Deals

India’s Reliance said to be in talks to buy British toymaker Hamleys

India: Hospitality firms eye unbranded hotel space to expand footprint

Malaysia to revive $34b transport hub project initiated by 1MDB in 2011

Uber nabs $1b funding from SoftBank, Toyota for self-driving unit

Private Equity

Creador hikes stake in India’s PC Jeweller by picking shares worth $24m

Qatar fund QIA buys chunk of $5.6b Manhattan portfolio

Private equity deal momentum in Indian infra, real estate to continue in 2019: EY report

Singapore wealth fund remains unfazed by high tech valuations

Venture Capital

Japanese VC firm Globis makes first close of latest fund at $321m

ESP Capital-backed Uiza raises $1.5m funding from Sequoia’s Surge

Gaw Capital, Beyond Ventures lead $14.9m funding in Chinese startup

Australian VC Square Peg Capital leads $27m Series B in healthcare startup Aidoc

India dealbook: Startups Swadha Energies, CivilCops raise funding

Chinese selfie app firm Meitu forays into skincare to counter dwindling users

Binny Bansal, 021 Capital invest $3m in Indian supply chain startup Increff

India Dealbook: Edtech startup WhiteHat Jr, cab aggregator Routematic raise funding

Startup founders set forth three demands for India’s next govt

Japan’s Sumitomo leads Series A funding in Indonesian firm Cashlez


IPOs & Markets

Securities firm Shenwan Hongyuan raises $1.16b in HK IPO

Pinterest, Zoom Video debuts set pace for unicorns’ IPO race

Family tracking app Life360 launches $104m Australia IPO

Zoom Video raises $751m in IPO, valuation tops $9b

Mobile & Telco

Xiaomi ups India play, injects $507m in largest investment this year

Japan’s Line Corp, Mercari join forces as payments race heats up

India: Vodafone Idea’s $3.6b rights issue to cause massive dilution

India: RCom pays Ericsson, asset sale to Jio falls through

Real Estate

South Korea’s Mirae Asset invests $243m in HK office tower

WeWork said to pull out of talks to take on more Hong Kong space

Singapore’s SPH acquires student housing assets worth $174.3m in UK

Singapore investors bullish on India’s commercial realty, warehousing niches

Amazon to close domestic marketplace business in China

China’s P2P lending platform Dianrong raising $100m: Report

Google blocks Chinese app TikTok in India after court order

India: BookMyShow invests in online ticketing platform AtomX

SG Digest: Grab to integrate GrabFood into main app; Circles.Life revamps referral programme

Asia’s internet giants zoom in on main street banking

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Rumour Mill
Alibaba said to be likely suitor for Indonesian fintech startup Cermati
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Impact Investment
Impact investor Patamar Capital hits road to raise over $45m for second fund
IFC may extend $15m risk sharing facility to Cambodia’s PCCBank
Dutch development bank FMO may invest $50m in Berkeley Energy arm
OPIC provides $5m loan to BRAC Myanmar Microfinance

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