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  China

  China’s block on Manus AI deal won’t kill ‘Singapore washing’

  April 29, 2026

  Beijing has ordered the unwinding of Meta’s $2B acquisition. Yet the playbook that enabled it remains very much alive.

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  Capital Pool

  Singapore’s GIC takes an insider’s approach to AI investing

  August 19, 2025

  “We are very valuation sensitive,” said Eric Wilmes, GIC’s president of the Americas.

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  Private Equity

  PE sponsors consider alternatives to China-plus-one supply chain strategy

  April 11, 2025

  President Trump’s 90-day pause on most tariffs, China’s retaliatory measures and evolving supply chain risks force a strategic rethink in private equity.

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  Limited Partners

  Singaporean state fund GIC’s CIO to step down

  January 13, 2025

  GIC’s chief investment officer Jeffrey Jaensubhakij will step down after nearly 30 years at the sovereign wealth fund.

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  Private Equity

  Affinity’s $1.2B Yupi acquisition marks largest buyout deal in SE Asia this year

  November 26, 2024

  Buyout deals in Southasia bounce 50% this year

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  Fintech

  These 10 Southeast Asian startups are transforming the fintech landscape

  November 14, 2024

  Here are the 10 startups in Southeast Asia that have secured the most funding to date.

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  Southeast Asia

  VCs target Southeast Asia’s B2C startups

  March 20, 2024

  B2C startups grabbed the largest share of VC deal value in Southeast Asia last year.

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  Commentary

  Sleeping tigers: What’s driving SE Asia’s private markets?

  March 12, 2024

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  Southeast Asia

  Singapore beats larger markets for VC funding per capita

  September 26, 2023

  By a significant margin, Singapore is the country with the most venture capital funding per capita so far in 2023.

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  Southeast Asia

  It’s raining mega-rounds in Southeast Asia

  February 20, 2019

  Hong Kong-based Lalamove pocketed a $300 million Series D, the latest in a string of big VC deals in Southeast Asia. Here’s a look at some of the region’s other major rounds.

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  Ridehailing

  Microsoft becomes the latest high-profile company to invest in Grab

  October 8, 2018

  Microsoft has made an investment in Singapore-based ridehailing business Grab. It’s not the only big-name investor to back the company over the last year.

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  Private Equity

  Blackstone brings in $9.4B for deals in Asia

  June 12, 2018

  As one of the world’s most prolific dealmakers, it was only a matter of time before Blackstone officially raised billions for buyouts in Asia. That moment has arrived.

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  Private Equity

  KKR, Warburg Pincus consider hailing Go-Jek

  July 14, 2016

  KKR and Warburg Pincus are reportedly considering an investment in the Indonesian motorbike-hailing app Go-Jek. It’s relatively uncharted territory for PE firms.

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  Asia

  U.S. PE investment in Southeast Asia more than doubles since 2013

  February 18, 2016

  Though still dwarfed by the U.S. PE activity in China and India, Southeast Asian countries have attracted more and more investment in recent years.

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