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Rest of Asia
Beauty company's owners will buy back a stake held by TSG Consumer Partners.
India
NIIF has initiated discussions with sovereign investors for their participation in the fund.
Bain had said last week it might withdraw its proposal for Fuji Soft.
Multiples, India Quotient, and Lightbox are also raising continuation vehicles.
World
KKR has returned with an enhanced all-cash proposal exceeding A$8 per share.
It plans to roll out a similar fund for private wealth investors later this year.
SE Asia and India drove dealmaking activity in 2024.
Singapore
East Ventures and Forge Ventures co-anchored the funding round.
The fund has already hit its first close at around $11m.
The Series B round was led by Tiger Global.
The funding round led by B Capital and Capital Factory.
The deal volume also grew 16.8% from the previous quarter to 576.
Indian startups garnered $4.16b from private market investors in Q4 2024, a whopping 41% jump year-on-year.
SEA startups sealed the lowest quarterly deal volume in over six years in Q4 2024.
SE Asia's listed firms are intensifying efforts to eliminate losses.
E-commerce and fintech were the most funded verticals in India.
Greater China
SPIL Ventures has expanded its portfolio with an investment in recommerce startup LIKUID8.
Mighty Bear recently received $4m in funding for its GOAT GAMING platform.
Indonesia
SE Asian enterprise software and IT startups are increasingly adopting blockchain, with 66 deals in 2024.
The service of the app will be resumed once improvements are made.
The Q3 result compares to an LSEG consensus estimate of a net profit 234 billion yen.
The numbers overshadowed a strong growth in its capital market business.
The post-listing performance of Swiggy is seen boosting the value of its portfolio of unlisted tech startups.
Nykaa has been pouring money into marketing.
The losses widened due to heavy discounts the firm offered to fend off rising competition.
Lendela’s plans to expand in APAC’s lending market.
Rajiv Naresh will take over as Navi Technologies CEO; Abhishek Dwivedi will be CEO of Navi Finserv.
Iarla Flynn, policy head for northern Europe, will serve as the interim policy lead for India.