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 — 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.
Industry needs more than vanity metrics, says Bukalapak’s Fajrin
Fajrin said 'unsubsidised' transactions for Bukalapak account for over half of its total sales.
PE fundraising for Asia falls to $100b in 2019 after hitting peak in 2017
In 2018 too, PE fundraising in the region was higher at $125 million, Preqin data shows.
Malaysia’s Amcorp to acquire controlling stake in Singapore’s TEE Land
TEE Land develops residential, commercial, and industrial property in Singapore and Malaysia.
Indonesian startups raised over $3.4b in 2019, led by Gojek’s mega round
Indonesia’s consumption-driven internet economy should continue to provide opportunities for growth.
Private debt fundraising, deal activity fall sharply in 2019: Preqin report
Similarly, global PE fundraising and dealmaking also slowed although the industry still recorded robust figures.
Editor’s take: The week that was – Jan 6-10
More contenders for SG's digital bank licences were revealed while PH issued its first digital bank licence.
