
Maybank leads $25m round for China casual dining platform
Maybank Private Equity has made its first investment in China, leading a $25 million Series D round of funding for YPX Cayman Holdings, which owns and operates Cloud 9, the mainland China licensee of a Taiwan casual dining chain.
Existing backers LionRock Capital and Ignition Capital also participated, as well as several individual investors. The latter group includes Koh Boon Hwee, former chairman of DBS Bank and Singapore Airlines,...
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