12/2/2018 – Masii, a dot-com startup that provides an online comparison platform for financial products has today completed its series A round raising 77 million baht, that translates to about US$2.43 million. According to Masii’s co-founder and CEO Max Meyer, this funding round is led by Thai conglomerate B. Grimm, alongside the participation of new … Read more
20/2/2018 – Creador, a private equity firm with investments in the South and Southeast Asia region is looking to invest up to 20 percent of its upcoming fund in Vietnam over the next 3 years, in addition to opening its first office in the country by June this year. “We are impressed by the strong, … Read more
21/2/18 – Singapore’s state investor Temasek Holdings and National Research Foundation (NRF) have committed S$100 million (about US$ 75.9 million) in an effort to support the commercialization of intellectual property (IP) from publicly-funded research. The announcement was made during the Singapore Budget 2018, and sees the S$100 million venture co-funded between the Singapore government and … Read more
22/2/2018 – An Phat Holdings, a plastic and packaging producer in Vietnam announced yesterday that it has secured an investment of VND 353 billion (about US$15.6 million) from Korea’s asset management company Valuesystem. The funding is part of the company’s plans to raise US$200 million to support its growth over the next few years, in … Read more
Cloudaron Group, a cloud service company based in Kuala Lumpur has entered into an agreement with ASX-listed 8common Limited for the acquisition of its subsidiary firm realtors8, for SGD4.23 million (about US$3.2 million) The transaction is expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2018 where realtors8 will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cloudaron. … Read more
26/2/2018 – Private equity firm Anthem Asia announced recently that it is raising US$40 to US$50 million for its Myanmar SME Venture Fund to support the national and regional expansion of local businesses. Their investment will focus on small and medium enterprises, agribusiness, affordable housing, health, education, as well as climate change mitigation and adaptation. … Read more
27/2/2018 – Dymon Asia PE, the investment arm of Dymon Asia Capital (Singapore) is likely to close its second PE fund at between US$420 to US$430 million. This follows the first close of its second vehicle – Dymon Asia Private Equity (SE Asia) Fund II – at US$325 million in December 2017. The PE firm’s … Read more
