The funding will help accelerate the global expansion of Darwinbox, a mobile-first and AI-enabled human capital management platform serving over 1,000 enterprises worldwide including Adidas and Starbucks.

Darwinbox raised $140 million in a round led by KKR & Co. and Partners Group AG as it deepens its US presence and gears up for a stock-market debut.

Darwinbox is a mobile-first and AI-enabled human capital management platform that serves more than 1,000 businesses around the world. Over the past decade, Darwinbox has expanded internationally across multiple markets,

Billionaire Hisao Nagata’s Trial Holdings said the acquisition of Seiyu Co. would expand his company’s sales to more than ¥1.2 trillion.

Four years after Walmart sold a majority stake in Japanese grocery retailer Seiyu for $1.6 billion, it is selling the remainder of its ownership to Trial Holdings in a

KKR and Walmart have agreed to sell Seiyu for about $2.5 billion, ending foreign ownership of one of Japan’s most well-known supermarket operators. The U.S. investment company plans to sell its 85% stake in Seiyu,