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Creador acquires majority stake in Indonesian hospitality marketplace MG Group

Creador, a Malaysia-based pvate equity firm, has on Thursday announced the acquisition of a controlling stake in MG Group, an Indonesia-based business to business (B2B) hospitality marketplace, from Northstar and other shareholders.

Maybank positive on Indonesia’s new economy

Maybank Investment Bank has on Friday maintained a positive view of the new economy in Indonesia as it sees the sector is moving on the right path.

WeChat, TikTok granted licenses to operate in Malaysia

Tech firms WeChat and ByteDance (TikTok) have successfully obtained their licenses to operate in Malaysia, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said Wednesday.

Grab acquires stake in Nham24 to grow food and grocery delivery market in Cambodia

Singapore-based superapp Grab has acquired a stake in Cambodian food-delivery and e-commerce platform Nham24 to grow food and grocery delivery market in the country.

Malaysia’s Gamuda buys land in Port Dickson for data center development

Malaysian construction firm Gamuda Berhad has acquired a land in Port Dickson of Malaysia for MYR 424.4 million ($95.09 million) to develop cloud or data center infrastructure.

Temasek, EQT to exit Indian renewable energy platform O2 Power

Singapore state-owned investor Temasek and Sweden global investment organization EQT Infrastructure IV have announced the sales of Indian renewable energy platform O2 Power to India-based power firm JSW Neo Energy for $1.5 billion.

[Year in review] Southeast Asia’s Top 10 tech news in 2024

As we usher into 2025, hoping for a better year, here are Southeast Asia’s top 10 tech news in 2024.

Malaysia’s Khazanah invests in Cambrian Fund and Syntiant

Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd said on Friday it has invested into the Malaysia-based private equity Cambrian Fund and US artificial intelligence firm Syntiant Corp.

Securities Commission Malaysia reprimands Bybit for illegally operating digital asset exchange

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has reprimanded Bybit Technology Limited (previously known as Bybit Fintech Limited) (Bybit), and its Chief Executive Officer Ben Zhou (Yuchen Zhou) for operating a digital asset exchange (DAX) in Malaysia without registration.

65 Equity Partners-backed Tamarind Health offers to privatize Singapore healthcare firm TalkMed

Tamarind Health, a Singapore-based pan-Asian oncology-focused group backed by investors including Temasek unit 65 Equity Partners, is offering S$0.456 ($0.34) per share to privatize cancer specialist TalkMed Group.