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Deal focus: Ace Turtle says so long to SaaS
Deal focus: Ace Turtle says so long to SaaS

Ace Turtle never wanted to be India’s answer to Amazon, but it has moved from software provider to supply chain coordinator while stepping back from international markets. Investors are not deterred

  • South Asia
  • 16 May 2023
Apax invests $450m in India's IBS Software, Blackstone exits
Apax invests $450m in India's IBS Software, Blackstone exits

Apax Partners has agreed to pay USD 450m for a significant minority stake in India’s IBS Software, a travel and logistics industry supplier, enabling an exit for The Blackstone Group.

  • South Asia
  • 16 May 2023
New Zealand's Movac raises $125m for Fund VI
New Zealand's Movac raises $125m for Fund VI

New Zealand-based Movac has closed its sixth technology fund on NZD 202m (USD 125m) despite what Mark Vivian, a general partner at the venture capital firm, described as “the most challenging fundraising conditions I've experienced since the GFC [global...

  • Australasia
  • 15 May 2023
Shunwei commits $29m to China expense management platform
Shunwei commits $29m to China expense management platform

Maycur, a China-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider specialising in corporate expense management, has raised CNY 200m(USD 29m in Series C funding from Shunwei Capital.

  • Greater China
  • 10 May 2023
3one4 raises $200m for early-stage India fund
3one4 raises $200m for early-stage India fund

Indian venture capital firm 3one4 Capital has closed its fourth early-stage fund – and sixth overall – on target at USD 200m. The fundraising process took two-and-a-half months.

  • South Asia
  • 09 May 2023
India's Iron Pillar leads $30m round for logistics SaaS company
India's Iron Pillar leads $30m round for logistics SaaS company

Iron Pillar and Uncorrelated Ventures have co-led a USD 30m investment in Pando, a US-headquartered logistics software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider with an India-based development team.

  • South Asia
  • 04 May 2023
V Fund backs China treasury management software player
V Fund backs China treasury management software player

V Fund Management, a Beijing-based PE firm founded by a group of former Goldman Sachs bankers, has led a Series C round amounting to hundreds of millions of renminbi for Sikulifang, a local software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider specialising in treasury...

  • Greater China
  • 25 April 2023
US, India cybersecurity player gets $50m Series B
US, India cybersecurity player gets $50m Series B

US and India-based cyber risk management software-as-a-service platform Safe Security has closed a USD 50m Series B round led by Sorenson Capital.

  • South Asia
  • 20 April 2023
Weekly digest - April 19 2023
Weekly digest - April 19 2023

  • Region
  • 19 April 2023
China HR SaaS player Beisen completes $30m HK IPO
China HR SaaS player Beisen completes $30m HK IPO

Beisen Holding, a China-based human resources software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform backed by the likes of SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Goldman Sachs, Matrix Partners China, and Sequoia Capital China, fell 12% on debut following a HKD 238.9m (USD 30m) Hong...

  • Greater China
  • 14 April 2023
Fund focus: Iron Pillar takes India SaaS to the world
Fund focus: Iron Pillar takes India SaaS to the world

Iron Pillar has secured USD 129m for what it claims is the first India venture-growth fund dedicated to supporting local companies with global software and cloud infrastructure solutions

  • Venture
  • 11 April 2023
Prosus, Accel back India SaaS procurement platform
Prosus, Accel back India SaaS procurement platform

Prosus Ventures and Accel have led a USD 11m Series A round for Spendflo, an India-founded software-as-a-service (SaaS) procurement management platform now headquartered in the US.

  • South Asia
  • 06 April 2023
Japan 'deskless workforce' start-up raises $23m
Japan 'deskless workforce' start-up raises $23m

Japan’s Coral Capital has led a JPY 3bn (USD 23m) Series B round for Kaminashi, a local software start-up targeting an under-digitalised blue-collar segment it calls the “deskless workforce.”

  • North Asia
  • 02 April 2023
Weekly digest - March 29 2023
Weekly digest - March 29 2023

  • Region
  • 29 March 2023
Deal focus: China SaaS gets specific
Deal focus: China SaaS gets specific

Investors are gradually returning to China’s software-as-a-service space with an appetite for industry specialists rather than generalists. The CDH Investments-led Series B for 1Data is a case in point

  • Greater China
  • 28 March 2023
Longreach buys Japan healthcare SaaS player
Longreach buys Japan healthcare SaaS player

North Asia buyout specialist The Longreach Group has invested an undisclosed sum in Wellness Communications Corporation (WCC), a Japanese healthcare software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider.

  • North Asia
  • 28 March 2023
CDH leads Series B for China RPA player 1data
CDH leads Series B for China RPA player 1data

1Data, a China-based robotic process automation (RPA) company, has raised close to CNY 200m (USD 29.2m) in Series B funding led by CDH Investments.

  • Greater China
  • 23 March 2023
India's Nexus Venture closes Fund VII on $700m
India's Nexus Venture closes Fund VII on $700m

Nexus Venture Partners has reached a final close on its seventh India venture capital fund with USD 700m in commitments, taking the firm’s total assets under management past the USD 2bn mark.

  • South Asia
  • 01 March 2023
Japan enterprise blockchain supplier LayerX raises $40m
Japan enterprise blockchain supplier LayerX raises $40m

Japan’s LayerX, an enterprise technology supplier that incorporates blockchain into functions such as expense management, has raised JPY 5.5bn (USD 40m) from a mostly local VC syndicate.

  • North Asia
  • 01 March 2023
Singapore's Grayscale hits first close on debut VC fund
Singapore's Grayscale hits first close on debut VC fund

Grayscale Ventures, a Singapore-based VC firm set up last month by South Asia-focused investors at Japan’s Strive, has achieved a first close of about USD 10m on its debut fund.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 28 February 2023
AVCJ Awards 2022: Fundraising of the Year – Mid Cap: Potentia Capital
AVCJ Awards 2022: Fundraising of the Year – Mid Cap: Potentia Capital

For Australia’s Potentia Capital, the beauty of its sophomore fundraise was not that it took four months, but that it took two years. Putting out feelers well before the official launch created buzz

  • Australasia
  • 24 February 2023
Deal focus: Affine builds software for an office beyond Office
Deal focus: Affine builds software for an office beyond Office

Affine is one of many start-ups working on a set of collaborative tools to replace Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Its open-source model struck a chord with investors at a time when capital is scarce

  • Greater China
  • 21 February 2023
China GPs back pre-Series A for software start-up Affine
China GPs back pre-Series A for software start-up Affine

Affine, a Chinese-founded and Singapore-based collaborative software start-up, has raised USD 10m in pre-Series A funding led by Redpoint China, China Growth Capital, and Sinovation Ventures.

  • Greater China
  • 20 February 2023
Potentia gains due diligence access to Australia's Nitro
Potentia gains due diligence access to Australia's Nitro

Potentia Capital has been invited to perform due diligence on buyout target Nitro Software after trumping a rival bid for the listed Australian company, ending months of board resistance to its overtures.

  • Australasia
  • 09 February 2023
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