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13 Mar Southeast Asia’s digital economy drives private capital interest, but few exit deals threaten region’s attractiveness

Posted at 09:00h in Asia

The Southeast Asia market has become increasingly attractive for private capital investments in recent years, owing to the region’s economic growth and investors hedging against China amid geopolitical tensions, according to data service provider PitchBook.From 2015 to 2021, private capital deals that include private equity...

20 Feb Chinese start-up Moonshot AI raises US$1 billion in funding round led by Alibaba and VC HongShan amid strong interest for OpenAI-type firms

Posted at 12:30h in Asia

The start-up in October launched smart chatbot Kimi Chat, built on its self-developed Moonshot large language model (LLM), which can process as many as 200,000 Chinese characters in a context window – referring to the swathe of text that an AI model can process during...

11 Feb China to drive private market opportunities in Asia as healthcare, consumption offer pickings: HarbourVest

Posted at 07:00h in Asia

Private markets firm HarbourVest sees investment opportunities in Asia including China’s healthcare services and consumer industries, with the country’s declining demographics and uptick in retail spending lifting demand for related products.Trends like the reshuffling of global supply chains in the year ahead will also throw...

26 Jan Singapore venture financier InnoVen eyes China’s technology start-ups after US$130 million fundraising

Posted at 05:45h in Asia

InnoVen Capital Group, a leading Southeast Asian venture debt provider, has bulked up its cash hoard to finance China’s early-stage companies, as challenges ranging from China’s slow economic recovery to regulatory uncertainties are limiting start-ups’ access to funding.The Singapore-headquartered venture debt company, announced on Friday...

10 Jan China augmented reality start-up Rokid gets US$70 million in new funding round led by Hefei government

Posted at 14:01h in Asia

Chinese augmented reality (AR) technology firm Rokid has raised nearly half a billion yuan in its latest round of funding led by a local Chinese government, in a fresh indication of the backing from authorities for tech start-ups.Rokid said in a statement on Wednesday that...

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13 Mar Southeast Asia’s digital economy drives private capital interest, but few exit deals threaten region’s attractiveness

20 Feb Chinese start-up Moonshot AI raises US$1 billion in funding round led by Alibaba and VC HongShan amid strong interest for OpenAI-type firms

11 Feb China to drive private market opportunities in Asia as healthcare, consumption offer pickings: HarbourVest

26 Jan Singapore venture financier InnoVen eyes China’s technology start-ups after US$130 million fundraising

10 Jan China augmented reality start-up Rokid gets US$70 million in new funding round led by Hefei government

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