EMPEA Members, log in and click through for your exclusive access to the detailed report and underlying data. Fundraising for Southeast Asia continues to rebound from its recent low point in 2016, with USD1.4 billion raised in 1H 2019. Venture capital (VC) has emerged as the most active strategy in the… Read More
EMPEA Members, log in and click through for your exclusive access to the detailed report and underlying data. Following a two-year spike in India private capital fundraising, India-focused funds raised only USD2.1 billion in 1H 2019. Venture capital (VC) fundraising activity saw the greatest drop, with only USD264 million raised for… Read More
EMPEA Members, log in and click through for your exclusive access to the detailed report and underlying data. A decline in private capital activity in China was, in some respects, inevitable after the industry reached new fundraising and investment records in 2018. A confluence of factors may have contributed to… Read More
India-based online cancer care company Onco has raised USD7 million in a Series A financing round from venture capital fund managers Accel Partners and Chiratae Ventures, as well as strategic consulting and investment firm Dream Incubator. Through its online platform, Onco provides cancer patients with treatment advice and connections with… Read More
Philippines-based online payments company PayMongo has raised USD2.7 million in a seed round from US-based internet company Stripe; venture capital firms Founders Fund, Soma Capital, Global Founders Capital, and Y Combinator; and angel investors including PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel and Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen. PayMongo enables local merchants to process… Read More
Download press release CHINA DECELERATION LEADS TO OVERALL SLOWDOWN IN EMERGING MARKET PRIVATE CAPITAL ACTIVITY Subdued investment in Asia’s largest market, as well as fewer large-cap pan-Asia funds raising capital, rein in total EM activity levels despite bright spots in other regions,… Read More
Asia-focused private credit fund manager SSG Capital has agreed to sell a 14.6 percent stake in Future Supply Chain Solutions (FSC), the logistics subsidiary of India-listed conglomerate Future Group, to Japan-based logistics company Nippon Express for INR3.9 billion (approximately USD55 million). Through the transaction, Nippon will also acquire an additional… Read More
Southeast Asia-focused private equity fund manager Northstar Group has invested in Tiki, a Vietnam-based e-commerce company. The investment is reportedly part of a USD100 million funding round with participation from venture capital firms Korea Investment Partners, STIC Investments, and Sparklabs Ventures. Separately, Northstar has invested in Vietnam-based co-working space operator… Read More
EMPEA Members log in to receive exclusive access to the detailed report (PDF) and underlying data (Excel). Subdued investment in Asia’s largest market, as well as fewer large-cap pan-Asia funds raising capital, rein in total EM activity levels despite bright spots in other regions, including Africa, other countries,… Read More
Catbus Infolabs, an India-based company that operates commercial logistic services provider Blowhorn, has secured funding from investors including India-focused venture capital firm Chiratae Ventures, Dell Foundation, Venture Catalysts, Dream Incubator, and Sorenson Impact founder James Lee Sorenson. Through its website and mobile application, Blowhorn connects truck drivers with business customers… Read More
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