Analysis
Startup funding to private market investments and trends, catch the week’s top headlines.
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Domestic capital, regulatory push boost India’s PE-VC market in 2025
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Freshworks eyes acquisitions with $800m cash pile, AI in focus
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Investors show caution, shift to new strategies after recent crypto market bust
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Diageo sells 65% stake in East African Breweries to Asahi for $2.3b
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Coursera to buy Udemy to create $2.5b firm to target AI training
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Singapore’s Olea Global raises $30m to scale trade finance
SEA Digest: Maharlika to buy 11.2% of Asian Terminals; Keppel exits two SG data centres
Deals
Penguin Securities raised $2.6 million in fresh capital last week.
The raised capital will be deployed to expand the company’s loan portfolio and further scale its operations.
HeyMax issued new shares worth $6.7 million last week.
Tether has invested an additional $10 million in the Singapore-based mobile payments startup.
Venture Capital
HDI International, Primary Group, and IFC also participated.
Mixed-gender leadership teams captured two-thirds of the private capital raised since 2020.
Thailand is trying to turn this pop-culture fandom into a tourism magnet.
The proposed investment will provide long-term funding to the REIT.
The process comes 3 years after the firm rolled up adjacent businesses via 4 acquisitions.
