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Deals

Coca-Cola buys Australia’s kombucha maker Mojo

MY Digest: FGV group CEO resigns; Easy Pay Transfers snags $500K

China’s HNA said to seek buyer for Singapore’s CWT logistics business

Linde, Praxair asked to sell off India assets before global merger

Private Equity

TPG, ChrysCapital in talks to invest up to $82m in India’s Ess Kay Fincorp

Amazon, Samara buy supermarket chain More from Aditya Birla for $580m: Report

KKR-backed Radiant to acquire Life Healthcare’s 49.7% stake in Max for $293m

Australian PE firm Anacacia exits dips and snacks maker Yumi’s

Venture Capital

Vietnamese logistics startup EcoTruck secures $1.7m pre-Series A funding

India: Satya MicroCapital raises $5.5m from two impact investment funds

Personal mobility startup WHILL snags $45m funding for market expansion

Singapore Exchange leads $44.4m round for logitech firm Freightos

India: Online funding platform LetsVenture launches startup funding initiative

Nasscom unveils second phase of AI startups mentor programme

Ride-hailing firm Get Ride officially launches in Myanmar after securing financing

Warburg-backed Singapore unicorn Trax targets $3b valuation in three years

Exclusive: East Ventures, Agaeti invest in Indonesian solar startup Xurya

HK can be launchpad for SE Asia startups looking to tap China: Cindy Chow, Alibaba HK Entrepreneurs Fund

IPOs & Markets

Electronics maker Cal-Comp delays $125m Philippine IPO due to market conditions

Indian regulator SEBI plans to tighten financial market rules

China’s Tencent Music said to halve US listing to $2b

Chinese medical researcher WuXi AppTec said to file for $1b HK offering

Mobile & Telco

Axiata arm edotco ends deals to buy tower assets from Pakistan Mobile

India’s NCLT gives its nod to Idea-Vodafone unit merger

India: DoT seeks $232m to clear way for Airtel-Tikona merger

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten unveils plan to fight Amazon, SoftBank

Real Estate

Motilal Oswal’s real estate arm raises $79.26m for latest fund

OUE Lippo Healthcare to acquire stakes in First REIT, manager Bowsprit for $104m

Singapore realty major CapitaLand buys US rental housing assets for $835m

Singapore’s Centurion to acquire UK student accommodation asset for $13.34m

Flipkart a bargain buy for Walmart, says group CEO Binny Bansal

India: Flipkart launches cashless credit, may apply for NBFC license

Indonesia’s Go-Jek challenges GrabAds with Promogo acquisition

Indian ride hailing platform Ola forays into New Zealand in latest overseas push

China Digest: Alibaba makes follow-on in YCloset; Ant Financial backs Anxinji

Tencent, Sequoia back $450m Series E in car maintenance provider Tuhu

Q & A

Going international is nice on PowerPoint but difficult to execute, says Grab president Ming Maa

SE Asia consumer market more homogenous than fragmented: Jungle Ventures' Amit Anand

AI, ML, cobots can help firms streamline their supply chains: GreyOrange India head

Southeast Asia's startups suffer from Series B funding crunch, says Kredivo’s Garg

It took just one meeting, two phone calls to seal landmark Paytm-Buffett deal

Opinion

Asia PE-VC Summit 2018: Indochina is attractive but a long-term play

Asia PE-VC Summit 2018: SEA region offers scope for both buyouts, minority deals

Chinese tech giants hunt for elusive profitability in Indonesia's e-commerce market

Guest Post: The future of emerging markets PE requires much greater competence than the past

Guest post: Enterprise tech lessons from Israel for India

People

Tencent investment executive quits as China's gaming industry slows down

Qatar Investment Authority CEO said to leave $320b sovereign wealth fund

People Digest: Walmart senior execs to join Flipkart; Edelweiss head resigns

JD.com CEO to skip Shanghai tech forum after rape allegation

People Digest: Korean pension fund, Amundi Malaysia announce new appointments

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