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Navis exits Malaysian business solutions player

Navis Capital Partners has sold its controlling stake in Malaysian IT firm Strateq to a local subsidiary of Singapore telecommunications company StarHub.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 05 August 2020
EDBI backs US cybersecurity player's Asia push

EDBI, the investment arm of Singapore’s Economic Development Board, has invested in Vesta, a US-based fraud and payment technology start-up with ambitions to expand into Asia.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 04 August 2020
Tata Growth commits $30m to India's Biocon
Tata Growth commits $30m to India's Biocon

Tata Capital Growth Fund has invested INR2.25 billion ($30 million) in the biosimilars business of India-listed pharmaceuticals giant Biocon.

  • South Asia
  • 03 August 2020
Advent to acquire Indian pharma player
Advent to acquire Indian pharma player

Advent International has agreed to buy a controlling stake in Indian pharmaceutical company RA Chem Pharma.

  • South Asia
  • 31 July 2020
BRV Capital invests $110m in Line's Thailand delivery app
BRV Capital invests $110m in Line's Thailand delivery app

Line Man, a parcel-to-food delivery app launched in Thailand by Japan’s Line Corporation, has raised $110 million from BRV Capital, an affiliate of BlueRun Ventures.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 31 July 2020
Oyo founder establishes VC firm in Singapore
Oyo founder establishes VC firm in Singapore

Ritesh Agarwal (pictured), the founder of Indian hotel booking platform Oyo, has launched a Singapore-headquartered venture capital firm called Aroa Ventures.

  • South Asia
  • 30 July 2020
India's Toppr raises $50m from Foundation Holdings
India's Toppr raises $50m from Foundation Holdings

Indian educational technology startup Toppr has raised $50 million (INR3.5 billion) in a Series D funding round led by United Arab Emirates-based investment firm Foundation Holdings.

  • South Asia
  • 30 July 2020
India online education: Learning process
India online education: Learning process

With millions of Indian students facing the possibility of an academic year conducted entirely online, educational technology start-ups have an opportunity for business model validation

  • South Asia
  • 30 July 2020
Indonesia's Traveloka raises $250m
Indonesia's Traveloka raises $250m

Traveloka, an Indonesian online travel services company, has closed a funding round of $250 million, reportedly accepting a stepdown in valuation in the process.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 29 July 2020
Deal focus: Vedantu adds to war chest as rivals encroach

India's Vedantu has raised $100 million in funding to support its ongoing diversification into non-test preparation services. Other players in the online education space have similar plans

  • South Asia
  • 29 July 2020
India looks to expand scope of Chinese app ban

India has banned 47 more Chinese apps - saying they are clones of earlier outlawed products - and there are expectations that the crackdown could extend even further.

  • South Asia
  • 28 July 2020
Probe into death of Indian founder reveals PE link
Probe into death of Indian founder reveals PE link

An investigation into the apparent suicide of V.G. Siddhartha, founder of Indian coffee chain Café Coffee Day, has revealed that a promise of guaranteed returns to private equity investors might have contributed to the entrepreneur's untimely demise....

  • South Asia
  • 27 July 2020
Steadview backs India SaaS player Freshworks
Steadview backs India SaaS player Freshworks

Steadview Capital has invested $85 million in India and US-based cloud business software developer Freshworks through the purchase of shares from existing investors.

  • Technology
  • 27 July 2020
Healthcare investors warn Asia unprepared for winter - AVCJ Forum
Healthcare investors warn Asia unprepared for winter - AVCJ Forum

Private equity professionals focusing on healthcare told the AVCJ Southeast Asia Virtual Forum that COVID-19’s full impact has yet to be understood. The private and public sectors will need to work together to see out a difficult year.

  • Healthcare
  • 24 July 2020
LPs call for better communication from Asian GPs - AVCJ Forum
LPs call for better communication from Asian GPs - AVCJ Forum

LPs from five global funds say cultural issues and a relative lack of crisis experience have led to difficulties getting quality disclosure from Asian fund managers.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 23 July 2020
Singapore GPs lead round for Israeli drone scouting start-up
Singapore GPs lead round for Israeli drone scouting start-up

Taranis, an Israel drone-based crop monitoring solution provider for farms, has raised $30 million in a Series C round eyeing expansion opportunities in Asian markets.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 23 July 2020
ASEAN to see rise in opportunities despite high valuations – AVCJ Forum
ASEAN to see rise in opportunities despite high valuations – AVCJ Forum

Industry professionals at the AVCJ Southeast Asia Virtual Forum predicted a rise in regional acquisition opportunities although valuations remain stubbornly high for now.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 22 July 2020
Indian agritech VeGrow secures seed funding
Indian agritech VeGrow secures seed funding

Indian agricultural technology start-up VeGrow raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round led by Ankur Capital and Matrix Partners India.

  • South Asia
  • 21 July 2020
India's True North closes sixth fund below target
India's True North closes sixth fund below target

Indian private equity firm True North closed its sixth fund last year at about $600 million, falling short of a revised target.

  • Fundraising
  • 20 July 2020
Singapore's Her Capital targets $10m for debut fund
Singapore's Her Capital targets $10m for debut fund

Singapore-headquartered venture capital firm Her Capital is seeking to raise a debut $10 million fund to invest in Southeast Asia with a gender lens-focused thesis.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 17 July 2020
India's Vedantu raises $100m round Series D
India's Vedantu raises $100m round Series D

Indian online tutoring service Vedantu has raised $100 million in a Series D round led by US hedge fund Coatue Management.

  • South Asia
  • 17 July 2020
Asia VC: Vertex's evolving early-stage network
Asia VC: Vertex's evolving early-stage network

Vertex Holdings’ Chua Kee-Lock likens his network of VC funds seeded by the Temasek-owned entity as a distributed computer system. It will draw down more power as it grows

  • Southeast Asia
  • 16 July 2020
Walmart leads $1.2b round for India's Flipkart

Walmart has led a $1.2 billion funding round for Flipkart, the Indian e-commerce business in which it acquired a majority stake at a valuation of $24 billion in 2018.

  • South Asia
  • 16 July 2020
Google joins Facebook on Jio Platforms investor roster
Google joins Facebook on Jio Platforms investor roster

Google has agreed to invest INR337.3 billion ($4.5 billion) in India’s Jio Platforms and outlined plans to build a low-cost smart phone aimed at the mass-market.

  • South Asia
  • 16 July 2020
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