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.
China Digest: Sansure Biotech, Mogoroom, Laviana Pharmatech, Shanghai Edutech, TOGO raise funding
Biotechnology firm Sansure Biotech has raised $77 million from a group of investors led by Lilly Asia Ventures and HighLight Capital in a strategic fi
Philippines: City Savings Bank to acquire smaller rival
CitySavings, the thrift banking arm of listed lender UnionBank, is acquiring smaller rival PR Savings Bank for an undisclosed amount.
Philippine developer Ayala Land takes majority stake in Malaysia’s MCT
Ayala Land will buy an additional 17.24% stake in MCT in a deal worth $50.4 million. The deal will also trigger a mandatory requirement for the former
Japan Digest: J-Star exits Aisei Pharmacy; Orix to buy Yodogawa Transformer; Every bags $18m
Japanese private equity firm J-Star has agreed to exit Aisei Pharmacy, a Japanese drugstore chain, to its company management.
Philippines: AboitizPower completes buyout of SunEdison in solar JV
AboitizPower International struck a Share Purchase Agreement with SunE Solar BV, the parent company of SunEdison Philippines BV, for the deal.
Philippine lender Metrobank gets nod to buy out credit card JV partner ANZ
The 40% acquisition will give Metrobank full ownership of MCC, one of the leading credit card companies in the Philippines.
Morgan Stanley, China’s Profex buy majority interest in Korres
Morgan Stanley, through its investment fund North Haven Private Equity Asia Maiden Holding B.V., has agreed to acquire 56% shares of Korres, while Pro
Australia: First Growth Funds to raise $2.7m for blockchain investment
Australia-listed investment firm First Growth Funds (FGF) Limited seeks to raise up to A$3.5 million ($2.7 million) to be used as additional working c
Philippines: Central bank urges caution against cryptocurrencies
In an advisory, the BSP advised the public to be cautious regarding the acquisition, possession, and trading of virtual currencies or dealing with rel
China: Ctrip-backed travel service firms Tongcheng, eLong to merge
Ctrip and WeChat owner Tencent will become major shareholders of the new entity after the merger.
