firm Nox's parent for $421 mn

US alternative investment manager TPG Inc. is poised to sell a 65% stake in South Korea’s Moleem Corp., the parent of global leading luxury vi...

Goldman taps TPG Korea's Lee as Seoul office PE head

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is set to hire Lee Seung-june, managing director at US investment firm TPG's Seoul office, as Goldman Sachs' private equity...

MBK Partners in talks to buy Kakao Mobility

MBK Partners, one of the largest private equity firms in Asia, is in talks with the country’s top mobile platform Kakao Corp. to acquire share...

MBK's $1.2 bn stake sale brings value on par with TPG

North Asia-focused MBK Partners has closed a $1.18 billion deal to sell its 12.5% stake to New York-based Dyal Capital at an equity valuation of nea...

KKR, Carlyle, TPG vying for $4 bn stake in SK's battery arm

KKR & Co., The Carlyle Group and TPG Inc. have handed in preliminary bids for shares in SK Group's battery unit SK On, which is seeking to raise...

NPS tilts toward top-tier PEFs during pandemic

The National Pension Service (NPS) has deepened its reliance on top-tier private equity firms during the prolonged pandemic situation, focusing on r...

NPS joins in TPG-led $125 mn funding for Kakao Mobility

The National Pension Service has committed $100 million to a TPG consortium that recently raised $116.8 million to invest in Kakao Mobility Co., Sou...

Biggest deal in Korea: Hanon Systems stake sale draws KKR, Carlyle, TPG

The sale process of a near-70% stake in South Korean auto parts supplier Hanon Systems Corp. has kicked off, attracting a pool of strategic investor...

EastBridge beats KKR, TPG to buy Korean waste disposal firm

South Korea-based EastBridge Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in the country's waste treatment firm YIDO for around 260 billion won (...

CVC, TPG, MBK, Affinity Equity in final bidding for JobKorea

Local and foreign private equity firms are among the final bidders for the entire stake of South Korea’s top recruitment portal JobKorea &ndas...

CVC, TPG and Affinity Equity in bidding for JobKorea

CVC Capital Partners, TPG Capital and Affinity Equity Partners are among 10 preliminary bidders for the entire stake of South Korea’s largest ...

Anchor Equity, TPG invest $500 mn in Korean mobile banking app

Hong Kong-based Anchor Equity Partners has agreed to invest 250 billion won ($226 million) to buy new shares in South Korea’s KakaoBank, shortly...

TPG to invest $222 mn in mobile banking app KakaoBank

TPG will acquire a 2.7% stake in South Korea’s mobile banking app KakaoBank for 250 billion won ($222 million) ahead of an initial public offeri...

TPG, online portal Naver eyeing Korean drama producer’s pre-IPO share sale

The US private equity firm TPG Capital and South Korea’s top Internet portal Naver Corp. have participated in preliminary bidding for a pre-IPO ...

TPG buys Korean health supplement company for about $250 mn

Private equity firm TPG has acquired a small-sized South Korean dietary supplement manufacturer for around $250 million, in its first Korean buyout de...

TPG, Coller Capital, Ardian win POBA’s $150 mn PEF mandates: report

The Public Officials Benefit Association has awarded $150 million private equity mandates to TPG Capital (for buyout/growth strategy), London-based Co...

Naver to participate as LP in VC funds of Sequoia, SoftBank-TPG

South Korea’s biggest internet portal Naver Corp. will commit undisclosed amounts of capital to two new start-up funds of Sequoia Capital, a US ventur...

NongHyup units band together to be major LP of TPG and MBK

The units of NongHyup Financial Group, which include banking, brokerage and insurance businesses, will collectively commit $100 million to TPG’s seven...

US, HK public funds join TPG-led group to co-invest $50 mn in Kakao Mobility

Two US state pension funds and a Hong Kong public fund have invested 50 billion won ($47 million) in aggregate to buy a minority stake in South Korea’...

Blackstone, Carlyle, TPG raise over $100 mn from network-hungry Korean firms

Three global private equity firms – Blackstone, Carlyle and TPG – have gathered an aggregate $113 million in commitments from South Korean institution...

TPG to buy stake in Korea’s taxi hailing app for $437 mn

TPG will buy about a 30% stake in South Korea’s top taxi-hailing and chauffeur services provider for 500 billion won ($437 million), in its first deal...

MBK beats TPG to buy Korean industrial gas supplier for $1.7 bn

MBK Partners, Asia’s biggest private equity firm, has offered close to 2 trillion won ($1.7 billion) to buy South Korea’s second-largest industrial ga...

TPG picks son of ex-Samsung vice chairman to lead Korea investment

TPG named Sanghoon Lee, an ex-Morgan Stanley executive and elder son of a former Samsung Electronics vice chairman and CEO, as the head of its South K...