China’s Orchid Asia Leads Funding in Delivery Platform Fantuan, Edtech Startup...
Chinese private equity firm Orchid Asia has led Series B funding rounds in two startups – Canada’s delivery service platform Fantuan and Beijing-based edtech brand Ivydad.
Orchid Asia leads $35m...
WeRide Receives $310 Million as Beijing Opens Highways to Autonomous Car...
WeRide, one of China’s best-funded startups for self-driving technology, has started the New Year with a bang by closing a $310 million series B...
UBS Fund In Talks To Invest $400M In SoftBank-backed Paytm
UBS Group AG is in talks to invest $400 million in Paytm, the most valuable Indian startup, in a bet on the surging
digital payments...
US-based ThoughtWorks Raises $720M From Singapore’s GIC, And Others
Software consultancy company ThoughtWorks said on Thursday it raised $720 million from investors including GIC
and Siemens AG at an enterprise value of $4.6 billion.
ThoughtWorks,...
Malaysia’s Navis Capital Invests In Singapore’s Fintech Solutions Firm Moneythor
Malaysia-based private equity firm Navis Capital Partners on Monday announced that it has completed an
investment in Singapore-headquartered fintech solutions firm Moneythor Pte Ltd.
The financial...
Chinese Edtech Platform Jiliguala Nets $100M Series C from Tencent, And...
Shanghai-headquartered online English learning platform Jiliguala on Monday announced the completion of its nearly $100-million Series C round from investors including Chinese tech giant Tencent.
China-focused PE Trustbridge...
Indian HR Tech Platform Darwinbox Closes $15M Funding Led By Salesforce...
Indian HR technology platform Darwinbox has closed a $15-million funding round led by Salesforce Ventures and
joined by existing investors Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture...
Indian Edutech Firm Udayy Raises $2.5M In Seed Round
Better Capital, Kunal Shah, founder of Indian fintech Cred, and other angel investors also joined the round.
Udayy provides a platform that teaches mathematics and...
Tencent Music to Buy Audiobook Platform Lazy Audio for $416 million
Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), a unit of internet giant Tencent, is expanding its business scope with a deal to buy Lazy Audio, a Chinese provider...
Indonesian Fintech Platform BukuKas Bags $10M Series A Led By Sequoia...
BukuKas, a digital ledger app for micro, small, and medium enterprises in Indonesia, has raised $10 million in a
Series A funding round led by...
A91 Partners Said To Have Invested $30M in La Renon Healthcare
A91 Partners, a venture capital firm floated by former Sequoia Capital executives, has invested $30 million (Rs 220
crore) in pharmaceutical company La Renon Healthcare...
Indian Edtech Unicorn Byju’s To Buy Blackstone-backed Offline Tutor Aakash Institute...
India’s biggest online-education startup Byju’s has signed a deal to acquire brick & mortar test prep leader Aakash
Educational Services Ltd. for $1 billion, according...
