Deals

UltraTech’s revised bid for Binani Cement gets NCLAT approval

Singapore’s Keppel confirms Ixom acquisition from Blackstone for $565m

Singapore’s Agritrade Resources to acquire SKS Power for $300m

French asset manager Natixis seeks to tap China market via acquisition

Private Equity

European PE Permira picks 50% stake in Asian aquafeed firm Grobest

Shanghai govt-backed buyout firm BMC Europe close to acquiring Germany’s Cordenka

Warburg-backed ESR to buy rest of Sydney-based Propertylink in $527m deal

KKR to raise $1.5-2b for maiden Asia-focused infrastructure fund

Venture Capital

Bain Capital raises $1b for its biggest venture fund yet

Swiss VC Blockchain Valley Ventures to expand fund corpus to $50m to target Asian startups

Hillhouse, Quan lead $93m Series B for US biopharma firm NextCure

China: Security firm DBSec, umbrella sharing startup Mobrella bag funding

S Korean emotion AI startup Looxid Labs raises $4m Series A

Omidyar Network leads $1.62m seed investment in Bangladesh’s ShopUp

Indonesia Digest: Wallex expansion; UOB Kay Hian buys Passpod stake

Blume-backed used car platform Spinny eyes up to $15m in funding

Singapore law firm Rajah & Tann acquires e-discovery startup LegalComet

Japan’s utilities company TEPCO makes strategic investment in Singapore’s Electrify


IPOs & Markets

Shanghai stock exchange seeks opinion on launch of China tech board

Crypto miner Canaan lets $400m Hong Kong IPO application lapse

Chinese P2P lender Weidai scales back US IPO target to $45m

Alibaba-backed Babytree slashes Hong Kong IPO size, seeks up to $281m

Mobile & Telco

China Telecom, local tycoon join hands to bid for Philippine telco licence

Airtel names board of directors for Africa unit ahead of share sale

ATC to buy Tata Teleservices, IDFC PE stake in mobile tower arm for $397m

Airtel Africa raises $1.25b from SoftBank, Temasek, others to pare debt

Real Estate

Pension fund AustralianSuper targets property loans in US, UK

India’s HNIs eye booming office space with entry of REITs, large funds

CapitaLand-GIC JV acquires Shanghai’s tallest twin towers for $1.8b

CapitaLand wins bid for Guangzhou mixed-use site worth $126.63m

Tencent beats earning expectations amid concerns about gaming business

Uber’s revenue growth loses steam as quarterly loss surges to $1.1b

Grab unveils cross-border remittance product, official launch in early 2019

Flipkart is in for major changes with Walmart in driving seat

India: SAIF-backed FarEye acquires logistics marketplace Dipper Tech

Myntra future uncertain as Walmart puts it under Flipkart

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Rumour Mill
Alibaba said to be likely suitor for Indonesian fintech startup Cermati
Singapore’s Carousell in fundraising talks with Naspers: Report
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Impact Investment
Impact investor Capria hits first close of $100m emerging markets FoF
IFC may invest $50m debt in Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
Aavishkaar plans $300m South Asia fund, aims first close by 2019-end
Impact investor Insitor eyes two more deals, follow-ons in Myanmar

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