Mars Mosqueda Jr.
Mars is the Cebu-based Philippine correspondent at DealStreetAsia, covering startup funding, deals, and public listings across Southeast Asia. He was earlier the Cebu news bureau chief for Manila Bulletin and worked at Rappler, Business Mirror, and Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Stories by Mars Mosqueda Jr.
Baidu Ventures leads $10m funding round in US-based AI startup Lightelligence
Lightelligence raised a $10-million seed financing round led by Baidu Ventures to build nano-photonics based next generational artificial intelligence
Philippine Digest: Fruitas eyes $39m IPO; Ayala earmarks $3.9b for expansion
Proceeds from the IPO of Fruitas will be used for network expansion, facilities upgrade, and future acquisitions.
China Digest: Gay dating app Blued, new energy vehicle firm SKIO secure funding
Blued, one of the world’s largest dating apps for the LGBT community, has raised $100 million in fresh funds.
Japan: Mirai Creation Fund invests in financial robo-adviser WealthNavi
Mirai Creation Fund targets investment in enterprises that possess innovative technologies in Al, robotics
IFC plans to extend $1b emerging markets trade finance facility to StanChart
IFC and Standard Chartered will share the risk of the portfolio on a 50-50 percent basis.
Japan’s Mitsui & Co to acquire Australian oil and gas firm AWE for $476m
Mitsui said it has entered into a takeover bid implementation deed with AWE to acquire all the issued shares of the Australian company for A$602.1 mil
Ping An’s tech units raise $2.2b from SoftBank Vision Fund, IDG, others
Ping An said it will use the latest funding to further develop its technology business and optimize its corporate governance structure.
Philippine travel startup Bliimo eyes expansion to six countries
When all goes well within two years of our projected local expansion, we’ll be expanding to six other countries. - Ronn Mitchell Esguerra, CEO, Blii
Philippines: Healthcare firm Philab invests $9.6m in US-based Veritas Genetics
The Philippine firm said the investment will be used to develop a genome sequencing facility in Asia.
CLSA’s Sunrise Capital III to acquire Japan’s Marubeni Mates
Marubeni Mates president Haruhiko Kishi said the company will leverage CLSA’s extensive knowledge and experience in the apparel and BPO sectors.
