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
Singapore Digest: Easy Eat raises funds; AirAsia launches food delivery in city-state
Uber's former chief product officer Manik Gupta has backed Easy Eat.
SEA Digest: Juwai IQI plans to develop tech hub in Malaysia; InMobi partners Gojek
Proptech group Juwai IQI plans to create more than 1,000 jobs in Malaysia.
KKR, Rakuten complete share purchase in Japanese supermarket chain Seiyu from Walmart
Retail veteran Tsuneo Okubo will be new CEO of Seiyu.
Malaysia’s Fronter Digital Ventures acquires Chile’s classifieds portal Yapo for $19.5m
The acquisition will help Frontier Digital Ventures expand its presence in South America.
Malaysia’s EPF launches world’s first Shariah-compliant PE fund, allocates $600m
The fund will be managed by BlackRock, HarbourVest Partners, and Partners Group.
TPG to hike stake in HK’s NewQuest Capital to majority interest
TPG made a minority stake investment in NewQuest in June 2018.
Singapore Digest: GetGo launches carsharing fleet, Her Capital invests in Neufast
Over 14,000 users have pre-registered for GetGo's services.
Indonesia’s P2P lender Amartha bags $50m facility from Lendable to back women micro-entrepreneurs
Lendable is a debt provider to fintech companies across the frontier and emerging markets.
Malaysia’s digital economy prospects are brighter due to pandemic: MDEC
During the pandemic, VC firms became less receptive to new opportunities, said CEO Surina Shukri.
Asia Digest: KKR buys Hyundai Global stake, Kyulux bags $34.3m, LINE’s ‘smartphone bank’
KKR has acquired a 38% stake in Hyundai Global Service for $723m.
