• Home
  • News
  • Analysis
  •  
    Regions
    • Australasia
    • Southeast Asia
    • Greater China
    • North Asia
    • South Asia
    • North America
    • Europe
    • Central Asia
    • MENA
  •  
    Funds
    • LPs
    • Buyout
    • Growth
    • Venture
    • Renminbi
    • Secondary
    • Credit/Special Situations
    • Infrastructure
    • Real Estate
  •  
    Investments
    • Buyout
    • Growth
    • Early stage
    • PIPE
    • Credit
  •  
    Exits
    • IPO
    • Open market
    • Trade sale
    • Buyback
  •  
    Sectors
    • Consumer
    • Financials
    • Healthcare
    • Industrials
    • Infrastructure
    • Media
    • Technology
    • Real Estate
  • Events
  • Chinese edition
  • Data & Research
  • Weekly Digest
  • Newsletters
  • Sign in
  • Events
  • Sign in
    • You are currently accessing unquote.com via your Enterprise account.

      If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in.

      If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team.

      Phone: +44 (0)870 240 8859

      Email: customerservices@incisivemedia.com

      • Sign in
     
      • Saved articles
      • Newsletters
      • Account details
      • Contact support
      • Sign out
     
  • Follow us
    • RSS
    • Twitter
    • LinkedIn
    • Newsletters
  • Free Trial
  • Subscribe
  • Weekly Digest
  • Chinese edition
  • Data & Research
    • Latest Data & Research
      Ape-directory
      AVCJ Private Equity Online Directory

      With its wide network of senior industry contacts, the directory is the most comprehensive online directory on private equity and venture capital in Asia. It is easy to navigate, enabling access to Asian private equity firms and professionals.

      Read more
      2016-china-cover
      Regional Reports

      The reports review the year's local private equity and venture capital activity and are filled with up-to-date data and intelligence on fundraising, investments, exits and M&A. The regional reports also feature information on key companies.

      Read more
      2016-pevc-cover
      Industry Review

      Asian Private Equity and Venture Capital Review provides an independent overview of the private equity, venture capital and M&A activities in the Asia region. It delivers insights on investments made, capital raised, sector specific figures and more.

      Read more
      AVCJ Database

      AVCJ Database is the ultimate link between Asian dealmakers and those who provide advisory, financial, legal and technological services to the private equity, venture capital and M&A industries. It is packed with facts and figures on more than 153,000 companies and almost 117,000 transactions.

      Read more
AVCJ
AVCJ
  • Home
  • News
  • Analysis
  • Regions
  • Funds
  • Investments
  • Exits
  • Sectors
  • You are currently accessing unquote.com via your Enterprise account.

    If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in.

    If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team.

    Phone: +44 (0)870 240 8859

    Email: customerservices@incisivemedia.com

    • Sign in
 
    • Saved articles
    • Newsletters
    • Account details
    • Contact support
    • Sign out
 

Financials

payment-debit
Indonesia fintech start-up iSeller gets $12m

Indonesia financial technology start-up iSeller, which helps businesses to digitise sales and operations, has raised USD 12m in Series B funding led by Intudo Ventures.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 27 January 2023
india-technology-mobile-men
India's PhonePe raises $350m at $12b valuation

General Atlantic has invested USD 350m – at a pre-money valuation of USD 12bn – in PhonePe, a digital payments platform that spun out from Indian e-commerce marketplace Flipkart.

  • South Asia
  • 20 January 2023
leapfrog-logo
GP profile: LeapFrog Investments

LeapFrog Investments is broadly recognised as a pioneer of impact investing globally as well as an architect of the industry’s legitimising standards and controls. Asia has always been core

  • South Asia
  • 11 January 2023
india-rupee-currency-notes
Advent joins Series D for India's KreditBee

Advent International has committed USD 100m to Indian lending start-up KreditBee as an extension to a Series D round announced last month.

  • South Asia
  • 09 January 2023
credit-mobile-bnpl-payment
MUFG invests $200m in Indonesia fintech player Akulaku

Akulaku, an Indonesia-based digital finance platform that has raised several rounds of venture capital funding, has received a USD 200m investment from Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG).

  • Southeast Asia
  • 30 December 2022
nbfc-loan-mortgage
TPG buys India's Poonawalla Housing Finance

TPG Capital Asia has agreed to acquire Poonawalla Housing Finance for a pre-money equity valuation of INR 39bn (USD 473m) and inject an additional INR 10bn to support growth.

  • South Asia
  • 15 December 2022
software-code-face
Australia's Potentia pursues two technology take-privates

Australia-based specialist B2B technology investor Potentia Capital appears to be continuing its pursuit of two listed companies – Nitro Software and Tyro Payments – despite several rejections.

  • Australasia
  • 13 December 2022
colombo-sri-lanka
TPG exits Sri Lanka's Union Bank of Colombo

TPG Capital has agreed to exit Union Bank of Colombo (UBC), a Sri Lanka-based lender it has held since 2014, to a Singapore-registered company of unspecified ownership.

  • South Asia
  • 06 December 2022
india-loan-book-debt-credit
India's KreditBee raises $80m Series D

Indian lending start-up KreditBee has raised USD 80m in Series D funding from Premji Invest, NewQuest Capital Partners, Mirae Asset Ventures, MUFG Bank, and Motilal Oswal Alternates (MO Alts).

  • South Asia
  • 05 December 2022
payments-internet
Hong Kong fintech player XanPool raises $41m

XanPool, a Hong Kong-based cross-border payments infrastructure provider, has raised USD 41m from new investor Target Global and existing backer Antler Elevate.

  • Greater China
  • 01 December 2022
frankieone-chipper-costello
AirTree, Greycroft back Australia's FrankieOne

Australia’s AirTree Ventures and US-based Greycroft have led a AUD 23m (USD 15.5m) investment in Melbourne-based fraud prevention platform FrankieOne, lifting its Series A round to AUD 45.7m.

  • Australasia
  • 01 December 2022
online-insurance
Singapore insurance start-up Igloo lifts Series B to $46m

Singapore-based insurance technology start-up Igloo has added USD 27m to an initial USD 19m in Series B funding raised in March. Swiss impact investor BlueOrchard led the extension.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 01 December 2022
crypto-blockchain-bitcoin-sinking
FTX: Crypto dismisses another deathblow

An emerging technology giant has imploded. Regulations are set to tighten. Investors hit pause but remain confident about the long-term outlook. Business as usual in crypto

  • Greater China
  • 30 November 2022
five-star-business-finance-ipo
India's Five Star completes $195m IPO, GPs make partial exits

Five Star Business Finance, an Indian non-banking financial company (NBFC) that has received several rounds of private funding, gained 3% on debut following an INR 15.9bn (USD 195m) domestic IPO.

  • South Asia
  • 23 November 2022
avcj-forum-crypto-2022
Crypto’s hyped transparency remains muddy – AVCJ Forum

Centralised finance (cefi) manifestations of decentralised finance (defi) technologies are becoming problematic for mainstream investors, the AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum heard.

  • Financials
  • 16 November 2022
fintech-digital-finance
India fintech player Lentra gets $60m Series B

India’s Lentra, a financial technology provider focused on cloud-based lending, has raised USD 60m in Series B funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners and SIG Venture Capital.

  • South Asia
  • 15 November 2022
asset-management-digital
Australia's Perpetual rejects improved BPEA EQT, Regal bid

BPEA EQT – formerly Baring Private Equity Asia – and Regal Partners have increased their offer for Australia-based asset manager Perpetual only for the target company’s board to reject them once again.

  • Australasia
  • 10 November 2022
india-sme-small-business
Japan-based microfinance player gets $47m Series E

Gojo & Company, a Japan-headquartered microfinance institution that operates across Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Cambodia, India, and Tajikistan, has raised USD 47.6m in Series E funding.

  • North Asia
  • 10 November 2022
jonathan-whittle-monica-brand-engel-ganesh-rengaswamy
Quona closes third financial inclusion fund on $332m

Quona Capital, which invests under a financial inclusion strategy across emerging markets, has closed its third fund on USD 332m, beating a target of USD 250m.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 09 November 2022
india-rupee-note
India's 8i Ventures hits first close on Fund II

8i Ventures, an India-based early-stage venture capital firm, has achieved a first close of approximately USD 25m on its second fund. The overall target is USD 50m.

  • South Asia
  • 07 November 2022
fintech-2
Singapore digital family office platform raises $90m

Arta Finance, a digital family office start-up established by Caesar Sengupta, the Singapore-based former head of Google’s Next Billion Users initiative, has raised USD 90m in Series A funding.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 07 November 2022
digital-stocks-tech-market
Australia's Perpetual rejects $1.1b bid from BPEA EQT, Regal

Australia-based asset manager Perpetual has rejected a buyout offer from BPEA EQT – formerly Baring Private Equity Asia – and listed alternatives manager Regal Partners that values the company at approximately AUD 1.7bn (USD 1.07bn).

  • Australasia
  • 04 November 2022
axis-bank
Bain makes $179m partial exit from India's Axis Bank

Bain Capital has generated proceeds of INR 14.9bn (USD 179.7m) through a partial exit from Axis Bank, a listed Indian lender it first backed five years ago.

  • South Asia
  • 02 November 2022
reap
Deal focus: Reap looks beyond Hong Kong

Having proved its business model and build up a customer base in Hong Kong, small business credit specialist Reap will use part of its USD 40m Series A round to pursue international expansion

  • Greater China
  • 01 November 2022
1 2 3

Most read

ipo-india-money
Asia IPOs gone cold: India edition
lidar
China LiDAR specialist Hesai aims for US IPO
payment-debit
Indonesia fintech start-up iSeller gets $12m
dog-feed-woman-pet-food
Hillhouse-backed China pet services business seeks US listing
contest-battle-compete-tug-war
Australia's Potentia contests Nitro merger plan
  • About AVCJ
  • Advertise
  • Contacts
  • About ION Analytics
  • Terms of use
  • Privacy policy
  • Group disclaimer
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletters

© Merger Market

© Mergermarket Limited, 10 Queen Street Place, London EC4R 1BE - Company registration number 03879547

Digital publisher of the year 2010 & 2013

Digital publisher of the year 2010 & 2013