Yimie Yong
Yimie covers Malaysia's state-linked investment funds and private equity and venture capital dealscape in Malaysia. She was earlier a business reporter at Nikkei Markets, Chinese newspaper Nanyang Siang Pau, The Edge and The Star.
Stories by Yimie Yong
Petronas Ventures-backed Braintree plans to deploy robots in Malaysian plantations
Robotics developed by Braintree could help to address the labour shortage in Malaysia's plantation industry.
Malaysia’s Merchantrade acquires fintech firm Valyou from Telenor
Deal will help Merchantrade bump up its share in cross-border remittance services.
Gobi Partners to invest $24m over next 3 years in Malaysian startup ecosystem
The venture capitalist spots big promise in sectors such as agritech, AI, and logistics, among others.
Franklin Templeton, Razer Fintech to create digital wealth management platform for youth
The platform will initially focus on Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
Malaysian budget airline AirAsia consolidates all media solutions under new unit
COVID-hit AirAsia has been expanding its businesses beyond selling air tickets.
People Digest: P2P lender Funding Societies appoints new CFO; Carsome gets new COO
Funding Societies has appointed Frank Stevenaar as its new CFO.
Malaysia’s Navis Capital to sell Modern Star to Australian buyout major PEP
Navis acquired Modern Star in 2014 in a deal valuing the latter at up to A$215 million.
iflix CEO Marc Barnett said to have quit Malaysian live-streaming platform
The CEO exit also comes when iflix continues to face the ire of content providers and vendors.
ScaleUp Malaysia partners SG’s Quest Ventures to nurture local startups
Nearly 24 companies shortlisted for Cohort 2 will begin their accelerator journey in October 2020.
Malaysian IPO market is recovering from the COVID slump, but risks remain
Many companies are tempted to test the market, given the stellar recovery.
