Jollibee Foods acquiring US-based Coffee Bean for $350m

This would be the PH-based fast-food giant’s biggest multinational acquisition to date.

Super apps in SE Asia: Dispelling myths and making facts known

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Thai digital payment startup Omise secures funding from Japan’s Nomura

Omise nudged into unicorn territory after its market cap crossed $1 billion in August 2018.

Venture Capital

Chinese VC firm XVC raises $330m for its second fund

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Thai lender SCB eyes more GOJEK-like deals to stay on top of tech game

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Philippines

Jollibee Foods acquiring US-based Coffee Bean for $350m

This would be the PH-based fast-food giant’s biggest multinational acquisition to date.

Rest of Asia

PE major KKR agrees to buy Campbell’s international business

Campbell's international unit was put up for sale in August last year after the company was pressured by investors to improve profitability and stock

India

Piramal’s real estate fund seeks one-year extension amid difficult exits

The fund has so far made 10 investments, and has fully exited four of them.

Venture Capital

India

Sachin Bansal-led BACQ extends $7.3m debt to consumer lender Kissht

Bansal's debt investment is convertible to equity in case of repayment issues.

China/HK

Chinese VC firm XVC raises $330m for its second fund

The VC firm launched the new fund a few months ago and surpassed the initial target of raising $265 million.

India

India Dealbook: Sachin Bansal backs Chaitanya; Cash Suvidha raises debt

Bansal has invested about $3.6 million in the micro-finance company.

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Thailand

SG’s Anchanto to raise new funding, enter S. Korea, West Asia

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China/HK

Chinese AI startup SenseTime to set up Abu Dhabi hub, hire engineers

The facial recognition firm, backed by Alibaba Group, will start work on its R&D centre this year.

China/HK

China’s ByteDance forays into AI-generated music with Jukedeck deal

Several people from AI startup Jukedeck have joined ByteDance in the past few months.

Rest of Asia

Global fund managers press harder for women on Asian boards

UK's biggest asset manager this year picked 19 Japanese companies with no women on the board.

IPOs and Markets

World

Co-working major WeWork said to be eyeing a listing as early as September

The company is targeting a share sale of about $3.5 billion.

India

Yes Bank’s Kapoor pledges entire promoter stake as stock plunges

The Yes Bank stock has been falling steadily since the RBI indicated in August that Kapoor’s term as the bank’s CEO would not be renewed after Jan

China/HK

Top investors lose $1b as China’s STAR board reverses first day gains

All but four companies of the 25 stocks listed on the market fell as investors took profits from opening day gains.

Opinion

China/HK

Variable-interest entity structures are vulnerable to China’s whims

India

Guest Post | India’s fintech startups are good old chit funds in new avatar

India

India’s next unicorns may not be hip but they’ll get the job done

China/HK

CLSA joins China’s list of failed attempts at creating its own Goldman

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Jollibee Foods acquiring US-based Coffee Bean for $350m

Super apps in SE Asia: Dispelling myths and making facts known

Thai digital payment startup Omise secures funding from Japan’s Nomura

Chinese VC firm XVC raises $330m for its second fund

Thai lender SCB eyes more GOJEK-like deals to stay on top of tech game

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Jollibee Foods acquiring US-based Coffee Bean for $350m

PE major KKR agrees to buy Campbell’s international business

Piramal’s real estate fund seeks one-year extension amid difficult exits

Sachin Bansal-led BACQ extends $7.3m debt to consumer lender Kissht

Chinese VC firm XVC raises $330m for its second fund

India Dealbook: Sachin Bansal backs Chaitanya; Cash Suvidha raises debt

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Warburg Pincus-backed Trax closes $100m Series D round led by HOPU

China’s Luckin Coffee to open shops in West Asia, India in first overseas move

Early backers Lightspeed, Sequoia set to pocket about $1.5b from OYO part-exit

Thai lender SCB eyes more GOJEK-like deals to stay on top of tech game

Tough to say when NBFC crisis will be over: India’s RBI governor

OVO wants to be Indonesia’s largest non-banking financial institution

SG’s Anchanto to raise new funding, enter S. Korea, West Asia

Chinese AI startup SenseTime to set up Abu Dhabi hub, hire engineers

China’s ByteDance forays into AI-generated music with Jukedeck deal

Global fund managers press harder for women on Asian boards

Co-working major WeWork said to be eyeing a listing as early as September

Yes Bank’s Kapoor pledges entire promoter stake as stock plunges

Top investors lose $1b as China’s STAR board reverses first day gains

Super apps in SE Asia: Dispelling myths and making facts known

Netflix bets big on Indian market but faces slew of rivals offering cheaper packages

Why realty investors, PE funds struggle to get good returns in India

Variable-interest entity structures are vulnerable to China’s whims

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India’s next unicorns may not be hip but they’ll get the job done

CLSA joins China’s list of failed attempts at creating its own Goldman

Online grocer Grofers to deploy 500 electric vehicles by December

Indian government panel calls for ban on private cryptocurrencies

Indian govt said to eye tapping foreign lenders for loans to small firms

GOJEK appoints Indonesian tycoon Garibaldi Thohir as commissioner

People Digest: PayPal hires 100 engineers for new tech centre; Ex PayU MD joins BharatPe board

Temasek said to hire General Atlantic exec for Southeast Asia role