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.
Malaysia’s Zoom eyes overseas expansion, expects to close Series A in 12 months
Zoom founder Jeevan Kumar shares with DEALSTREETASIA his company’s expansion and fundraising plans as well as his advice to budding startups looking
Malaysia: PRG Healthcare to acquire Roopi Medical Centre for $4.6m
The proposed acquisition involves the entire equity interest in RMC and two properties located in Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia’s PNB, EPF to acquire London’s Battersea building for $2.2b
Both PNB and EPF, directly and indirectly, already own 70% of the Battersea Power Station project.
China Digest: Aqrose, Mall Parking, SinoUnited Health, Daily Yoga, Yawlih raise funds
Baidu Ventures and DCM China have co-led an $8-million Series A round in Aqrose Technology.
Malaysia state fund Ekuinas sells Tenby Education to International Schools Partnership
The sale, which followed the disposal of its interest in APIIT Education Group recently, marks Ekuinas’ eighth divestment.
IFC, Clearwater Capital to co-invest in Asian distressed assets
The fund will be invested in distressed assets of companies in China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand & Vietnam.
China’s property rental firm Ziroom raises $622m from Warburg Pincus, Tencent
Sequoia Capital China, China Renaissance Principal Investment, Sunac Capital, GA Capital, H Capital, Source Code Capital, Haixia Asset, and New Hope a
Geely-backed EV startup Caocao Zhuanche raises $156m Series A at $1.6b valuation
The two-year-old Huangzhou-based firm's Series A round was participated by various unnamed domestic and overseas investors.
