Asia
Malaysia private equity firm Creador plans $650M fifth fund by March 2021
Malaysian private equity firm Creador is reportedly planning to launch its fifth fund by March 2021 and is targeting a fund size of $650 million. Focusing on growth capital investments, Creador primarily targets companies in Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, and the Philippines.
Salesforce leads HRTech platform Darwinbox’s $15M Series C for Southeast Asia expansion
Darwinbox plans to use this fresh capital to scale its operations within India and Southeast Asian markets, as well as expand in other emerging markets in the Middle East and Africa.
EdTech platform Kyt plans MENA expansion with $5M Series A
Educational technology startup Kyt has announced that it has raised a total of $5 million in a Series A funding round. The investment was led by Alpha Wave Incubation, which is run by US investment firm Falcon Edge Capital. Aside from AWI, angel investors and companies including Titan Capital, January Capital, and Sequoia Capital India’s Surge contributed…
Daiwa VC fund manager DCI Partners launches $135M fund to accelerate drug discovery
Tokyo-based DCI Partners, a venture fund manager of Daiwa Securities Group, has announced the launch of Daiwa Taiwan-Japan BioVenture Investment Limited Partnership II, a $135 million (JPY 14 billion) investment fund intended for drug discovery.
Asia Pacific’s Financial Services industry gains resilience through innovation
Microsoft and IDC study finds that Financial Services Industry (FSI) organizations in the Asia Pacific region have become largely resilient amid the pandemic as they reached maturity in adopting innovation.
How tech startups resolve the challenges of global payroll for SMEs
Effective global payroll solutions are designed to put an end to fragmentation, the use of multiple payroll systems, costly streamlining, and worries over regulations
