Deals

Apple plans $1b spend on TV shows, films to fight Amazon, Netflix

China’s CEFC in early talks to buy Russian oil gaint Rosneft stake

China’s Dongfeng Motor rules out plans to acquire Fiat Chrysler

Philippines: MGHI to take over agribusiness conglomerate Calata

Private Equity

Exclusive: New HK realty PE Emerald Lake closes $60m round for co-living platform

Carlyle, Southern Capital in talks to sell Indonesia tower operator STP at $1b valuation

Blackstone gets SGX-ST nod to delist Japan-focused Croesus Retail Trust

China Digest: Advantage Partners exits ESG; Suodao Capital leads series B in AR firm

Venture Capital

US-based Green Visor leads Series A round in India’s fintech startup Get Simpl

China Digest: Lenovo Capital backs robotic arm developer; Haiyun Data raises $14m

NZVIF raises investment cap of seed-stage vehicle

Gobi Partners, Golden Equator lead $27m round in Indonesian startup SaleStock

Malaysia: Axiata’s digital VC arm invests in cloud-based POS Slurp!

Australia’s LaunchVic terminates partnership with 500 Startups, local MD Rachel Neumann quits

WeWork starts legal action against Chinese rival UrWork over trademarks

Hong Kong X Technology Fund backs six startups, expands to Jordan

Exclusive: Scooterson secures $700k in commitments for $1.5m seed round

China’s ofo partners SoftBank to launch bike sharing services in Japan


IPOs & Markets

Hong Kong: Monaco to list cryptocurrency card MCO on China’s Binance exchange

India: Apex Frozen Foods IPO to launch on Aug 22

Tiger Global-backed online travel firm Despegar plans $100m IPO

India: Fundraising via IPOs, QIPs poised to touch record high in 2017

Mobile & Telco

China Unicom

China Unicom set to unveil investment from tech firms on Wednesday

India: NCLT admits Anil Ambani-led RCom’s petition for Aircel merger

India: Arvind unit Syntel Telecom buys 2 Enkay Technologies firms

Tencent backs $300m round in Android creator’s startup

Real Estate

LaSalle scales up target of fifth Asia realty fund to $1b

Malaysia’s TRX City, Lendlease to raise $796m for realty project: Report

Vietnam: VinaLand divests entire holding in My Gia township project

India: Kolte-Patil sells Pune land to CPPIB-backed Island Star for $25m

India: Foxconn unit writes down 80% of its investment in Snapdeal

Indonesia: Alibaba leads $1.1b round in e-commerce major Tokopedia

Uber settles US allegations over data privacy, to conduct audit every two years

Uber lines up four investors for deal worth up to $12b amid boardroom battles

Philippines regulator denies Uber’s appeal on one-month suspension

Uber investor Benchmark says gave Kalanick a month before filing lawsuit

Q & A
Opinion
People
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Rumour Mill
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Impact Investment
Myanmar’s jade expo mops up $612m in sales, lower than last year
Exclusive: Aavishkaar in talks to invest about $2m in Indonesian food startup
Exclusive: Aavishkaar to mark first close of latest India fund at $150m this quarter
India: Azim Premji trusts may get at least $780m from Wipro share buyback

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