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Unitus raises $8m for India seed fund

Unitus Seed Fund (USF) has raised more than $8 million for its seed-stage venture capital fund focused on start-ups serving India's low-income consumers.

  • South Asia
  • 07 January 2013
China's Mailman to set up early-stage Asia fund

Mailman, a social media and digital marketing company based in China, is a forming a start-up fund that will provide Series A funding rounds.

  • Venture
  • 04 January 2013
Indonesia’s Berrybenka gets funding from Gree Ventures

Gree Ventures, the VC arm of social Japanese social networking giant Gree, has completed its third investment in Indonesia, providing a Series A round of funding to fashion-focused e-commerce start-up Berrybenka. The size of the investment was not disclosed.

  • Venture
  • 04 January 2013
SVB provides loan to VC-backed Zoomin

SVB India Finance, a subsidiary of Silicon Valley Bank, has provided INR80 million ($1.5 million) in venture debt funding to Zoomin.com, an online digital photo printing and merchandise company backed by early-stage investors Sherpalo Ventures and First...

  • South Asia
  • 04 January 2013
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VCs and mobile internet: The race to stay relevant

Venture capital investors targeting the mobile and social media space are only as good as their understanding of the consumer habits and technologies that underpin industry trends

  • Venture
  • 03 January 2013
Wilson Sonsini opens Beijing office

Venture capital-focused law firm Wilson Sonsini has opened an office in Beijing, enlarging a Greater China footprint that already takes in Shanghai and Hong Kong. The office is led by Kefei Li, a partner with the firm. He reports to Weiheng Chen, the...

  • Venture
  • 20 December 2012
Japan’s Fuller gets $1.2m seed round

Japanese internet service provider ASAHI Net and m8 Capital, a London-based VC firm, are leading a JPY100 million ($1.2 million) round of seed funding for Japan-based start-up Fuller Inc.

  • Venture
  • 18 December 2012
Ticketgoose plans second round funding from VCs

One of India's leading online bus tickets firms, Ticketgoose.com, is looking to raise INR250 million ($4.6 million) in a second round of VC funding, CEO Arun Athiappan said.

  • Venture
  • 14 December 2012
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Predictions for 2013

Growth capital, buyouts, public and private exits, secondaries and new frontiers – private equity professionals from Asia and beyond predict the future

  • GPs
  • 13 December 2012
PE-backed Xiaomi gets 10% of Kingsoft’s cloud computing unit

Chinese smart phone maker Xiaomi has agreed to purchase a 10% stake in Kingsoft Cloud Group, a unit of Chinese software maker Kingsoft, for $1.82 million in total.

  • Greater China
  • 12 December 2012
Singapore travel website gets seed funding from TNF, SingTel Innov8

Singapore-based online travel booking site Flocations has raised $570,000 seed funding round led by TNF Ventures and including SingTel Innov8, the corporate venture arm of SingTel – and angel investor Ben Ball.

  • Early-stage
  • 11 December 2012
US, India-focused Naya reaches first close on VC fund

Naya Ventures, a US-based VC firm that also invests in India, has reached a first close of $50 million on a fund targeting the mobile and cloud markets. Its approach involves providing capital and industry expertise to early-stage companies with a view...

  • South Asia
  • 10 December 2012
Blume, First Light invest $500k in India's MadRat Games

Blume Ventures and First Light Ventures have invested $500,000 in Bangalore-based gaming start-up MadRat Games.

  • South Asia
  • 10 December 2012
Fenox VC invests in Japan's Dream Link Entertainment

Silicon Valley-based Fenox VC has invested in Japanese flash animation studio Dream Link Entertainment (DLE).

  • Media
  • 10 December 2012
Asia Awards: VC Deal of the Year – Xiaomi

The hugely successful launch of Xiaomi’s smart phone, and the subsequent $216 million Series C round, justified Morningside Technologies and Qiming Venture Partners’ early faith in the Chinese company

  • Venture
  • 05 December 2012
Asia Awards: VC Professional of the Year – Sanjeev Aggarwal

SanjeevAggarwal, managing partner at Helion Venture Partners, reflects on a successful fundraise, the popularity of Indian venture capital, and a portfolio that is becoming increasingly international

  • South Asia
  • 05 December 2012
Golden Gate, JFDI form Asian start-up alliance

Golden Gate Ventures and JFDI.Asia will form a strategic alliance to support early-stage digital start-ups in Asia as they move from concept to pre-Series A funding.

  • Venture
  • 05 December 2012
VCs back $8m Series B round for Shubham HDFC

Accion and Saama Capital have jointly invested $4 million in India's Shubham Housing Development Finance Company. The venture capital firms join existing investors Elevar Equity and Helion Venture Capital in a second round of funding worth $8 million...

  • Financials
  • 30 November 2012
Iris Capital opens offices in Tokyo and Beijing

Iris Capital has opened offices in Tokyo and Beijing as part of an international expansion which also sees the French venture capital firm open three offices in North America.

  • Venture
  • 30 November 2012
Sequoia backs Chinese online lender Ppdai

Sequoia Capital has invested in a Series A financing round of Ppdai, a Chinese peer-to-peer online lending firm. The capital is expected to expand the company’s capacity on technology infrastructure and marketing campaigns.

  • Greater China
  • 28 November 2012
Korean start-up accelerator appoints new GPs

Korean start-up accelerator SparkLabs has appointed Jay McCarthy and Awy Julianto as general partners. They are managing partner and general partner, respectively, at Singapore-based boutique M&A and financial advisory firm Pacific Advisors.

  • Venture
  • 27 November 2012
Patni brothers buy stake in Grameen Capital India

Amit and Arihant Patni, the brothers who set up internet-focused VC firm Nirvana Venture Advisors, have acquired a stake in Grameen Capital India (GCI) from its original investor IFMR Trust. The transaction is said to represent a first-of-its-kind exit...

  • Investments
  • 27 November 2012
IncuCapital backs genetic diagnostic start-up

IncuCapital, an incubation and early-stage investment firm, has invested an undisclosed amount in Mumbai-based genetic diagnostics and research start-up Navigene Genetic Science. IncuCapital’s Surojit Nandy will join the Navigene board.

  • Venture
  • 23 November 2012
CyberAgent Ventures backs Vietnam food review site

CyberAgent Ventures has made an undisclosed commitment to Vietnamese food review site, Foody. The venture capital arm of Tokyo-based internet firm CyberAgent made the investment through its CA Asia Internet Fund I, a Southeast Asia-focused VC vehicle.

  • North Asia
  • 23 November 2012
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