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
Editor’s take: The week that was — Mar 16-20
COVID-19 has thrown public & private markets into disarray. Investors tell us dealmaking is now on the backburner.
Asian healthcare investment booms, offers ‘double bottom line’ for private equity
The healthcare sector in the Asia Pacific region saw deals worth at least $11.5 billion in 2019.
China’s CDH Investments eyes growth in consumer healthcare sector
It has picked up a significant stake in consumer healthcare company WOW Tech.
SG startup Biofourmis deploys tech at frontline of COVID-19 battle
Its technology has been deployed in a remote monitoring and disease surveillance programme in Hong Kong.
Asia Pacific private equity deal activity pulled down by China’s macro challenges: Bain
China's softening economy & stringent asset management rules have weighed on PE deal activity in the region.
SG-headquartered PE firm Credence Partners launches first venture fund
One of the VC fund’s early investments has been in Singapore-headquartered fintech startup Tonik Financial.
Editor’s take: The week that was — Feb 17-21
The week's stories featured the first part of our investigation into just what is happening with Revolution Precrafted, the Philippines’ first unic
Singapore bank customers wary of digital banking: PwC survey
Only a third of those surveyed by PwC in Singapore said they would make the virtual bank their primary account.
Temasek, ABC World Asia invest $36.8m in SG’s solar energy firm Sunseap
The corpus raised will be used for solar projects in Singapore and other parts of Asia.
Southeast Asia’s VCs hit fundraising high in 2019, collect $3.5b
The fundraising in 2019 marks a 75% jump from the nearly $2 billion raised in the previous year.
