Rocket Equities - Capital Raising | M&A

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Rocket Equities is an international advisory firm experienced in Capital Raising, M&A, and Buyouts & Secondaries. We work with Asian Infrastructure and fast-growing middle-market companies.

We at Rocket Equities transform the audacious growth targets of our clients into reality by providing them access to capital and technology and achieve this with the help of our impeccable investor and tech network across Asia & Europe, specialized knowledge of complex financing structures, and efficacious negotiation process which disrupts the traditional investor-directed process and transfers the leverage from an investor to the entrepreneur.

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E-SPORTS

IT

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Meet Our Team

Akarsh Dhaiya

MANAGING PARTNER

Mark Del Rosario

PARTNER

Vincent Rondot

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

Carl Garcia

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Erwin Salvador

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Luigi Mari Opena

ANALYST

Yuka Ueno

ANALYST

Arushi Chauhan

MARKETING ASSOCIATE

Highlights

Great Deals receives investment from Fast Group, CVC Capital, and Navegar

https://www.cvc.com/

The Philippines’ #1 e-commerce enabler raised US$30M capital in its Series B funding round

The said funding round was led by Fast Group, a leading logistics firm in the Philippines with the support from CVC Capital Partners, one of the world’s largest global private equity firm with US$ 118B in assets under management (AUM). Navegar, a private equity firm that infused US$ 12M Series A fund into Great Deals, also contributed to this funding round. The transaction was advised by Rocket Equities.

PH startup Great Deals E-commerce raises $30m Series B from Fast Group, CVC, Navegar

https://www.dealstreetasia.com/

Great Deals E-commerce Corp, a Philippine-based e-commerce enabler founded by Alibaba eFounders fellow Steve Sy, has raised $30 million in its Series B funding round led by local logistics company Fast Group.

The funding round, which followed the startup’s $12-million Series A fundraise in January 2020, also saw participation from private equity major CVC Capital Partners, which holds a 40% stake in Fast Group.

Local PE firm Navegar, which invested $12 million in Great Deals’ Series A round, also joined the funding round. Rocket Equities, a corporate finance and M&A advisory firm for fast-growing mid-sized companies in Southeast Asia, advised Great Deals on both its Series A and B fundraising.

PE firm Navegar invests $12m in PH e-commerce enabler Great Deals

https://www.dealstreetasia.com/

Philippines-focused private equity firm Navegar has invested $12 million in Great Deals E-commerce Corp, a local e-commerce enabler founded by Alibaba eFounders fellow Steve Sy.

E-commerce: An industry that thrived globally through the pandemic

E-commerce started in the early 1970s in the US and has become a global revolution with the IT boom in the 21st century.

March 19, 2021

Interview with Rocket Equities: Startup Funding in the Philippines amidst the COVID-19

The Philippine startup fundraising scene looked promising in the beginning of 2020, marked by the USD12M capital raised by the leading Philippine e-commerce enabler…

April 15, 2020

The Three Type of Investors You Should Watch Out for When Raising Funds

Though there are a wealth of resources that give advice to entrepreneurs in the Asia-Pacific region on how to fundraise, most do not go into detail about the different goals ….

January 20, 2019

QuadX to raise $ 25 million to ride the e-commerce boom

QuadX is raising $25 million within the first quarter of 2021 to accelerate its expansion program to enable the company to take advantage of the surge in e-commerce demand amid the pandemic.

February 10, 2021

The European VC Journal Podcast

The European VC Journal unpacks the VC world. On this show, you will hear about different investment thesis of multiple VCs, about LP perspective – how does an LP evaluate a VC fund, and finally, about the journey of European entrepreneurs.

Want investors to come to you? Do these 3 things

There are thousands of resources that give advice to entrepreneurs on how to successfully pitch to investors. This breadth of material, encompassing everything from Medium blogs to thousand-dollar….

January 3, 2019