Kristie Neo
Kristie is based in Singapore and covers venture capital and unicorns at DealStreetAsia. Her previous stints include roles at CNBC International and Channel NewsAsia. When not reporting, Kristie gives walking tours at the Asian Civilisation Museum.
Stories by Kristie Neo
Singapore realty major CapitaLand buys US rental housing assets for $835m
The US deal marks the property developer's foray into the multifamily asset class.
Go-Jek said to seek valuation of $9-10b with latest funding round
Go-Jek is in talks to raise at least $2 billion to accelerate its overseas expansion.
Going international nice to put on PowerPoint but difficult to execute, says Grab president Ming Maa
As its archrival Go-Jek spreads wings outside its home market Indonesia, Grab has a word of caution to offer - the barrier to entry is high!
Indonesia-focused Indies Capital closes second private credit fund at $145m
Last year, Indies formed a strategic alliance with Värde Partners to co-invest in private credit opportunities in Indonesia.
Grab Ventures confirms picking up minority stake in HappyFresh
Grab had in July announced its foray into grocery delivery as part of its ambition to become a one-stop super app for users in Southeast Asia.
Taiwanese crypto wallet startup CoolBitX raises $13m from SBI Holdings, others
CoolBitX also secured a partnership with Singapore-based Litecoin Foundation to drive the mass adoption of cryptocurrencies through its crypto wallet,
Grab to add P2P lending, remittance services to boost payments business
During the special keynote chat at the third edition of DEALSTREETASIA's Asia PE VC Summit 2018 on Tuesday, Grab President Ming Maa said that e-paymen
US-based Hustle Fund closes first $11.5m fund anchored by China’s Shanda, Line and Naver
Other investors include tech operators, founders and executives of Zappos, Optimizely and NerdWallet.
Singapore cloud startup EngageRocket raises $640k led by SeedPlus
EngageRocket plans to use the proceeds to deepen its data intelligence capabilities.
SE Asia consumer market more homogenous than fragmented: Jungle Ventures’ Amit Anand
Amit Anand, managing partner and co-founder of Jungle Ventures, dispels the myth of a fragmented SEA market and shares why he believes there are still
