Malaysia-based private equity firm Creador has acquired a 13% stake in Vietnam-based pharmacy chain Long Chau in the latter’s first institutional round. Long Chau is a subsidiary of FPT Retail (FRT), ...

When Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast debuted on Nasdaq in August 2023, it was hailed as a blockbuster, soaring to a market cap that then surpassed Ford and General Motors on its first ...

SquareX, the Singapore startup that seeks to fight cyber threats with a disposable browser, has announced raising $20 million in its Series A funding round anchored by SYN Ventures, a cybersecurity ...

Surfin Meta Digital Technologies, a Singapore-based financial technology platform that services the unbanked and underbanked ...

Private equity firms are stepping up their bets on K-12 and international school operators across the Asia-Pacific region, ...

Singapore-based Azalea Investment Management‘s third buyout-focused private equity fund has reached the first close at $262 ...

Padmanabh Sinha, a former top executive at India’s government-backed domestic infrastructure fund National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Ltd (NIIF), is setting up a new private equity (PE) firm ...

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Three years after its official pivot from an e-wallet to a full-fledged digital bank, Maya Bank—the Philippines’ largest digital bank by deposit base—has booked its first profitable quarter in Q1 2025 ...

Murmurs within the company suggest yet another round of layoffs may be imminent.

Debt financing also lost momentum in Q1 2025, with Southeast Asian startups securing just seven deals worth $154 million.

Asset managers are central to meeting the region’s savings and retirement needs, through portfolio diversification that helps investors navigate market volatility and invest for the long term, ...