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Pet supplies company Vetreska received a capital injection from VC firm Quest Ventures this week.
ID Digest: Blibli cuts losses; Traveloka prepays debt
IFC mulls $35m investment in India's iBUS Network
Data Vantage: Vetreska, MySuki, coto, ReturnKey and Edukita in focus
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India: Zepto-backer Stride Ventures closes third fund at $165m, lower than Fund II
Warburg Pincus weighs partial exit from Indonesian real estate platform NWP Property
SG hot pot restaurant operator Super Hi files for $100m US IPO
Blackstone reportedly in talks to acquire Dulwich College International’s Asian assets
Recommerce platform ReturnKey raises Series A funding
Proptech firm Lhoopa received a capital infusion last week from investors, including Wavemaker Partners.
Here’s your weekly recap of the most significant developments in Asian private markets in the week that went by.
Analysis
Regional startups raised a meagre $1 billion in private funding in Q1, the lowest quarterly haul in over five years.
First Circle provides loans for SMEs.
Vietnamese food chain Homefarm is backed by Alibaba’s eWTP Technology and Innovation Fund.
Blending digital and physical distribution is vital for SE Asian digital banks, says CEO Coen Jonker.
Biotech startup Peptobiotics has issued new shares to investors, including Hatch Blue, Entrepreneur First and SEEDS Capital.
The investment has been routed through SUSI Asia Energy Transition Fund.
Philippine fintech giant Maya Innovations received fresh capital from PLDT and others as part of a recent funding round.