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Shunwei, DCM lead $65m round for China's Yaoshibang

Chinese B2B pharmaceutical trading and education platform Yaoshibang has received RMB420 million ($65 million) in Series C funding across two tranches.

  • Greater China
  • 16 June 2018
China's Ono gets $16m Series A round

A group of VCs including China Growth Capital have agreed to invest $16 million in Ono, a China-based company that claims to be the creator of the first decentralized social network.

  • Greater China
  • 15 June 2018
Singapore's M17 abandons US IPO

M17 Entertainment, a Taiwan and Singapore-based media streaming company, has abandoned plans for a $60.1 million IPO in the US citing unspecified difficulties with some investors.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 15 June 2018
Oaktree-backed DDH1 makes Australian drilling bolt-on

DDH1, an Australian drilling company backed by Oaktree Capital Management, has acquired 100% of domestic counterpart Strike Drilling as part of a platform-based consolidation plan.

  • Australasia
  • 15 June 2018
Blackstone agrees $1b exit from India’s Intelenet

The Blackstone Group has agreed to sell India-based business process outsourcing (BPO) service provider Intelenet Global Services to French peer Teleperformance for $1 billion. It is the second time that Blackstone has exited the company through a trade...

  • South Asia
  • 15 June 2018
Abraaj files for restructuring

The Abraaj Group – which has been under pressure since governance concerns emerged in February – has appointed provisional liquidators to work on a restructuring of the firm after a second creditor filed a petition seeking to recover unpaid debts.

  • South Asia
  • 15 June 2018
Australia-listed Sirtex accepts CDH's $1.4b buyout offer

Australian medical device manufacturer Sirtex Medical has accepted a A$1.9 billion ($1.4 billion) buyout offer from China’s CDH Investments, pulling the plug on an earlier agreement with US-listed Varian Medical Systems.

  • Greater China
  • 15 June 2018
TR gets 3.4x return on Flipkart, opens India office

TR Capital secured a 3.4x net return on its investment in Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart, having sold its stake in conjunction with Walmart’s acquisition of the business. The secondaries specialist announced the exit to coincide with the opening of...

  • South Asia
  • 15 June 2018
Sequoia, Shunwei lead $38m round for PatSnap

PatSnap, a cloud-based intellectual property analytics and management software developer based in the UK and Singapore with more than half of its clients in China, has raised a $38 million Series D round led by Shunwei Capital and Sequoia Capital.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 15 June 2018
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Japan robotics: Friendly faces

Japan’s home robotics industry is still in its early stages, and considerable work is required to create devices that can both appeal to everyday consumers and meaningfully contribute to their lives

  • North Asia
  • 15 June 2018
China early-stage investment round-up

Venture capital deals involving IDG Capital, Orchid Asia, Fosun Group, Matrix Partners, ZhenFund, Sky9 Capital, CDH Investments, Meridian Capital, Eastern Bell Venture Capital, SIG, and Qianhai FoF

  • Greater China
  • 14 June 2018
China Growth Capital leads round for Cheduoduo

China Growth Capital has led a $17.7 million Series A round of funding for Cheduoduo, a newly launched Chinese used car trading platform, with participation from Source Code Capital.

  • Greater China
  • 14 June 2018
Blackbird leads $10m round for Australia's Propeller Aero

Blackbird Ventures has led a $10 million Series A round for Propeller Aero, a cloud-based analytics technology supplier focused on drone use in heavy civil and resources industries.

  • Australasia
  • 14 June 2018
Everstone reorganizes fundraising teams

India and Southeast Asia-focused private equity firm Everstone Group has reorganized its global fundraising operation following the departure of managing director Atul Phull.

  • South Asia
  • 14 June 2018
Chinese AI player Yitu raises $200m

Yitu Technology, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up that is developing solutions for machine vision, listening and understanding, has raised $200 million in Series C-plus funding.

  • Greater China
  • 14 June 2018
Japan outbound M&A: Looking for growth

Unable to find growth at home, Japanese companies are looking for it overseas. Private equity investors can be helpful in everything from execution to integration, provided they can prove their credentials

  • North Asia
  • 14 June 2018
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Japan demographics: New normal, new entries

Private equity investors see potential for growth in Japan’s demographic contractions. Countercyclical and tangential consolidation strategies are the preferred gambits in a churning macro environment

  • North Asia
  • 13 June 2018
Q&A: Intel Capital's Takayuki Sasaki

Takayuki Sasaki, investment director for Japan at Intel Capital, discusses how the country fits into Intel’s overall strategy along with Japan’s burgeoning entrepreneurial culture and corporate VC investment

  • North Asia
  • 13 June 2018
CVC acquires Malaysia's Munchy Food Industries

CVC Capital Partners has acquired 100% of Malaysia-based food company Munchy Food Industries for an undisclosed sum.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 13 June 2018
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Japanese LPs: Stirring giants

Japan’s LP landscape is in a state of flux as several large-scale investors ramp up their alternatives programs. The industry must prepare itself, in terms of personnel, structures, and expectations

  • North Asia
  • 13 June 2018
PE-backed Craftsman files for India IPO

Indian automobile and heavy equipment component manufacturer Craftsman Automation has filed for an IPO. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Standard Chartered Private Equity will make partial exits in the offering.

  • South Asia
  • 13 June 2018
Toyota invests $1b in SE Asia's Grab at $10b valuation

Japan’s Toyota Motor Corporation will contribute $1 billion as the lead investor in the latest round of funding for Southeast Asia-focused ride-hailing business Grab. The commitment – the largest-ever made by an automaker in the ride-hailing industry...

  • Southeast Asia
  • 13 June 2018
Blackstone closes debut Asia PE fund at $2.3b

The Blackstone Group has achieved a final close on its maiden Asia-focused private equity fund at a revised hard cap of $2.3 billion.

  • North America
  • 13 June 2018
Carlyle loses India managing director

Devinjit Singh, a managing director for The Carlyle Group based in Mumbai, will leave the firm at the end of this month to pursue other interests.

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