Deals

India: Persistent Systems to acquire Swiss co Parx Werk for $17m

India: Liberty House to buy debt laden Amtek Auto’s UK assets

India Dealbook: Monsoon CreditTech & FableStreet raise funds; Elanic acqui-hires SecondCry

India: IndiGo’s parent InterGlobe picks banks for institutional share sale

Private Equity

China: Principle Capital to buy Israel-based Camtek’s PCB biz for $35m

India: Carlyle to acquire GE Capital’s 26% stake in SBI Cards

Australia: KKR-owned logistics player Bis opts for $1b debt-equity swap deal

Saudi Aramco looks to buy partner Jadwa Investment’s 30% stake in refinery

Venture Capital

500 Startups emerges as most active tech investor in SEA

India: Annapurna Microfinance raises $9.5m led by Bamboo Capital

China: Geneseeq closes Series C led by Industrial Innovation Capital

China: Xingtang miniKTV raises $15m; Huayi backs Symbow Medical; Xiaomai secures $18.5m

ASX-listed iSentric closes deal to acquire Myanmar’s MyPlay for $4.5m

naked Hub merges with Singapore’s JustCo to take on industry leader WeWork

India: Healthcare startup CureFit acquires yoga centre brand a1000yoga

Singapore: Roomorama ceases operations with closure of website

Exclusive: Indian micro-VC Quarizon closes second fund, looks to back 8 companies

Uber to suspend operations in Macau


IPOs & Markets

Thai logistics operator to launch IPO in Q3 for ASEAN expansion

U.S. IPO market may struggle to finish 2017 on a high

Toshiba to book $357m net profit from sale of Landis+Gyr shares

China’s delivery firm ZTO, banks sued over ‘inflated’ margins in top 2016 US IPO

Mobile & Telco

Singapore: SPH, Axiata and Keppel call off strategic review of M1 stake

Myanmar Technology, Malaysia’s Numix JV to invest $2.5m in broadband services

Singapore: StarHub to acquire remaining 49% of Accel Systems for $18.9m

India: Tata group looks to exit telecom, in talks with Airtel

Real Estate

India: L&T Finance invests $29.5m in BPTP’s residential projects

PH Digest: DoubleDragon raises $191m in debt market; PhilRealty buys Meridian properties

Thailand: Property Perfect sells stake in retail arm to Central Pattana

SG Realty: Oxley property purchase; Sembcorp solar asset acquisition

Blackstone
Blackstone, CVC make $3.7b bid for payments firm Paysafe

Tokopedia confirms it is fund raising, does not reveal if talks are on with China’s JD.com

Alibaba affiliate Ant invests in Shanghai startup VFinance

Grab, Uber at receiving end as Philippines cracks down on 50,000 unauthorised vehicles

India: Fino Payments Bank commences operations

India: Flipkart sends Snapdeal revised buyout offer of $850m

Q & A
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People
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Rumour Mill
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Impact Investment
ADB launches $526m financial facility for Bangladesh infra projects
India: IFC invests $20m in Aavas Financiers for affordable housing
India: The/Nudge Foundation incubator ropes in former Infosys, Apple executives
UBS raises $325m for Bono-backed impact fund fuelled by strong Asia interest

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