Deals
Also, Singapore’s perch as SE Asia’s top VC fundraising hub was roiled in H1 2025
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VinFast founder to inject another $1.5b in exchange for R&D assets
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Vivo Capital launches new accelerator platform to leverage China's biopharma strengths
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How indian regulators struggled to contain Jane Street's trading machine
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India Digest: Shivalik Small Finance Bank, Refold AI secure funding
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Aditya Birla Group’s TMRW House of Brands secures $50m from ServiceNow Ventures
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Granite Asia reups in Singaporean oatmilk brand Oatside
Thailand’s B.Grimm hires banker for potential fundraise
EQT to sell Australian IT firm Nexon Asia to Adamantem Capital
Sea Ltd uses Shopee’s hyperlocal playbook to power Garena’s recovery
Analysis
Without the lone megadeal, July’s funding value would have fallen month-on-month.
TR Capital also joined the new funding round.
IPOs & Markets
The unit will use bond proceeds to support Temasek and its holdings.
A Temasek unit will issue two 2-year US dollar bonds with fixed and floating interest rates.
Antler doubled down on AI startups in H1.
Venture Capital
Prefer’s funding round was co-led by At One Ventures and Chancery Hill Capital.
Garena’s bookings are projected to jump over 30% in 2025.
Earnings and Results
Its Q1 underlying net profit rose to S$686mfrom S$603m a year earlier.
CapitaLand aims to almost double its funds under management in India to around S$15b by 2028.
