tomnoda
Tom Noda, Philippines Correspondent for DEALSTREETASIA, has been a journalist for the past 12 years. He has worked with popular print and online media organizations such as Philstar.com (online version of The Philippine STAR), Computerworld Philippines magazine, The Manila Times national broadsheet, and Sun Star Pampanga daily community newspaper.
Stories by tomnoda
Philippines: IFC invests $150m in BDO bond to back climate change projects
The funds will be used exclusively to finance climate-smart projects including renewable energy, green buildings, and energy-efficient equipment.
Philippines: Basic Energy to acquire stake in Japan-based biomass power plant
This is in line with Basic Energy's thrust to expand its portfolio of renewable energy projects in the Philippines and abroad.
China: Vision Plus leads $30m round in Etong Healthcare; MicuRx closes private financing deal
Morningside Venture Capital and Chinese conglomerate Dalian Yifang Group also participated in Etong's latest funding round.
Vertex Ventures joins funding rounds of US startups Obsidian and LaunchDarkly
Takeda Ventures and Vertex Ventures joined GV in a $49.5-million Series A round in US-based Obsidian Therapeutics.
Vietnam: FPT Retail’s IPO launch set for December 15
FPT Retail's IPO is expected to make a similar impact to that of Mobile World Investment Corporation’s public debut in 2014.
Philippines: Phinma unit buys St. Jude College for $7.3m
Starting out as a school of nursing, SJC is now a full-service educational institution with 3,050 students.
VC deal activity falls in the Philippines in 2017 but tech space holds promise for startup ecosystem
Only 10 VC deals were reported as at November-end, compared to 21 deals in the previous year.
Sequoia China leads pre-Series A round in electric vehicle startup Leap Motor
With this funding, Sequoia China becomes two-year-old Leap Motor's first institutional investor.
Principal Financial Group unit acquires UK’s realty investment manager Internos
Once the deal has received regulatory approval, Internos will become Principal Real Estate Investors Europe.
Philippines: Acciona, DMCI and First Balfour consortium bags $447m toll bridge project deal
The bridge will give Cordova direct access to Cebu City and is envisioned to decongest the traffic in the two existing bridges between Mactan and Cebu
