Analysis
OJK has introduced tenor-based interest rate slabs for both consumptive and productive loans.
Southeast Asia saw a sharp surge in debt funding.
Deals
SPIL Ventures has expanded its portfolio with an investment in recommerce startup LIKUID8.
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The vehicle will be focused on data centres and telecom assets.
Philippines
The fund will invest in food production, digital innovation, and sustainable energy.
Singapore
Hillhouse is said to have pledged to make a GP commitment of $1 billion.
Greater China
Cathay Life has been an active investor in offshore wind farms off the coast of Taiwan.
India
ChrysCapital, Anicut Capital, and Sauce.VC floated continuation funds last year.
World
Chow Tai Fook Enterprises and Far East Consortium have placed separate bids.
The fund had an investment return of 4.31% compared to Q2's negative 3.57%.
Indonesia
Rigel Capital has anchored Noovoleum's funding round.
The fund is five times larger than its predecessor.
The joint fund that will target startups in SE Asia and Korea.
This is JQR's first venture funding.
The company recently invested $3m in the Indonesian startup Noovoleum.
The deal volume also grew 16.8% from the previous quarter to 576.
Indian startups garnered $4.16b from private market investors in Q4 2024, a whopping 41% jump year-on-year.
SEA startups sealed the lowest quarterly deal volume in over six years in Q4 2024.
SE Asia's listed firms are intensifying efforts to eliminate losses.
Mighty Bear recently received $4m in funding for its GOAT GAMING platform.
SE Asian enterprise software and IT startups are increasingly adopting blockchain, with 66 deals in 2024.
Telio last secured equity funding in June 2022, closing a $26.7m venture round led by VNG.
Sam Altman posted on X: "no thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74b if you want."
The post-listing performance of Swiggy is seen boosting the value of its portfolio of unlisted tech startups.
Nykaa has been pouring money into marketing.
The losses widened due to heavy discounts the firm offered to fend off rising competition.
The company posted an adjusted net profit of S$320m for the six months ended Dec. 31, 2024.
Annual net profit for Keppel's connectivity arm rose nearly 45%.
Circulate Capital has named Dondi Hananto as head of Indonesia.
Liu is the ex-CFO of Alibaba's logistics arm Cainiao.
The new hires will increase its total headcount to roughly 3,500 in Mumbai and Gurugram.