India
Adyen received payment aggregator and cross border licences in India in 2024.
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Motilal Oswal Alternates invests $63m in workplace safety firm KARAM Safety
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Chinese Q&A platform Zhihu commits $223m to Monolith’s RMB AI fund
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DeepSeek taps CITIC Securities for STAR Market IPO
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SG deeptech startup N&E Innovations raises funding from global investors
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India Digest: Rentomojo, Theater raise funding
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India’s HerSpace raises $40m to expand housing for industrial workers
Indonesia’s INA said to have invested in global school operator
Vietnam’s Tevo lands $10m from Singapore’s PvX to fuel user growth
Japan’s Nissha withdraws investment in Vietnam-based USM Healthcare
Granite Asia seeks middle-market opportunities in Asia private credit
Greater China
Capital kept flowing to hard-tech startups in satellite tech, humanoid robots and chips.
Malaysia
Malaysia is attracting billions of dollars in investments from major global tech firms.
ASEAN spent over $20b on Chinese clean tech so far in 2026, up 50% YoY.
India is one of the world’s leading spacefaring nations.
Singapore
AI’s breakneck pace is making speed itself an acquisition target.
Financial services, automobiles & parts, and software accounted for 52% of total proceeds.
Rest of Asia
Several companies tap funds to go private or fall short of tougher listing requirements.
A recap of this week’s top developments.
Shein plans to buy US brand Everlane for $80m in a step to become a platform.
