grocery delivery
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Delivery Hero could face up to $1.4 bn in fines if it fails to sell Yogiyo
Food delivery giant Delivery Hero SE is facing some time pressure to sell South Korea’s No. 2 food delivery app Yogiyo, estimated at 2 trillio...
Jan 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
GS Caltex to showcase drone delivery, future gas stations at CES 2021
GS Caltex Corp., a South Korean oil refiner aiming to become a serious logistics player by navigating hard-to-access areas for delivery, is looking ...
Jan 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Korea’s fried chicken brands fly high on food delivery boom
Once derided as a tomb for the self-employed due to cut-throat competition, fried chicken franchises in South Korea have emerged as a main beneficia...
Dec 30, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Delivery Hero welcomes Baemin, seeks new home for Yogiyo
Germany-based online food delivery service Delivery Hero SE will sell off its prized South Korean business, Yogiyo, the country's second-largest...
Dec 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Delivery Hero, Woowa $4 bn merger faces hiccup due to KFTC
The proposed merger between Germany-based Delivery Hero SE and South Korea's Woowa Brothers Corp. has hit a roadblock due to the Korea Fair Trade Co...
Nov 16, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean last-mile delivery apps’ valuations out of sync with demand surge
South Korea’s leading last-mile delivery startups have put their shares or management rights up for sale, riding on the surging demand for deliv...
Sep 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Baring PE Asia poised to sell Korean parcel delivery firm for $250 mn
Baring Private Equity Asia is in the final stages of talks with a South Korean private equity firm to sell the country’s No. 4 parcel delivery c...
Jun 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investment
Mirae Asset leads $23 mn funding for Indian food delivery startup
Mirae Asset Daewoo Co. Ltd. has led a $23 million investment in Indian food delivery platform Swiggy by South Korean companies in their first investme...
Apr 08, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Sequoia, Hillhouse and DST invest $150 mn in Korean grocery startup
Sequoia Capital, Hillhouse Capital and DST Global have invested a combined $150 million in South Korea’s online grocery delivery startup Kurly I...
Apr 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Startup
Goldman, GIC, Sequoia to exit from Korean food delivery app in $4 bn deal
Goldman Sachs, Singapore’s GIC and Sequoia Capital are among the financial investors set to secure handsome returns from a combined 506 billion ...
Dec 14, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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CVC set to buy Korean parcel delivery firm for about $300 mn
Baring Private Equity Asia has named CVC Capital Partners as the preferred buyer of South Korea’s No.4 parcel delivery company, which the Carlyle Grou...
Sep 13, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carlyle joins bids for Korea’ No.4 parcel delivery firm – sources
The Carlyle Group has recently embarked on due diligence of South Korea’s Logen Co. Ltd. for a possible acquisition, following another private equity ...
Aug 24, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Baring PEA in talks with CVC, Affinity to sell Korean parcel delivery firm
Baring Private Equity Asia (PEA) has resumed the sale process of South Korea’s No. 4 package delivery company, and authorized two private equity firms...
Jul 25, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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Baring Asia’s Korean parcel delivery firm fails to draw final bidder; UPS walks away
The planned sale of a South Korean parcel delivery firm by Baring Private Equity Asia to a strategic buyer has fallen through, after the last shortlis...
Jun 28, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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