Deals

Temasek-backed Chinese travel site Mafengwo seeks to raise up to $300m

Walmart completes deal to buy Flipkart for $16b

PH Digest: Foodtech startup BigDish acquires looloo; Dennison takes 45% of ISM

Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp to acquire 25% stake in Bangladesh LNG terminal

Private Equity

TPG Capital Asia completes $203m acquisition of Healthscope’s pathology business

SE Asia unlikely to see a large number of mid-market firms, says Perlman of Warburg Pincus

Malaysia: OSK-SBI Fund to seal its first investment in a year, targets Asean startups

Saudi wealth fund PIF in talks to invest in aspiring Tesla rival Lucid

Venture Capital

SoftBank Korea leads $9m funding in sports analytics startup Bepro11

Singapore data centre startup AirTrunk raises $621m for Australia, APAC expansion

Indonesia: Healthy products marketplace Lemonilo secures funding from Alpha JWC

Singapore’s Qualgro marks first close of $100m second ASEAN fund

Singapore-based Vulpes rebrands Myanmar fund, to focus on early stage tech deals

Seed Myanmar leads $100k funding in fitness app Flexible Pass, eyes two more investments

Asean Digest: iflix, Wattpad in pact; Funding Societies crosses $145m crowdfunding mark

Indonesia Digest: BCA picks stake in ATM ALTO; Paytren buys 5% in tempo; Hexindai lifts 20% in Musketeer

Y Combinator to set up China arm with ex-Baidu’s Qi Lu as CEO

Singapore sports tech startup Rovo raises $472k, acquires rival Footy SG


IPOs & Markets

ThaiBev taps baht bond market with $2b offering, to refinance Sabeco acquisition debt

Qiming, Sequoia-backed mobile internet firm CooTek eyes $100m in US IPO

Tencent-backed Chinese content aggregator Qutoutiao files for U.S. IPO to raise up to $300m

China’s biotech startup I-Mab said to target up to $500m in IPO

Mobile & Telco

Malaysia: Axiata-backed digital ad startup snags $20m from Sumitomo

Singtel-backed Advanced, Total Access win Thai mobile licenses for $754m

Axiata’s edotco acquires tower assets for $34.5m in north Malaysia

Vodafone, Idea pay $1.05b to India’s DoT for merger

Real Estate

US buyout firm PHI Group to set up Vietnam real estate investment fund

HDFC plans special situations fund to invest in stressed realty projects

China HNA in talks to sell New York building to B&L in likely $452m deal

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority selling Seoul building for up to $531m: Report

Malaysia: IPO-bound pizza chain operator QSR partners foodpanda to boost delivery revenue

Go-Jek close to profitability in all segments, except transport: Nadiem Makarim

Indian e-commerce biggie Flipkart targets $1.7b from Big Billion Day sales

Grab partners Ping An Good Doctor, adds healthcare to its pack of services

Bakery chain vanishes from Chinese food apps following Taiwanese leader’s visit

Uber CEO puts growth above profit, taps new businesses

Q & A
Opinion
People
Rumour Mill
Alibaba said to be likely suitor for Indonesian fintech startup Cermati
Singapore’s Carousell in fundraising talks with Naspers: Report
Exclusive: Vingroup unit eyes stake in mobile device retailer Vien Thong A
Impact Investment
IFC mulls investing up to $115m in equity, debt facility in Nepal’s mega hydel project
IFC proposes up to $13m investment in impact investor Capria’s $100m fund
SG’s SolarHome secures additional $1m from Insitor Impact Asia Fund
Closed Loop launches fund to back firms trying to keep the ocean plastic free

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