Deals

India: Samsara Group, HK’s Lionforge vie for debt-laden Dighi Port

ABB to acquire GE Industrial Solutions for $2.6b in bet it can boost margins

Unilever to buy control of Carver Korea for $2.9b

China’s LeEco unit to buy finance business from affiliate for $455m

Private Equity

China’s slice of $48b Australian pension fund Unisuper keeps getting bigger

Singapore: Temasek invests for minority stake in UK’s BluJay Solutions

China Digest: Logistics firm YH Global, medical research firm Bellen raise PE funding

Oaktree CEO sees room to invest ‘more aggressively’ in stressed China, India debt

Venture Capital

Korea Investment Partners backs $8m investment in Enlivex Therapeutics

China Digest: AI startup Yi+, XW Labs raise series B funding

Shanghai online hiring site 51job buys majority stake in Lagou for $119m

India: Synup raises $6m from Vertex Ventures to fund expansion plans

Startups in tiger cub economies need to look at market expansion in near term

Myanmar internet-led models yet to scale but heading towards transactional phase

UK food tech startup Deliveroo raises $385m in fresh round, valuation hits $2b

Singapore: FundedHere enables $375k fundraise for two startups

Exclusive: Singapore fintech BetterTradeOff raises $1.48m seed round

Singapore NRF seeks to invest $11.8m to in cybersecurity projects


IPOs & Markets

India: Godrej Agrovet looking at $1.27b valuation in IPO

Singapore: Sea Group IPO comes amid profitability concerns, BATJ competition

Singapore: APAC Realty to list on SGX; Cromwell REIT to halt IPO plans

Southeast Asian e-commerce startup Sea Group to list on NYSE in potential $1b IPO

Mobile & Telco

India: Idea, Vodafone mobile tower assets draw interest from ATC, Brookfield, IDFC Alternatives

India: Airtel dials up SK Telcom for newer tech

Australia’s Telstra axes $4.4b fundraising plan after state partner’s veto

Malaysia: Axiata unit close to acquiring Veon Towers in $1b deal

Real Estate

Data centre provider Digital Realty eyes M&As, partnerships for Asia growth

BlackRock sells Singapore office tower to CapitaLand Commercial Trust for $1.5b

Thailand: TICON plans to convert three property funds into REITs

Keppel Land acquires $45m land plot from Indonesia’s BCA

India: Amazon buys 5% equity in Shoppers Stop for $27m

Iflix not looking for funds but open to strategics that add value: Catcha CEO Grove

Lazada expands Alibaba’s Taobao marketplace in SE Asia

Investors bullish on Indian e-commerce startups, but can’t find the right bet

ItzCash parent Ebix to acquire Paul Merchants

India: RBI to regulate peer-to-peer lending firms

Q & A
Opinion
People
Rumour Mill
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Impact Investment
India: NBFC Shiksha Finance raises funds from Dell Foundation
India: Save Solutions raises $6m from impact investor Incofin
IFC to consider investing $25m in Nexus India-backed Agrex
Myanmar MFI Alliance gets $5m from Asia Impact Investment Fund, return backers

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