Investor · 2 deals

ABC World Asia

Singapore

Disclosed deals

Every published round ABC World Asia took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.

Company	Stage	Announced	Amount	Role	Alongside	Sources
v2food	Series B	12 Aug 2021	$72m	Participant	Astanor Huaxing Growth Capitol Fund Main Sequence Ventures An unnamed strategic investor	Startup Daily (Thu 30 May 2024), Startup Daily (Thu 11 May 2023), Beef Central / Grain Central, SmartCompany (Fri 29 Oct 2021), Techboard, SmartCompany (Fri 24 Sep 2021), Startup Daily (Mon 6 Sep 2021), SmartCompany (Fri 13 Aug 2021), Startup Daily (Thu 12 Aug 2021), @AuManufacturing, Crunchbase News, Startup Daily (Fri 6 Aug 2021), SmartCompany (Fri 6 Aug 2021), TechCrunch Australia, AgFunderNews, Main Sequence Ventures portfolio
v2food	Series B	21 Oct 2020	$77m	Participant	Temasek Marinya Capital Sequoia Capital China Esenagro Altitude Partners Novel Investments Main Sequence Ventures Sequoia China China Renaissance Horizons Ventures Goldman Sachs	Startup Daily (Thu 11 May 2023), Startup Daily (Fri 6 Aug 2021), SmartCompany (Fri 6 Aug 2021), AgFunderNews (Thu 5 Aug 2021), Startup Daily (Wed 14 Jul 2021), TechCrunch Australia, SmartCompany (Thu 5 Nov 2020), AgFunderNews (Tue 27 Oct 2020), Startup Daily (Sun 25 Oct 2020), AgFunderNews (Wed 21 Oct 2020), Crunchbase News, Startup Daily (Tue 20 Oct 2020), @AuManufacturing

Portfolio

Companies ABC World Asia has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
v2food		21 Oct 2020, Series B	2	0

Funds

Fund closes reported for ABC World Asia, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for ABC World Asia yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies ABC World Asia has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal ABC World Asia did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of ABC World Asia is recorded as having been acquired.

Coverage

Stories naming ABC World Asia. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

2 deals

Impact investors, Chinese tech giant join V2food’s $53m Series B extension

V2food has closed a €45 million Series B extension led by Astanor Ventures, with ABC World Asia, Huaxing Growth Capital and Main Sequence also taking part, to fund expansion into Europe and Asia.

AgFunderNews Thu 5 Aug 2021 v2food Astanor CSIRO ABC World Asia An unnamed strategic investor Huaxing Growth Capitol Fund Main Sequence Ventures Nick Hazell

Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily·TechCrunch Venture·Crunchbase News·@AuManufacturing·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Techboard·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Beef Central / Grain Central

Series B US$24m

Asia Impact Investor ABC World Asia Leads US$24M Series B Round in Kim Dental

Aura's private equity arm announced a follow-on investment in Kim Health Care's US$24 million Series B, led by Singapore's ABC World Asia, backing the Vietnamese dental clinic chain Kim Dental and its laboratory Labo.

Aura Group portfolio Fri 5 Feb 2021 Aura Group Aura Private Equity Temasek ABC World Asia Andrew Nai

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Fake meat venture V2food raises $77 million in series B from foreign investors for Asia expansion

Plant-based meat maker V2food has closed a large Series B with Asian backers to finish a Wodonga factory and enter Asian markets, following an earlier round the year before.

Startup Daily Tue 20 Oct 2020 v2food CSIRO Dinnerly Hungry Jacks Marley Spoon Woolworths ABC World Asia Altitude Partners China Renaissance Esenagro Main Sequence Ventures Marinya Capital Novel Investments Sequoia Capital China Temasek Jack Cowin John B. Fairfax

Also @AuManufacturing·Crunchbase News·AgFunderNews·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·AgFunderNews·AgFunderNews·TechCrunch Venture

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