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Sequoia Capital leads $15m Series C in App Annie
Sequoia Capital has led a $15 million investment in app analytics platform App Annie, with participation from existing investors IDG Capital Partners, Greycroft Partners, e.ventures and Infinity Venture Partners. Tim Lee, partner at Sequoia Capital and...
Investors book passage with Tuniu
Most Travel e-commerce companies in China are essentially search engines that provide information on hotel and flight bookings plus a payment mechanism. The team at Tuniu opted for a different tack, focusing specifically on packaged tourism, and they...
ClearVue Partners backs $5m round for China online grocery store
ClearVue Partners has led a $5 million Series A round of funding in Shanghai-based online grocery store Fields.
Hong Kong start-ups: The Silicon Harbour
Hong Kong is touting itself as Asia's next great tech start-up hub. It must first address expensive real estate, the role of government as facilitator, and strategic positioning vis-à-vis mainland China
VC-backed Forgame targets $222m Hong Kong IPO
Forgame Holdings, a Guangzhou-based mobile game developer backed by several VC firms, plans to raise at least $222 million through an IPO in Hong Kong.
GGV invests in China LED producer's pre-IPO round
GGV Capital has made a pre-IPO investment in Sichuan Sunfor Light, a Chinese light emitting diode (LED) manufacturer. Terms of transaction were not disclosed.
Chinese authorities detain ex-CDH executive Gongquan Wang
Gongquan Wang, founder of CDH Venture Capital, has been detained by Chinese authorities for alleged involvement of New Citizen’s Movement, a civil rights group advocating greater transparency in government. Wang left CDH two years ago.
WuXi PharmaTech-backed Foundation Medicine sets terms for $75m IPO
US cancer diagnostics firm Foundation Medicine, which counts the corporate venture fund of Shanghai-headquarted WuXi PharmaTech among its backers, has announced the terms for its US IPO.
Hong Kong investors contemplate "Silicon Harbour"
Hong Kong has the potential to become an innovation center for Asia, say industry participants, but not quite in the mold of Silicon Valley.
Sequoia leads Series B round in China menstruation-tracking app
Sequoia Capital China has led a Series B round of founding for Dayima.com, a menstruation cycle-tracking mobile app. Existing backer Bertelsmann Asia Investments also participated in the round.
Affordable healthcare chain Glocal gets $4m from SIDBI VC
SIDBI Venture Capital has invested INR250 million ($3.93 million) in Glocal Healthcare Systems, which operates multi-specialty hospitals in semi-rural parts of East India.
Shunwei backs China child education app
Beijing Shunwei Venture Capital, founded by super angel investor Lei Jun, has committed a Series A round of funding for Babybus.com, which develops educational apps for children. Details of transaction were not disclosed but the investment size is said...
China Fortune Link to set up RMB VC fund in Qinghai province
China Fortune Link Fund Management has rolled out a RMB100 million ($16.3 million) venture capital fund to invest in Qinghai, a province located in China's far northwest.
Sequoia invests $10m in China personal finance site
Sequoia Capital has committed a total of $10 million across two rounds of funding for Feidee.com, a Beijing-based personal finance management website.
Indonesia flight booking service gets Series A round from Samwer brothers
Global Founders Capital (GFC) a VC firm co-founded by Rocket Internet’s Samwer brothers, has made its first Asia investment - committing an undisclosed sum to Indonesian flight search engine Traveloka.
Shenzhen Capital invests in China mobile app start-up ShareSDK
Shenzhen Capital Group has committed a Series A round of funding to ShareSDK, a Guangzhou-based mobile app service provider. Details of the investment were undisclosed.
Patni Brothers set up incubator for India big data start-ups
The co-founders of Nirvana Venture Advisors, brothers Arihant and Amit Patni, have set up Hive Technologies to help launch and fund Indian big data start-ups.
AVCAL CEO Katherine Woodthorpe resigns
Katherine Woodthorpe, CEO of the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL), has resigned. Having spent seven years in the role, Woodthorpe announced she would be stepping down on October 31 in order to "pursue fresh challenges."
Nissay Capital leads $1.5m round for Japan skills marketplace
Nissay Capital has a led a JPY150 million ($1.5 million) round of investment in WelSelf, the Tokyo-based start-up behind online skils marketplace Coconala. Other investors include internet marketing companies Opt and Adways, and the CEO of cosmetics site...
Japan's Future Venture Capital raises $5m venture fund
Japan's Future Venture Capital has raised a JPY500 million ($5 million) venture fund, Ehime Venture Fund 2013.
Japan's Rakuten acquires VC-backed video site Viki
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten has acquired Viki, a VC-backed global video streaming platform.The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
China video app Yixia.com completes $25m Series B round
China mobile video app Yixia.com has completed a $25 million Series B round of investment led by internet giant Sina Corporation. Existing backers Redpoint Ventures and Morningside Ventures also participated in the round.
Indonesia VCs, incubators form lobbying alliance
Eight Indonesian venture capital firms and incubators have come together to form a lobbying group known as the Alliance of Venture Capitals in Indonesia (AVCII). Members include CyberAgent Ventures, East Ventures, GEPI, Grupara, Ideosource, Jakarta Founders...
SMBC, IGPI invest $1.3m in Japanese game design platform
SMBC Venture Capital and Industrial Growth Partners (IGPI) have invested JPY130 million ($1.3 million) in Mugenup.com, a start-up that crowd-sources design talent to work on projects for game developers.