Singapore
SG‑based firms captured $292.2 million from 19 deals, or 85 % of April’s regional total.
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On a year-on-year basis, too, the deal value fell almost 18%.
Greater China
Nine megadeals were recorded in April but billion-dollar deals continued to be on ice.
Q1 2025 saw startups in Greater China secure around $9.6 billion, 52.4% less than Q1 2024.
The largest equity deal of $12.54m was raised by Singapore’s AMP.
Cross-border financial services platform Zolve’s $251m was the biggest deal in the month.
Vietnam secured the lion’s share of the month’s funding.
Deal volume was down 30.6%, while deal value dipped 7.2% MoM.
Proceeds from PE-VC investors fell 47% MoM.
There were only seven megadeals in Jan, compared with 14 in Dec.
