Data Vantage: Changes afoot at Singapore’s BIGO Tech + 8 deal updates
In this edition, we feature top-level changes at BIGO Tech and fundraising from 8 SG-registered startups.
India: Y-Combinator backed Bimaplan raises $2.5m from Amino, Goodwater, others
With this, the company has raised $3 million in equity funding till date.
Japanese police probe Uber Eats for suspected breach of immigration law
The police sent a notice to the company about alleged unauthorised work by Vietnamese nationals that took place last year.
India: CCI okays Heineken’s additional stake acquisition in United Breweries
This transaction is subject to the outcome of certain court proceedings.
France’s Axa to sell Malaysia insurance biz to Generali for $166.6m
Axa said it expected to close the transaction by the second quarter of 2022.
Sequoia leads $6m funding in Skillmatics and 8 more India deal updates
Skillmatics was a part of Surge’s first cohort in 2019. It has raised a total of $8 million so far.
China Digest: Triastek, 1data Technologies in funding news
Chinese 3D printing technology startup Triastek Inc has raised a corpus of $330 million in its Series B round.
PE giant Carlyle’s long shadow over its buyout target in India
PNB Housing Finance has got a SAT go-ahead for a shareholder vote on an equity allotment that would grant Carlyle control of it.