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Frontier market fundraising: Roads less travelled

As fundraising slows globally, GPs in frontier markets are more dependent than ever on multilateral development banks. That’s not a major problem now, but in a long downturn, it could become one

  • Fundraising
  • 12 July 2023
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Portfolio: True North and Integrace

True North has spent five years transforming Integrace from a low-margin drug portfolio into a broader, better-performing platform with digital capabilities. The M&A story isn’t finished yet

  • South Asia
  • 11 July 2023
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Japan M&A: Go digital, go global

Panasonic moved from hardware to software with the acquisition of Blue Yonder, a path that other Japanese corporates are expected to follow. PE investors can sell to them or work with them

  • North Asia
  • 05 July 2023
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AVCJ Japan Forum 2023 special issue

  • North Asia
  • 28 June 2023
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Advanced computing: Niche or indispensable?

Investors are wary of rising data processing challenges in a rapidly digitising world. They must make do with the imperfect solutions of today without failing to embrace frontier technologies

  • Technology
  • 28 June 2023
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China fundraising: Zombie apocalypse?

A pullback by US investors is exacerbating difficult fundraising conditions in China. Most managers are either delaying their return to the market or pulling every lever to secure commitments

  • Greater China
  • 21 June 2023
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GP profile: 500 Global

500 Global’s emergence as a preeminent seed investor in Southeast Asia has played out against the backdrop of a broader transformation from US accelerator into international multi-stage venture capital firm

  • Southeast Asia
  • 14 June 2023
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Start-up banking: Filling an SVB-shaped hole

Silicon Valley Bank was arguably the only institution globally to comprehensively service the unique banking needs of start-ups. In its absence, a mix of players are rising to the challenge

  • North America
  • 14 June 2023
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Japan buyouts: Bucking the trend

Japan remains a private equity hotspot despite muted buyout activity elsewhere in Asia. Take-private and sponsor-to-sponsor opportunities make for a more textured local market

  • North Asia
  • 06 June 2023
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Asia private credit: Muffled momentum

The conservative virtues of private credit relative to private equity have come into fashion in a risk-off world. But global participation in the Asian side of the story will be limited

  • Greater China
  • 31 May 2023
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Energy transition: An emerging speciality

Kerogen Capital is trying to plot a more nuanced course into energy transition than building renewables. It is one of a growing number of nascent specialists in the space.

  • Industrials
  • 24 May 2023
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South by Southeast: Asia’s next growth engine?

Grouping together markets based on growth and scale is a problematic with South Asia and Southeast Asia as it was with the BRIC economies. But to some extent, investors are buying into the story

  • South Asia
  • 17 May 2023
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Japan VC: Global appetites

The relatively recent advent of sizeable VC funds and high-profile start-ups in Japan has exposed long-simmering ambitions to be more international. This could be a breakout moment

  • North Asia
  • 10 May 2023
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China: Who’s investing?

Private equity investment in China remains in the doldrums yet local investors claim to see green shoots. Where, when, and how they engage with the market is likely to differ from previous cycles

  • Greater China
  • 03 May 2023
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Portfolio: AIG

Advance Intelligence Group has developed a relatively narrow enterprise fintech business into one of the region’s leading digital lending operations with the help of several VC investors

  • Southeast Asia
  • 03 May 2023
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AVCJ Southeast Asia Forum 2023 special issue

  • Southeast Asia
  • 27 April 2023
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Put a bow on it: India draws funds to GIFT City

India has created an onshore jurisdiction with offshore characteristics to lure country funds currently domiciled in Singapore and Mauritius. Does GIFT City have staying power?

  • South Asia
  • 26 April 2023
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1Q analysis: Barely disguised weakness

Government guidance funds in China and Toshiba Corporation in Japan papered over obvious cracks in Asia private equity fundraising and investment. Nothing could hide the pain around exits

  • Fundraising
  • 19 April 2023
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Asia fundraising: To the grindstone

As macro uncertainties add red tape to fundraising processes and oblige some managers to operate on a deal-by-deal basis, the improvisational, survivalist nature of Asian private equity is on display

  • Fundraising
  • 19 April 2023
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Gulf gambit: Asia GPs court Middle East LPs

As the Middle East becomes a focal point for private equity fundraising globally, Asia-based managers hope that macro trends work in their favour. Being the right size and the right strategic fit also helps

  • MENA
  • 04 April 2023
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GP profile: Square Peg Capital

Square Peg Capital came of age at the same time as the Australian and Southeast Asian VC ecosystems, straddling the two with a toehold in Israel. The idea was to think big, not get big. It’s doing both

  • Australasia
  • 28 March 2023
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Fund finance: Filling Asia’s SVB void

Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse has prompted Asia-based GPs to review their relationships with lenders, for fund finance and general banking. Smaller managers may find the process challenging

  • Greater China
  • 28 March 2023
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Southeast Asia VC: Drought survivors

As weaker sentiment for technology risk cools venture capital markets globally, Southeast Asia is lagging in limbo. Investors remain bullish but continue to hold their fire amidst questions around valuations

  • Southeast Asia
  • 22 March 2023
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China IPOs: Back to New York

With regulatory challenges receding, Chinese companies are once again targeting US listings. But the journey to New York – in terms of approvals, locations, and valuations – isn’t necessarily smooth

  • Greater China
  • 15 March 2023
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