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Foreign investors and local entrepreneurs could both flee Myanmar now that the military has put itself back in power.
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Capital meant for Myanmar may seek havens in Vietnam and Cambodia

Foreign businesses also retreat from partnerships with Tatmadaw military links

27 February 2021
Warung Pintar plans to acquire 300,000 retail shops in the first quarter of 2021.
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Indonesia retail tech startup buys supply chain platform

OVO-backed Warung Pintar pays $45m to upgrade distribution ecosystem

25 February 2021
Sequoia Capital India was formed in 2000 with offices in India, Singapore, U.S., Israel, Hong Kong and China.
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Sequoia Capital goes to market for second India seed fund

Move comes less than 2 years after the Zomato and Oyo investor floated the 1st

24 February 2021
Salt sees the next boom after COVID in retail, such as food and beverage.
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Indonesian venture Salt kicks off $20m fundraiser

New money to target retail sector in hope of catching COVID rebound

20 February 2021
Temasek has been an active investor in green technology.
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Temasek backs Canadian clean energy provider in $40m round

Eavor aims to make geothermal power scalable with zero emissions

18 February 2021
Indonesia's Shopee averaged 129 million website visits per month in Q4 2020, with the success of SNS marketing.
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Shopee clocks most visitors among Indonesian e-commerce apps

Growth driven by increasing competition from rivals like Tokopedia

14 February 2021
Green Butcher's plant-based food offerings debut at Starbucks Indonesia in February 2021.
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Indonesia plant-based protein startup secures $2m in seed round

Green Butcher's alternative meats make their way into Starbucks Indonesia

9 February 2021
M12, Microsoft's venture fund, has high hopes for LottieFiles.
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Malaysia animation platform raises $9m led by Microsoft fund

LottieFiles supports 1m users at Google, TikTok and othe tech giants

7 February 2021
Soldiers stand at a checkpoint on a road leading to the parliamentary compound in Naypyitaw on Feb. 1.
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Investors slam on brakes in Myanmar in wake of coup

Country 'untouchable' during state of emergency, says venture capitalist

6 February 2021
Mapletree is accelerating its investments in Europe and the U.S. in addition to Asia.
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Singapore property investor to raise $600m for EU office fund

Mapletree seeds with UK, Polish and German assets targeting 12% return

1 February 2021
Malaysian credit reporting agency CTOS Holdings aims to list its shares in July, according Creador CEO Brahmal Vasudevan.
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Malaysia private equity firm targets July IPO for credit agency

Creador preparing exit pipeline with plans to sell stake in Bank Index

30 January 2021
Indonesia's BukuKas has a registered user base of 3.5 million small merchants and retailers in its platform, as of November.
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Indonesian fintech platform raises $10m, led by Sequoia India

BukuKas to accelerate merchant acquisition, strengthen business in Bangalore

17 January 2021
Vietnam's smartphone penetration stood at about 45% in 2020, but only 30% were served by the banking sector.
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Vietnamese ride-hailer launches digital bank with VPBank

Be to improve user experience with help from 'big data'

16 January 2021
Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC has achieved its best performance since fiscal year 2015.
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Singapore's GIC was most active state investor globally in 2020

$17.7bn down from 2019's $24bn, country's Temasek becomes top in tech deals

11 January 2021
GLP has added approximately $15 billion of new assets under management globally over the past 12 months. (Photo courtesy of the company)
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GLP pulls in $5.4bn for its second Japan fund

Firm attracts 20 big investors with plan to buy advanced logistics facilities

10 January 2021
J. Safra Sarasin's branches in Singapore and Hong Kong provide private banking and wealth management services.
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Swiss-Brazilian bank to acquire business in Singapore and Hong Kong

J. Safra Sarasin plans to enhance presence in region's private banking field

8 January 2021
Noida-based Pine Labs, which provides a merchant platform and makes point of sale software, became the first entrant to the unicorn club in 2020. (Company website screenshot)
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India witnesses a string of startups joining unicorn club

Educational, financial and health tech attract investor interest despite pandemic

7 January 2021
Demand for online learning is swelling due to COVID-19.
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Tencent-backed edtech startup raises $210m in series D round

China's Meishubao set to speed curriculum development

29 December 2020
EV Growth has focused on companies in Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Singapore and will now also look for opportunities in the Philippines and Malaysia.
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Indonesia Sinar Mas-backed VC to launch second fund in 2021

Singapore-based EV Growth to seek opportunities in the Philippines and Malaysia

29 December 2020
Workers clean panels at a solar power plant in India's Gujarat state.
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Ayana Renewable gets funding from India's NIIF and UK's CDC

Platform to quadruple solar generation capacity to over 4GW

22 December 2020
Asia's SME loan portfolios are forecast to expand at a 9.1% compound annual rate, to $23 trillion in 2025.
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Singapore's Funding Societies receives Samsung Venture infusion

Digital lending startup plans to expand its tech team with hires across Asia

20 December 2020
Brodo launched in 2010 with leather-based footwear as it sought to fill the gap between local and international shoe brands. 
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Indonesian shoe brand raises funding from state-owned BRI

Brodo to strengthen supply chain network to help deepen market penetration

16 December 2020
BlackRock has been an active real estate investor in Asia. 
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BlackRock's Asian property fund gets capital commitments of $52.9m

World's largest asset manager sees tourism as key investment area through pandemic

11 December 2020
Many investors are focusing on logistics tech startups as the pandemic shows no signs of abating and delivery companies are stretched thin.
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Australian logistics startup raises $22m for Asian expansion

Shippit eyes overseas markets with product, tech and talent upgrades

9 December 2020
The pandemic has accelerated the digitization of online learning, according to Syarif Rousyan Fikri, co-founder of Pahamify.
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Indonesian edtech holds Series A round led by Shunwei

Pahamify to upgrade online learning materials as COVID pushes demand higher

7 December 2020