People
Anthropic has roped in Sangeeta Bavi as the Head of Digital Natives, Startups and Growth for India.
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People Digest: Manulife, and Anthropic make senior hires
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BII, Laxmi Sunrise Bank launch $25m facility for Nepal's MSMEs
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DATA VANTAGE: InMobi, Vizzio, Deellish in focus, and other updates
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AI investments made up a third of Singapore venture funding in 2025
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EQT veterans appointed as co-heads for Asia private equity business
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Deals
Under the partnership, about 30% of the facility is expected to support women-led MSMEs
InMobi has issued new ordinary shares worth $1.2 million to Monroe Capital.
Analysis
The rise in AI bets comes amid overall declining deal value in Singapore.
Private Equity
Hari Gopalakrishnan & Nicholas Macksey named co-heads.
Philippines
Southeast Asia is increasingly becoming a proving ground for stablecoin-based payments.
Vietnam
Strategic sales remain the more realistic and attractive exit channel.
Greater China
“If you don’t have exposure to Chinese innovation, AI, or robotics, that is a risk.”
India
Smaller cities are now emerging as the sector’s next growth frontier.
It plans to allocate 55% of the IPO proceeds towards enhancing deep-sea wind power services.
