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Temasek not interested in Silver Lake’s Dell deal – report
Temasek Holdings is apparently not interested in joining a Silver Lake-led consortium that is looking to privatize Dell. Media reports have claimed that the Singapore sovereign wealth fund...
Buyouts |
18 Jan 2013 | 
SingTel Innov8, Optus launch new funding round for Australian start-ups
SingTel Innov8 and Optus have launched a second round of funding for Australian start-ups under the companies’ Innov8 seed program.
Australasia |
17 Jan 2013 |
India’s BookAdSpace gets angel investment
BookAdSpace, an online platform for buying and selling physical advertising space, has received angel funding from Aakrit Vaish, the director of Flurry India, and Mitesh Sampat, the vice-president of product strategy at Quova.
South Asia |
15 Jan 2013 |
DCM invests in Chinese game developer Cmune
DCM has provided an undisclosed amount in Series A funding to Cmune, a China-based developer of 3D social games. The company is best known for UberStrike, which claims to the most popular first-person-shooter game on Facebook with 1.4 million monthly...
Venture |
14 Jan 2013 |
Accel Partners leads Series C round for India's ScaleArc
Accel Partners has led a $12.3 million round of Series C funding in ScaleArc, a database infrastructure software company founded by Mumbai entrepreneur Varun Singh.
Expansion |
14 Jan 2013 |
CVC in talks to buy Philippines BPO asset – report
CVC Capital Partners is reportedly in exclusive talks to buy a majority stake in SPi Global Holdings from Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT). The deal is worth about $320 million including debt.
Buyouts |
11 Jan 2013 |
Matrix Partners India invests in Mswipe
Matrix Partners India has led the first institutional round of funding in Mswipe Technologies, a mobile payment services provider based in Mumbai.
South Asia |
10 Jan 2013 |
PE-backed InMobi acquires Overlay media
Indian mobile ad network InMobi has acquired Overlay Media, a UK developer of “content aware” computing technologies.
South Asia |
09 Jan 2013 |
Chinese short-term rental sites secure $20m in VC backing
Xiaozhu.com and Mayi.con, two competing Chinese websites specializing in short-term room rentals, have each secured $10 million in VC funding.
Technology |
08 Jan 2013 |
Indonesia’s Berrybenka gets funding from Gree Ventures
Gree Ventures, the VC arm of social Japanese social networking giant Gree, has completed its third investment in Indonesia, providing a Series A round of funding to fashion-focused e-commerce start-up Berrybenka. The size of the investment was not disclosed....
Venture |
04 Jan 2013 |
Unitas buys controlling stake in ZTE subsidiary
When ZTE decided to divest Shenzhen ZTE Netview Technology (ZNV), a subsidiary focused on power and environment monitoring and video surveillance, it wanted to act quickly. Unitas Capital was up to the task, overcoming rival bids from several financial...
Buyouts |
03 Jan 2013 |
VCs and mobile internet: The race to stay relevant
Venture capital investors targeting the mobile and social media space are only as good as their understanding of the consumer habits and technologies that underpin industry trends
Venture |
03 Jan 2013 |
Unitas snaps up majority stake in Shenzhen ZTE Netview
Unitas Capital has taken a controlling interest in Shenzhen ZTE Netview Technology (ZNV), a subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed tech company ZTE Corporation, for RMB1.3 billion ($208 million). The transaction came out of ZTE’s broader program to divest non-core...
Buyouts |
02 Jan 2013 |
Advantage Partners buys Sanyo’s camera business
Advantage Partners has acquired Sanyo Electric’s digital camera unit. Panasonic, which took control of its former competitor in 2009 in a JPY400 billion ($4.6 billion) acquisition, said it chose to do business with Advantage because of the private equity...
Buyouts |
28 Dec 2012 |
Wilson Sonsini opens Beijing office
Venture capital-focused law firm Wilson Sonsini has opened an office in Beijing, enlarging a Greater China footprint that already takes in Shanghai and Hong Kong. The office is led by Kefei Li, a partner with the firm. He reports to Weiheng Chen, the...
Venture |
20 Dec 2012 |
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