venture capital (VC)

SINGAPORE (Apr 11): Venture capital (VC) investment in 2018 had a rousing start, with US$49.3 billion ($64.5 billion) raised across 2,661 deals in 1Q, just shy of the global record for a single quarter, according to KPMG’s quarterly report on global VC

SINGAPORE (Jan 18): Singapore closed 2017 with US$1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) worth of venture capital (VC) investments across 112 deals, with exit value of investments reaching US$1.6 billion across eight exits and a total of US$732.9 million raised from

SINGAPORE (Dec 12): Southeast Asia’s internet economy has experienced unprecedented growth over the past year to exceed Google-Temasek initial research projections, with there to be over 330 million active monthly internet users by end-2017 – a 70 mil

SINGAPORE (Nov 7): Asia fintech funding crossed the billion dollar threshold for the first time in 3Q17, climbing to US$1.21 billion ($1.65 billion) raised across 41 deals.

SINGAPORE (Oct 20): The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) says a simplified regulatory regime for managers of venture capital (VC) funds will come into immediate effect, following public consultation on the proposal earlier this year.

SINGAPORE (July 17): Singapore continues to remain the driving force between merger and acquisition (M&A) deal-making in Southeast Asia, contributing to over 70% of the region’s M&A value in 1H17, according to global valuation and corporate finance advi

SINGAPORE (June 23): Asia’s overall medium-term prospects are good and Singapore is strategically positioned to offer investors an excellent platform to tap into the region’s investing opportunities, says Ravi Menon, MD of the Monetary Authority of Si

SINGAPORE (Nov 23): Spacemob, a co-working startup based in Singapore, today announced the closing of a record US$5.5 million ($7.85 million) seed funding round.

SINGAPORE (Nov 16): Venture capital-backed funding for fintech in Asia grew 50% q-o-q to US$1.2 billion ($1.7 billion) in 3Q16, even as global investments in fintech declined for a second consecutive quarter.