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’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.
China Digest: MoSeeker, Ulucu, Huangjinguanjia and Huiyihuiying raise funds
Chinese recruitment solutions provider MoSeeker has raised $15 million in a Series B funding round.
China Digest: Tencent invests in Peilian.com; Xinshang raises $50m
Tencent and Orchid Asia Group are co-investing in online music tutoring platform Peilian.com.
Philippines: Ayala, Yuchengco to combine education units; Marcventures merges with two miners
Ayala and Yuchengco are discussing a potential merger while listed firm Marcventures Holdings is merging with two mining firms.
Zurich Life sells SG business to new insurer Singapore Life
Zurich Life Singapore is selling its business portfolio, totaling approximately S$6 billion of coverage, in the city-state to newly authorized life in
Australia: Pacific Star Network to merge with sports content firm Crocmedia
PNW will acquire 100 percent of the equity in Crocmedia in exchange for 91.6 million PNW shares.
China Digest: Shihou TV, 2Boss, Gonbike, Black Sesame, Yabuli, Fund Intelligent Piano raise funds
China Digest: Shihou TV, 2Boss, Gonbike, Black Sesame, Yabuli, and Fund Intelligent Piano raise funds.
Vietnam: HDBank makes strong market debut, opens 22% above IPO price
The lender raised $300 million in its IPO.
