<article>At DealStreetAsia, we have been busy preparing for our annual flagship conference, Asia PE-VC Summit 2020, which is virtual this year.</article>

At DealStreetAsia, we have been busy preparing for our annual flagship conference, Asia PE-VC Summit 2020, which is virtual this year.
The two-day event, to be held on November 24-25, promises to offer the most comprehensive coverage of the investment landscape and outlook for 2021 in the region across asset classes.
We have put together an editorially-driven agenda, covering 40 tracks, with a lineup of over 65 stellar speakers who represent the most influential stakeholders from the private equity, venture capital, and startup universe.
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Moving on to one of our top stories this week, we discussed how China&#8217;s move to suspend Ant Group’s mega IPO earlier this month has also <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/china-fintech-ant-ipo-215613/">sent ripples across the fintech industry in Southeast Asia</a>. The company is, after all, an investor in major fintech players in the region.
Meanwhile, the Asia-Pacific region <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/apac-ma-216073/">topped the global mergers and acquisitions (M&amp;A) tally</a> in the third quarter as private equity firms, corporates, and other buyers made the most of low valuations to lap up assets.
<h3>From unicorn land</h3>
In 2014, gaming and entertainment giant VNG Corp became Vietnam’s first unicorn. It took six years for the country&#8217;s second unicorn to surface – e-payment enabler VNPAY. The development is seen as a testament to the growth potential of the local startup ecosystem and is <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/vietnam-unicorn-vnpay-215149/">expected to boost investor confidence</a>.
NYSE-listed Sea Ltd.’s disparate pieces – gaming, e-commerce and financial services – are slowly coming together to form another Southeast Asian super app. The rise of its fintech arm is likely to be at the heart of this evolution.
Indonesian e-commerce unicorn PT Tokopedia has bagged capital from US internet giant Google and Singapore state investor Temasek, its CEO and co-founder William Tanuwijaya <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/google-temasek-tokopedia-3-215799/">confirmed this week</a>. The developments were previously reported by DealStreetAsia in June and October.
In <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/indonesia-gojek-payments-216252/">a managerial reshuffle</a> at Gojek, its co-CEO Andre Soelistyo will now be fully responsible for overseeing the company’s payment services, while his counterpart Kevin Aluwi will be in charge of other services, including ride-hailing and food delivery. Aldi Haryopratomo, the current CEO of Gojek’s payment arm GoPay, will leave the company at the start of 2021.
<h3>Interviews</h3>
Hong Kong-based MindWorks Capital – an investor in HK-based logistics firm Lalamove and Taiwan-based travel e-commerce platform KKday – is planning to <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/mindworks-us-lps-214946/">tap limited partners in the US for the first time</a> for its upcoming fourth fund. &#8220;I have not seen any slowdown among US-based LPs investing in the venture capital asset class in Asia,&#8221; Mindworks Capital co-founder and managing partner David Chang told us.
In August, consumption-oriented Chinese investment firm Tiantu Capital roped in Nestlé as the cornerstone investor of its debut, USD venture capital fund. In <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/tiantu-pan-215948/">an interview</a>, Tiantu Capital managing partner Pan Pan talks about the enormous potential the firm sees in new retail, new lifestyle and the digital economy. The firm&#8217;s investments include digital items recycling platform Aihuishou, perfume brand Scent Library, pet provider Crazy Doggy and ice-cream brand Chicecream.
Delta Capital Myanmar is <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/delta-capital-myanmar-third-fund-215823/">seeking to raise $100 million</a> for its third fund that will target control deals in the frontier market, managing partner Nick Powell told us. The PE firm has started talking to existing LPs as part of the fundraising process and expects to hit the fund&#8217;s first close in March 2021.
<h3>In other news from SE Asia</h3>
Indonesia Stock Exchange’s business incubator programme is seeking to <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/idx-incubator-ipos-2021-216237/">nudge three more participating startups to list</a> this year. It has facilitated the listing of two startups – travel planning company Pigijo and mobile point-of-sale operator Cashlez – on the IDX acceleration board since December 2019.
Indonesian F&amp;B startup Hangry is <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/hangry-series-a-funding-216130/">in talks to raise $10-15 million</a> in its Series A round as it carves out its expansion plans amidst the COVID-19 crisis.
Indonesian dental technology startup Rata is in advanced talks to <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/indonesia-rata-alpha-jwc-215880/">close a pre-Series A funding round</a>, which is understood to be backed by existing investor Alpha JWC Ventures and other regional investors.
As the COVID-19 global crisis pushes for faster adoption of artificial intelligence-driven technologies, Vietnamese startups are looking at keeping pace with the trend. <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/covid-19-ai-vietnam-216151/">Vietnamese AI startups</a>, which have seen sporadic deal activity in recent months, are deploying capital to build tech capabilities and hire talent.
Malaysia Debt Ventures Bhd, a state-owned financier of technology and green startups in the country, is charting its own course to become self-sustainable. To raise funds, the firm is <a href="https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/malaysia-debt-ventures-215853/">planning a $485 million bond programme</a> expected to be launched by mid-2021.

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