Investments

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has extended by three months (no later than end-February 2027) for its Section 301 investigation into Vietnam's acts, policies, and practices on intellectual property protection and enforcement,

Australian automotive AI company AutoSwift has secured nearly A$10 million from Singapore-based X Star Technology to develop AI WINGMAN and support regional expansion.

Mitsui Chemicals and DBJ agreed to acquire semiconductor-materials supplier JSR for 1.84 trillion yen, subject to regulatory approvals.

Haoyang Data Center 1 has secured facilities of up to $590 million and THB610 million for the first phase of a Thailand data-center project.

Chinese video-generation startup Sand.ai has completed a $200 million Series A+ round led by CoStone Capital and Wangsu Science & Technology.

Google on Wednesday unveiled its plan for responsible digital infrastructure development in Malaysia, including an investment of $15 billion over the next two years (2027 to 2028).

Taiwan’s electronic giant Lite-On (Liteon) will invest $110 million and $210 million more in two wholly owned Vietnamese subsidiaries, a total of $320 million, according to filings dated October 30 with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE).

Kuaishou's Beijing Kling unit completed an approximately RMB19.80 billion financing while the short-video platform retained control of the AI business.

Uzbekistan-based restaurant software company Delever has raised $380,000 from AloqaVentures and Nexus Club for product development and market expansion.

TPG has closed its debut Asia lower-middle-market growth fund with $1.3 billion, exceeding the target for the new regional strategy.