venture capital

The rationale behind all the winners for the best financing, private markets & innovation deals across Apac - including infrastructure, Islamic finance, private credit, private equity, project finance, property, structured finance, sustainable finance, VC and innovation.

David He, who has global experience across M&A, private equity and restructurings, joined from Gunderson Dettmer at the beginning of September.

An acquisition in Hong Kong by the New Frontier Group, an IPO by Sunho Biologics on the HKEX and a $1.5bn investment into Singapore by AstraZeneca, are signs that investments in next generation cancer treatments are increasing in the region.

The bank wants to help scale digital 'platform players', and is also offering $150m of venture debt to the Singapore market to provide financing to early-stage, high-growth companies backed by venture capital or private equity.

Statistics from GlobalData and Ansarada both point to slowed deal activity within the region, but emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) may present opportunities.

The bank has provided funding to a Hong Kong-based insurtech firm, OneDegree.

Don Wood joins the venture capital firm to pursue its climate tech ambitions.

The fund offers exposure to Southeast Asia-headquartered start-ups via the digital exchange, with commitments starting from $20,000.

Australia is home to start-up success stories ranging from Atlassian to Canva. Its community attributes the sheer “scrappiness” of the country’s founders to being exactly what sets them apart from their global peers. Emerging is a new wave that includes Gilmour Space Technologies, with its sights set on putting humans on the moon.