Deals

Cisco Systems buys US software firm BroadSoft for $1.71b

India Digest: Ambit Flowers eyes $1b fund raise; steel majors keen to buy Essar Steel

China’s Sinochem not bidding for stake in Chilean lithium producer SQM

India: Canara Bank to hire investment bankers for sale of non-core assets

Private Equity

China: Primavera, CITIC PE to raise dollar funds totalling $5b

Temasek, China PE Hosen buy Quadrant’s majority stake in Australia’s Real Pet Food

China’s Dah Hong Chong, CITIC team up for $80m healthcare, consumer fund

More options, selective LPs have made PE fundraising polarised: Hamilton Lane

Venture Capital

Vietnam: 500 Startups, VIISA invest in media platform Saigoneer

Australian furniture brand Brosa raises $3.9m from existing, new investors

India: RAW Pressery raises $6m from Sequoia, Saama Capital, DSG

India Dealbook: Chevon Agrotech, parking app Peazy raise funding

Vietnam to launch Shark Tank TV series to fund early stage startups

Philippines: STORM advances in Startup​ ​World​ ​Cup; FrontLearners wins ASEAN award

India: Online lending startups thrive as banks with bad loans become cautious

Mountain Partners launches $100m fund for SE Asian startups, sets up Malaysia hub

Tembusu Partners-backed cricket digital platform CricHQ goes into receivership

Philippine startups mull IPO, equity financing – study


IPOs & Markets

Russian billionaire Deripaska’s En+ Group eyes $8.5b valuation in IPO

Hong Kong indicates plan for third board may be dropped

Indian Energy Exchange shares slip 9% on stock market debut

Rocket-backed HelloFresh targets $1.8b IPO valuation testing investor appetite

Mobile & Telco

India, world’s second largest telecom market, is going through a phase of disruption

Indonesia: Telkom to acquire stakes in three firms, readies $369m for potential deals

T-Mobile, Sprint plan to announce merger without asset divestitures

Idea shareholders give nod for merging mobile biz with Vodafone India

Real Estate

Blackstone, KKR among shortlisted bidders for Link REIT’s $2b HK assets

With more than $1b at stake, Unitech plans to sell 6 land parcels to tide over crisis

CapitaLand’s hotel unit Ascott buys first Silicon Valley property for $59.9m

Two investors join revolt against Singapore developer’s $2.4b M&C hotels takeover

India: Cash-rich Flipkart eyes more acquisitions

India: Accel & Helion-backed Qwikcilver forays into Singapore, lines up expansion to other SEA markets

Paris wants to regulate Asian bike-share operators

SoftBank, Alphabet billionaires swap ride-hailing bets

Grab secures $700m debt facility to be SEA’s largest car rental platform

Lyft raises $1b in round led by Alphabet, valuation climbs to $11b

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Impact Investment
Indonesia: Crowdfunding startup Danadidik raises seed round from impact fund
India: NBFC Varthana raises $3m for school financing programme
Asia Digest: ADB debt for RE projects; IIX, PTI Australia in impact investing pact
TPG secures record $2b for Rise impact investing fund co-led by Bono

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