Mergers and Acquisitions

Animoca Brands acquires indie game developer Grease Monkey Games

Animoca Brands has acquired Australia-based indie game developer Grease Monkey Games. With extensive experience in motorsports games development and established industry partnerships across motorsports and automotive manufacturing, Grease Monkey Games adds significant game development capabilities and expertise to Animoca Brands.

Singapore insurtech unicorn Bolttech acquires AVA Insurance

Bolttech has completed the acquisition of AVA Insurance Brokers and AVA Insurance Agency (AVA). The acquisition of AVA will accelerate the deployment of Bolttech’s insurance exchange in Singapore, connecting insurers, distributors and customers, making it easier and more efficient to buy and sell insurance.

Vietnam’s Society Pass completes acquisition of Philippines online grocery delivery service Pushkart.ph

Society Pass Incorporated (SoPa) has acquired Pushkart.ph, an online grocery delivery service in Philippines. The move kicks-off SoPa’s expansion into the Philippines market. Leveraging on SoPa’s capital, Pushkart.ph will focus on dramatically increasing on-demand grocery shopping services to more consumers and more retailers initially to Metro Manila and…

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NVIDIA, SoftBank announce termination of NVIDIA’s acquisition of Arm due to regulatory challenges

NVIDIA and SoftBank Group Corp announced Tuesday the termination of the previously announced transaction whereby NVIDIA would acquire Arm Limited from Softbank. Both parties have agreed to terminate the agreement because of significant regulatory challenges preventing the consummation of the transaction, despite good faith efforts by the parties. Arm will…

Indian payment platform Razorpay buys majority stake in Malaysian fintech firm Curlec

Razorpay announced Tuesday its first international expansion into South-East Asia with the acquisition of a majority stake in Curlec for an undisclosed amount. This marks Razorpay’s fourth acquisition overall and its first in international waters, taking one step closer to becoming a fintech leader in emerging markets.

Australian mobile gaming firm iCandy buys 51 percent stake in Southeast Asian game developer Storms for $5.7M

iCandy Interactive Limited (iCandy) is acquiring 51 percent stake in Digital Games International Pte. Ltd. (Storms) for A$8 million ($5.69 million), which will be settled via the issuance of new fully paid ordinary shares of iCandy. The acquisition of Storms will allow iCandy to leverage its distribution network to further target a number of markets in Asia…

Indonesian ecommerce enabler SIRCLO acquires retail platform Warung Pintar to strengthen omnichannel services for MSMEs

Indonesia’s e-commerce enabler company SIRCLO announced Wednesday its acquisition of Warung Pintar, a technology-based retail company that provides a range of digital products and services for the micro-retail (warung) business ecosystem. Post-acquisition, Warung Pintar is incorporated into the SIRCLO Group to offer a comprehensive omnichannel solution for…

India’s Imagine Marketing acquires Singapore’s KaHa to boost wearable products

Imagine Marketing Private Limited announced Monday the acquisition of KaHa Pte Limited. The acquisition will enable Imagine Marketing to augment its wearable product offerings in terms of the concept, design, electronic firmware, algorithm development, Android/ iOS applications, new feature integration, social engagement and analytics, and lead the way by…

Malaysian drone firm Aerodyne makes strategic investment in AI & data analytics firm Synapse Innovation

Aerodyne Group has signed an agreement to acquire a principal stake in Malaysia-based artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics company Synapse Innovation Sdn Bhd. This investment is engineered to supercharge Aerodyne Group’s prowess in AI and data analytics, as well as strengthening Aerodyne Group’s technology support for its international…