Deals
A potential deal would help KKR further expand its investment management footprint in Australia.
HK-listed L'Occitane's billionaire owner to take skincare firm private in $1.8b deal
Chinese EV giant BYD's quarterly earnings skid on savage price war
Temasek-backed AI startup Blaize raises $106m in funding
Crypto firm Tether invests $200m in US brain implant maker Blackrock Neurotech
Asset manager Value Partners said to have laid off a third of China staff
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HK-based PE firm Azuremount WH closes co-control deal in AI software developer ATOM
Lured by robust exits, PE firms line up for hospital assets in India; SE Asia to follow
The LP View: Infra fund managers seen adopting clear climate strategy in Asia, says AIIB exec
Indonesian media firm DailySocial lays off entire workforce amid “transition”
India: Medical devices maker Forus Health in talks with PE firms to raise capital
TPG will increase its mobile network in regional Australia to 2,444 network sites.
Analysis
Kyodo had reported that SoftBank was in talks to buy shares of LY Corp after guidance from Japan’s government.
Here’s your weekly recap of the most significant developments in Asian private markets in the week that went by.
People
Imatsu will retain his roles as co-head of global interest rates and co-head of the Asia Pacific fixed income, currency and commodities.
In 2022, BillEase banked a $20m debt facility from Singapore debt investment firm Helicap Securities.
Lotte halted some seven years ago the so-called Lotte Town project to build a shopping mall, hotel and theme park.
Vietnam-based edtech startup Prep has closed a Series A round.
The platform will invest in Saudi Arabia, the wider Gulf region and China.
Zoomcar is planning to expand its business to other parts of the country.