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...So companies really need to have a plan B, have a back up. For that reason, they look to places like Malaysia. Michela Tindera What’s so appealing about Malaysia specifically over another place?...
...It is now valued at $1bn after raising $200mn in a Series B round in January....
...“This year will continue to be a tough year globally,” said Kabir Narang, founding partner at B Capital....
...Backed by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s B Capital, Ninja Van’s growth in revenue and orders has surged thanks to an ecommerce boom fuelled by south-east Asia’s 400m internet users....
...Additional reporting by Mercedes Ruehl in Singapore and Kaye Wiggins in London The image in this story has been amended to remove the logos of Brevan Howard and Millennium Management....
...“It’s about thinking where you look, how you play the different markets,” says Kabir Narang, a partner at B Capital Group, an investment firm active across Asia....
...without blanching her blue eyes (which tended to happen with black-and-white film stock) and learned his craft on silent films, assisting cinematographers Alvin Wyckoff, a frequent collaborator of Cecil B...
...Raj Ganguly, a partner at venture capital firm B Capital Group, which invests in the US and China, said: “For a lot of investors . . . they would rather invest in US technology companies or only the top...
...If you want to start a little further up, there are bike-hire spots nearby, including the Area B Bikeshop....
...Moody’s and S&P Global Ratings gave Grab ratings of B3 and B minus, respectively, with stable outlooks....
...Our take Might the Spac boom solve south-east Asia’s problem with initial public offerings, asks Mercedes Ruehl, Asia tech reporter....
...In one example this month, south-east Asian technology company Grab this month led a $100m Series B round in local fintech company LinkAja....
...Meanwhile JD.com’s health spin-off, JD Health, is set to win $830m in funding from China’s Hillhouse Capital for its Series B financing....
...Beijing Eswin Technology Group, a semiconductor product and services start-up led by the former head of Chinese display giant BOE, has raised $283m in a Series B round led by IDG Capital and Legend Capital...
...Pay-by-the-mile motor insurer By Miles has raised £15m in a Series B funding round, says Sky News....
...RWDC Industries, a Singapore-based biotech start-up, has raised $133m in a Series B round led by Vickers Venture Partners, Flint Hills Resources (the energy and resources company) and CPV/CAP Pensionskasse...
...Art of the deal Hong Kong-based fintech start-up Oriente has raised $50m in Series B funding led by Henderson Land’s co-chairman Peter Lee....
...It has since widened its offering beyond simply getting people “from A to B”, says Ming Maa, Grab president. It now offers loans, and grocery and laundry delivery....
...Mercedes’ top 10 A round-up of the week’s best tech stories from the FT’s Asia tech reporter Mercedes Ruehl....
...Mercedes’ top 10 A round-up of the week’s best tech stories from the FT’s Asia tech reporter Mercedes Ruehl Only a handful of companies have successfully developed commercial 5G technology....
...Mercedes’ top 10 A round-up of the week’s best tech stories from Mercedes Ruehl, the FT’s Asia tech reporter. Is there a SoftBank-backed tech start-up out there not having problems?...
...The company is still raising new funding to close its B-round. Smart data SoftBank has made a lot of big bets on transport....
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