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China LiDAR specialist Hesai aims for US IPO

Hesai Technology, a China-based developer of sensors used in autonomous driving, is targeting a US listing. Its investors include Lightspeed China Partners, Baidu, Bosch, and Xiaomi.

  • Greater China
  • 27 January 2023
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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
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Australia's Potentia contests Nitro merger plan

Potentia Capital has appealed a decision by Australia’s Takeovers Panel not to intervene in a situation that has seen Nitro Software repeatedly rebuff acquisition proposals made by the private equity firm.

  • Australasia
  • 27 January 2023
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Japan's Net Marketing is sold four months after take-private

Net Marketing, a Japanese online advertising and media management business that was delisted following the completion of a successful tender offer by Bain Capital last September, has been acquired by Tokyo-listed marketing analytics player Macbee Planet.

  • North Asia
  • 26 January 2023
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Aramco backs Japan drone start-up

Saudi Arabia’s Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, has invested USD 14m in Japanese drone maker Terra Drone on the back of a JPY 8bn (USD 62m) Series B round.

  • MENA
  • 26 January 2023
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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
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Deal focus: Secondary investors support Capital Square, Basil merger

Capital Square Partners and Basil Technology Partners have joined forces, with HarbourVest Partners, NewQuest Capital Partners, and Committed Advisors backing a USD 700m fund comprising Asia IT services investments from both GPs

  • South Asia
  • 19 January 2023
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China’s Yunqi seeks $300m for fourth VC fund

Yunqi Partners, which makes early-stage investments in China’s enterprise software and services space, is targeting USD 300m for its fourth US dollar-denominated fund.

  • Greater China
  • 19 January 2023
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Avatar Growth leads Series C for India's Mad Street Den

Avatar Growth Capital, a private equity firm specialising in bringing Indian tech to global markets, has led a USD 30m Series C round for US and India-based retail services player Mad Street Den.

  • South Asia
  • 19 January 2023
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China satellite developer Minospace raises $60m

Beijing-based satellite developer Minospace has raised nearly CNY400m (USD 59.6m) across a Series B round and a Series B extension.

  • Greater China
  • 17 January 2023
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Japan rocket start-up Interstellar gets $29m Series D

Interstellar Technologies, which in 2017 became the first Japanese company to launch a privately developed space rocket and is currently working on solutions for sending small satellites into orbit, has raised JPY 3.8bn (USD 29.6m) in Series D funding.

  • North Asia
  • 17 January 2023
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India's IIFL Asset Management merges with Truscale

India-based alternative investment manager IIFL Asset Management (IIFL AM) has agreed to take ownership of TrueScale Capital, a venture growth firm established by Sameer Nath, formerly of Iron Pillar.

  • South Asia
  • 16 January 2023
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GIC, PIF invest $924m in Korea's Kakao Entertainment

Singapore’s GIC and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) have agreed to invest a combined KRW 1.15trn (USD 924m) in Korean internet giant Kakao’s entertainment division.

  • North Asia
  • 13 January 2023
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China’s Capcon Semiconductor raises $50m

Hillhouse Capital, Cowin Capital, Chengchuang Capital, and SAIC Motor Corporation's Shangqi Capital have participated in a USD 50m extended Series B round for Capcon, a China-based supplier of semiconductor assembly and packaging equipment.

  • Greater China
  • 12 January 2023
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India's Avataar hires partner from Alpha Wave Global

Avataar Venture Partners, an India-based investor in growth-stage B2B technology and software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies, has recruited Anirudh Singh from Alpha Wave Global as a partner.

  • South Asia
  • 12 January 2023
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Everstone, Goldman buy IT consulting player Cprime

India and Southeast Asia-focused private equity firm Everstone Capital has teamed up with Goldman Sachs Asset Management to acquire US-headquartered IT consulting business Cprime. The size of the transaction was not disclosed.

  • South Asia
  • 12 January 2023
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L Catterton joins round for e-bike player Tenways

Tenways, an electric bicycle manufacturer headquartered in the Netherlands with a strong supply chain in Asia, has raised CNY 300m (USD 44m) in Series A funding, including an extension led by L Catterton.

  • Greater China
  • 11 January 2023
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Nio Capital backs China battery recycling start-up

Nio Capital has led a Series A for China-based battery recycling start-up Ruilong Technology. The company did not disclose the exact size of the round, merely saying it amounted to several hundreds of millions of renminbi.

  • Greater China
  • 11 January 2023
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AC, Indies sign up to Malaysia government tech drive

Indonesia-focused AC Ventures and Indies Capital have agreed to support a Malaysian tech investment programme led by government VC unit Penjana Kapital.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 10 January 2023
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Deal focus: TR leads $150m multi-asset secondary for India's Samara

TR Capital first worked with Samara Capital on a single-asset continuation fund for Sapphire Foods India – and saw the local Yum Brands franchisor go public about three months after the deal was announced. It has now reunited with Samara for what amounts...

  • Secondaries
  • 09 January 2023
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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
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China's Breton Technology raises $84m

Breton Technology, a China-based manufacturer of new energy mining equipment, has closed an extended Series C round of CNY 579m (USD 84.5m) from a slew of domestic investors.

  • Greater China
  • 09 January 2023
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ChrysCapital acquires US-India IT player Xoriant for $350m

India’s ChrysCapital Partners has acquired Xoriant, a US-headquartered but primarily India-based software engineering and IT provider, for about USD 350m.

  • South Asia
  • 06 January 2023
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PAG invests $500m in China's iQiyi

PAG has invested USD 500m in China-based online video streaming platform iQiyi through a private placement of senior convertible notes.

  • Greater China
  • 06 January 2023
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