UOB Venture Management

Taiwan AI start-up Appier raises $23m

Taipei-based artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Appier has raised $23 million in a Series B round of funding from UOB Venture Management, Sequoia India, Jafco Asia, TransLink Capital and MediaTek Ventures.

• Greater China
• 04 November 2015

Q&A: United Overseas Bank's Wee Yap Yeo

United Overseas Bank (UOB) has teamed up with Orix Corp. to launch a $200 million Southeast Asia mezzanine fund. Wee Yap Yeo, head of mezzanine capital at UOB, explains the strategy

• Mezzanine
• 17 September 2014

Control deals cast light on Asia GPs' value creation credentials - AVCJ Forum

Private equity investors are seeing more control deals in emerging Asian markets traditionally dominated by growth capital, which in turn gives LPs greater visibility as to GPs’ operational capabilities.

• Buyouts
• 17 July 2014

Identifying good GPs is biggest LP challenge in SE Asia - AVCJ Singapore Forum

Finding the right fund manager is the greatest challenge facing LPs investing into Southeast Asia, according to panelists at the AVCJ Forum in Singapore on Thursday. The second greatest challenge is ensuring they remain the right managers.

• Southeast Asia
• 20 July 2012