India
DealStreetAsia first reported on its fundraising plans in March, citing talks with Waterfield Fund, among others.
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Vietnam
The Applied AI Lab is launching with 10 research groups comprising nearly 60 researchers.
World
The JV will sell AI tools to PE-backed companies.
Malaysia
For Avisena, bringing in a PE partner could support its next phase of expansion.
Rest of Asia
D-TAFS Fund aims to scale to as much as $400m.
The Indian player raised $25-million Series A round led by Jungle Ventures in Feb.
Mittal will hold about 75% of the team along with his family.
ADB expects to finance $15 billion of the digital initiative itself.
The funding also saw participation from Atomberg co-founder and CEO Shibam Das.
The round also saw participation from existing investor Niveshaay.
