Debt financing also lost momentum in Q1 2025, with Southeast Asian startups securing just seven deals worth $154 million.

The private equity industry is being reshaped as limited partners (LPs) consolidate their relationships with a select group of sponsors, or general partners (GPs). Amidst this shift, some firms are ...

Bang Jamin, an Indonesian digital insurance platform, is closing a $4-million pre-Series A funding round led by Singapore-based investment firms SBI Ventures and Braxton Capital, DealStreetAsia has ...

The imposition of new US tariffs on Southeast Asian exports—particularly from Vietnam (46%), Thailand (36%), and Indonesia (32%)—will introduce a fresh layer of complexity to the region’s logistics ...

World Bank Group member International Finance Corporation (IFC) has proposed to invest up to $150 million in TPG Rise Climate Global South Initiative, a private equity fund of US private markets ...

A brutal sell-off in Indian equities on Monday (April 7)—part of a global rout that shook markets from Tokyo to Sydney—has rattled private equity and venture capital investors, reigniting concerns ...

The tariffs imposed last week by the Donald Trump administration on exports to the US will inflict yet another blow to private equity investments in Southeast Asia, where exits have already been hard ...

Venture funding in India once again crossed the psychologically significant $1-billion mark in March, thanks to three major deals in the fintech and software sectors, reflecting a shift in investor ...

The not-for-profit Emirates Family Office Association (EFOA) has partnered with the Hong Kong Academy for Wealth (HKAWL) to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing between the family office ...

Even with limited direct ties to the US supply chain, Southeast Asia’s Nasdaq-listed superapp Grab Holdings and NYSE-listed consumer Internet firm Sea Ltd were not spared from the market rout ...

Bangladesh’s biggest full-stack B2B commerce platform ShopUp and Sary, a B2B marketplace and services platform in the Gulf, have merged to form SILQ Group, creating the largest B2B commerce platform ...

Axera Semiconductor, which makes edge computing chips for the likes of terminal device computing and smart driving, has secured 1 billion yuan ($136.3 million) in a Series C funding round. The round ...