Fave, formerly Kfit, is understood to be looking at a corpus of $50 million in its Series C round.

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The M&A wave is seen as startups begin to struggle with the virus' impact on their cashflows.

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The bidding is shaping up as a battle between Dhanin Chearavanont's Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, Central Group, and beer-and-property magnate Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi's TCC Group.

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WeWork's SE Asia peers claim to have emerged largely unscathed with big expansion plans for this year.

The post Forget WeWork’s woes, SE Asia’s co-working space operators are expanding appeared first on DealStreetAsia.

If TCC Group wins the bid and the loan is drawn, it would be among the largest corporate financings on record for Thailand.

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India suffers drop in money sent home by migrants as oil-driven economies cut jobs

On Friday, shares of Asian Paints gained 2.7 percent before falling nearly one percent after a Bloomberg report said that Reliance Industries Limited is considering a stake sale in the country's largest paint maker. According to the report citing sources,

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An influx of pollution from Asia in the western United States and more frequent heat waves in the eastern U.S. are responsible for the persistence of smog in these regions over the past quarter century despite laws curtailing the emission of smog-forming chemicals from automobile tailpipes and factories.

Three Minnesota teens have been arrested in connection with a video that shows a woman getting kicked in the head, the latest in a series of incidents targeting Asian Americans since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Three Minnesota teens have been arrested in connection with a video that shows a woman getting kicked in the head, the latest in a series of incidents targeting Asian Americans since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Frank Soo, the first and only player of Asian heritage to represent England's national football team, has been honoured by Google.

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The second batch of Timothy Trekkers met for the first time in Seremban, Malaysia, on 1 July to begin the 12-month leadership development course.

In June, 162 people from 28 countries participate in Out of the Comfort Zone Asia 2014, followed by outreaches to 12 countries.

A recap of OM's OCZ conference, why it's worth attending and what participants learned this year.

On July 8, 2017 the Out of the Comfort Zone Asia, a short-term missions conference, began.

From 8-12 July, 135 Out of the Comfort Zone participants and staff gathered for practical missions training in Malaysia, before dispersing for outreaches in nine Asian countries.

In reduced trade, with China, Japan and South Korea on holiday, Australia's ASX 200 rose 1.26% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed 0.66%.

Reliance Industries controlled by Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest person, is in discussions with banks for a potential sale of its 4.9% stake in Asian Paints Ltd. through a series of block trades.

In contrast, Indonesia’s improving fiscal status and aggressive monetary policy stance in the face of global headwinds have burnished the nation’s assets in the eyes of investors.

Coal contributes 60 percent to India's power mix today; solar is less than 1 percent. But what was a factor-of-seven difference between the cost of coal and solar two years ago shrank this summer to just a 1.8x gap. Can solar catch up within the next ten years?

India's solar market is on track to be roughly the same in 2013 as it was in 2012, which is surprising given the ~20 percent overall growth projected for global solar demand. But optimism and expectations continue to emerge for India's solar potential.

All across Asia , and around the world, people have been urged to keep a safe distance and maintain good personal hygiene amid the coronavirus pandemic. But if your “home” is a prison dormitory that holds five times the 100 inmates it was designed to, doing either is almost impossible.Overcrowding is the norm in the prison systems of many developing nations, but the Philippines has long held the dubious distinction of having one of the most jam-packed in the world.In Manila City Jail, one of an…

Search teams bring in more bodies from the AirAsia crash to a military base in Indonesia. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Archipelago's second fund will deploy 40-50% of its corpus in the Philippines.

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Startups in health care and deliveries have managed to raise millions to accelerate their expansion.

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AsiaKredit provides consumer finance products to underserved consumers in the Philippines.

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KKR has about $58 billion in dry powder for new investments.

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Despite the recent pressure of Covid-19, key SEA co-living operators said they would continue to expand this year.

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The crisis has also unearthed new opportunities for investors eyeing distressed hospitality and retail assets.

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A possible merger between MAB and AirAsia was considered even last year.

The post AirAsia, Malaysia Airlines merger an option as COVID-19 batters industry appeared first on DealStreetAsia.

Many startups are scrambling to cut costs - slicing payrolls and the wages of those still on the job. 

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HC Surgical will enter into a separate agreement to buy the remaining stake in GMHES at a later stage.

The post SE Asia Digest: Gojek completes Moka deal; HC Surgical to pick 51% in GMH appeared first on DealStreetAsia.

The number of deals touched 146 in the first quarter this year, compared to 127 in the same period last year.

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The Series A round has brought 360VUZ’s total funding amount to $7 million.

The post Asia Digest: Shorooq backs 360VUZ; Amartha CEO steps down appeared first on DealStreetAsia.

MassMutual Ventures SEA, MDI Ventures and Central Capital Ventura also joined the round.

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Jointly organised by the OECD and ESCAP, this conference focused on the role of governments in supporting and facilitating more sustainable and inclusive business practices in the Asia-Pacific region.

The Southeast Asian region has the potential to attract significant amounts of international investment in the coming years. To help ASEAN countries address the challenges that arise from an increased openness to investment, this report analyses the region's investment climate and suggests ways to bring about a greater convergence of both policies and outcomes for the countries involved.

This conference showcased ASEAN’s regional investment integration achievements and efforts. Practitioners highlighted policy reforms at the national and regional levels and considered practical measures to enhance integration. Ways to successfully attract investment that will strengthen ASEAN supply chains were identified.

With a focus on the Asia-Pacific region, this conference addressed what the Sustainable Development Goals will mean for business and how business sustainability strategies can be aligned to support their implementation.

Slowing growth in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) is grabbing the headlines with some suggesting a third wave of the 2008 global financial crisis. While this topic deserves attention because of its global economic implications, there is insufficient analysis of firms in global production networks (GPNs), which were at the forefront of the economic transformation in PRC and the rest of East Asia, and lessons for latecomers to GPNs.

This joint OECD-UNIDO report identifies investment and related policies to enhance linkages between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Southeast Asia and multinational enterprises (MNEs) and their impacts on SME outcomes in Southeast Asia.