2025 began on a disappointing note for startups in the Greater China region as geopolitical tensions and macroeconomic ...

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The firm will continue to look at the US market, but in a selective manner.

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

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Singapore-headquartered B2B fintech firm Aspire is shifting its strategic focus from regional markets towards a more global expansion, triggering an organisational restructuring that includes ...

Indonesian agritech startup Semaai has closed a bridge round from new and existing investors, over a year after its last fundraising in January 2024, which was led by Tokyo-based CyberAgent Capital.

British International Investment (BII) is looking to adopt a more balanced mix of debt and equity in its portfolio, which is currently highly skewed with a 60-65% allocation to equity, a top executive ...

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 ...

Private equity major Warburg Pincus and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) will invest Rs 7,500 crore (around $877 million) in IDFC First Bank through a preferential allotment of equity shares, ...

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 ...