India
Ola is exiting the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.
Indonesian media firm DailySocial lays off entire workforce amid "transition"
IFC mulls $60m investment in Indian shadow lender Five Star
Thai food major Betagro launches $30m corporate venture capital fund
Australia's Perpetual in talks with KKR for sale of corporate trust & wealth management unit
HK-based PE firm Azuremount WH closes co-control deal in AI software developer ATOM
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Greater China
The Group has plans to seek regulatory approval in Europe, the Middle East, South America, and Africa.
Ola Electric has filed its draft red herring prospectus for an IPO to raise $660 million.
Indonesia
HSBC will back companies from its $1b ASEAN Growth Fund.
Sharechat’s valuation had reportedly shrunk to $1.5b in end-2023 from $5b in 2022.
The country added just two unicorns in 2023.
Perfios has a presence in India, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
Singapore
The startup will produce in Italy “chiplets”, which can be the size of a grain of sand.
The payments unicorn was last week reported to be under investigation by India’s ED.
Investors including Prosus, General Atlantic, Peak XV say they are “deeply concerned about the stability of the company”.