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.
Singapore’s BM Mobility offers to buy Malaysia’s electric car-sharing firm UNiRIDE
The proposed acquisition would give BM Mobility the Malaysian dealership rights for the car sharing business.
China: English education platform DadaABC secures $100m funding
DadaABC will use the funds to further develop teaching curriculum and online technology.
KKR closes $2b fund focused on defensive real estate investments
The new fund, which includes approximately $230 million of capital from KKR’s balance sheet and employee commitments, is looking to aggressively inv
Philippines: Antitrust body approves SM Retail’s acquisition of Goldilocks Bakeshop
The acquisition by SM Retail of Goldilocks was approved after the two parties submitted their commitment to address potential competition issues in th
Three more Indonesian state firms eye Komodo bond issuance this year
The companies are already computing the funds they expect to collect from the issuance.
HK Digest: Beijing Daa to pick 50% in Henan School; Lippo unit offers to acquire TIH
China New Higher Education Group and Lippo, both HK listed, are in acquisition mode.
Hony Capital unit gets China mutual fund licence
Hony Capital is a pioneer in China's home grown private equity industry. It is backed by Legend Holdings, parent of personal computer maker Lenovo Gro
China’s Kunlun completes acquisition of US gay dating app Grindr
Kunlun, which acquired a 61.53% stake in Grindr in January 2016, has acquired the remaining 37.4% stake for $152 million
People Digest: RedDoorz names new board members; Kazuki Kusaka joins MTS Health
RedDoorz has appointed Bhanu Chopra as an independent director and Philip Wolf as a board advisor.
HK-based AlphaConcepts raises $200k in seed round
Four angel investors, from tech and finance industry in Hong Kong, participated in the round.
