Indonesia
While there is investor interest in the sector, the pool of target companies is narrowing.
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French asset manager Eurazeo scouts for SE Asia bets with $20m ticket size
Indonesian smart vending machine operator JumpStart secures Series C funding
Vietnamese dairy firm TH Group approaches PEs for minority stake sale
SG’s Panthera Growth Partners invests $30m in security AI firm Innefu Labs
Singapore
Women-founded startups show capital efficiency and revenue generation but remain underfunded.
India
The budget improves the underlying conditions that allow healthcare businesses to be built, scaled, and financed.
The budget stops short of fully backing innovation-led growth.
Greater China
Startups are demonstrating the power of regional interconnectivity.
World
The economic and political uncertainty is giving rise to bigger and bigger deals.
AI dominance, governance lessons, and IPO reopenings defined the year.
Private equity’s role is not simply to fund growth, but to help institutionalise businesses.
Rest of Asia
Institutions such as PIF, ADIA, and QIA are acting as long-term industrial and digital architects.
Philippines
2026 could be a potential breakout year for the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia.
