Michelle Teo
Michelle is the Southeast Asia managing editor at DealStreetAsia. A journalist with nearly two decades of experience, she was part of Al Jazeera English’s global launch team in Kuala Lumpur and was earlier the chief editor at The Edge Singapore.
Stories by Michelle Teo
Temasek Holdings CEO Ho Ching to retire from October 1
She will be succeeded by Temasek International CEO Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara.
Editor’s take: The week that was — Jan 25-30
At least three new SPACs in Southeast Asia were reported this week.
Fintech sector tops SE Asia deal scorecard in pandemic-stricken 2020
E-payment players in SE Asia attracted around $634 million across 31 deals in 2020.
Indian telehealth platform MFine raises $16m from Heritas Capital, existing backers
Founded in 2017, MFine last raised $17.2 million in its Series B round in April 2019.
IFC to ramp up, spur development investment in emerging markets
IFC's investment in funds in East Asia is generally less than 20% of its global allocation.
GIC portfolio company Affirm soars on Nasdaq market debut
GIC's 8.6% post-offering stake is the largest outside of directors and management.
SG’s GIC was most active state investor in 2020, Temasek topped in tech investments
GIC deployed $17.7b last year.
Catch the video of fireside chat with PAG Group CEO Weijian Shan
PAG hopes to deploy $2 billion in PE investments in 2020, the same as in 2019.
Presenting full video of chat with Gaw Capital president Kenneth Gaw
The firm is planning a second fund targeting data centres in N Asia as well as Singapore and Indonesia.
Top L Catterton Asia executive to leave firm for early-stage deals in China
Jun Wang is understood to be setting up an investment platform in the new year.
