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Weekly digest - May 11 2022

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11 May 2022
ASIA START-UPS: GOVERNANCE REVISITED
COVER STORY
A cooling off of tech investment euphoria could reveal big cracks in Asian start-up markets. Diligence efforts are ramping up, but is it enough?
GP PROFILE
EMERGEVEST
EMERGEVESTBuilding on unorthodox roots and a highly concentrated portfolio, EmergeVest wants to establish itself as a global-minded Asia specialist in technology-enabled supply chains.
DEAL FOCUS
SQUARE PEG SUPPORTS LOTTIEFILES' PUSH FOR SCALE
SQUARE PEG SUPPORTS LOTTIEFILES' PUSH FOR SCALELottieFiles has carefully cultivated an investor base that can participate in its bid to capture even more demand from companies keen to plug motion graphics into their apps and websites.
DEAL FOCUS
SENSORS DATA FINDS MEANING IN COMPROMISE
SENSORS DATA FINDS MEANING IN COMPROMISERequests for customised rather than standardised products challenged Sensors Data’s notion of what software-as-a-service should be. The company overcame its anxiety and continues to raise capital.
By the Numbers
AVCJ RESEARCH
SHIP IT
Nexus Point Capital’s acquisition of a majority stake in Hong Kong freight forwarding business Honour Lane Shipping extends a general trend of increasing investment in logistics services. More than USD 7.1bn was put to work in Asian services-oriented transportation and distribution businesses in 2021, a third conservative annual increase, according to AVCJ Research. Historically, the occasional bumper deal has skewed the statistics, but several themes still emerge from the chaos. One is the rise of VC activity in the past five years as start-ups pursue industry disruption agendas. A second is rising demand for solutions – often technology-enabled – from corporates that are diversifying their supply chains for geopolitical reasons.
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All of the trends featured here were sourced from AVCJ's proprietary database, AVCJ Research, featuring comprehensive information on private equity deals, fundraises and exits.
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