IPOs & Markets
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Venture Capital
The firm has 23 active investments in its India portfolio
Private Equity
Schroders Greencoat is looking at opportunities beyond North America and Europe.
ShopBack is launching a mobile app and website tailored for New Zealand.
Swiggy’s backers include Prosus, Accel, SoftBank, and Invesco among several others.
Singapore
The BlackRock-Temasek JV fund had set a target of $1 billion.
India
Flashaid has raised $2.5m in its pre-Series A funding round, while Boba Bhai has raised about $1.5m in seed funding.
The three funds are dedicated to private credit, social infrastructure, and data centres.
Vietnam
The company is currently valued at roughly $4 billion.
Rest of Asia
In 2022, BillEase banked a $20m debt facility from Singapore debt investment firm Helicap Securities.