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Deals India: After China’s TikTok ban, homegrown Moj leads the market.

The short video sector, like any other in social media, is recognized for requiring a significant amount of capital.

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India: After China’s TikTok ban, homegrown Moj leads the market India: Sebi places Go Air and Aditya Birla MF on the market Actis, a private equity group, has formed a joint venture with An Phat Holdings, a Vietnamese plastics manufacturer.
Alpha JWC of Indonesia has filed for a $300 million third venture capital fund.
Bukalapak, an Indonesian unicorn, is ready to take first-mover advantage in its market launch More Stories

According to reports, SG’s Zilingo has raised $35 million in capital from existing shareholders.
In July, SG’s Vertex Growth will complete the first closure of its $330 million second fund.
[Updated] Lazada’s board of directors loses two directors, who are replaced by Alibaba executives.
Dau Tieng Tay Ninh Energy of Vietnam receives a $160.5 million loan from the Asian Development Bank.
CapitaLand is selling a portion of its interest in six Raffles City projects in China.

IPOs & Markets India: The Sebi has put the IPOs of Go Air and Aditya Birla Mutual Fund on hold.

The regulator has issued certain observations to the merchant bankers of these two issuances, according to the regulator.

Actis, a private equity group, has formed a joint venture with An Phat Holdings, a Vietnamese plastics manufacturer.

Actis will contribute $20 million to assist the company in the development of a 180-hectare industrial park.

Alpha JWC, an Indonesian venture capital firm, has filed for a $300 million third VC fund.

Its second fund had a $123 million corpus, while its first fund had a $50 million cap.

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Bukalapak, an Indonesian unicorn, is ready to take first-mover advantage in its market launch.

Bukalapak is planning an IDX IPO in the middle of the year, which would make it the region’s first listed unicorn of its generation.

Tencent makes a $40 million debt investment in Gaana, an Indian music streaming app.

In August of last year, Gaana raised $50 million in loans from Tencent.

Bintang Capital, a Malaysian private equity firm, is looking to fund $72 million for a new vehicle by the end of September.

It is one of the fund managers participating in the Penjana Nasional Fund project, which is supported by the government.

Regulations & Policy
Indian e-commerce companies would write to the government to express their opposition to the proposed laws.

E-commerce behemoths are already prohibited from owning or controlling businesses that sell on their marketplace.

Deals
Chikyoren, a Japanese company, has hired Barings and Mitsui Real Estate to handle its alternative mandate.

Chikyoren is the second-largest pension fund in Japan.

Deals
SoftBank, a Japanese conglomerate, has scaled back its robotics sector and halted development of Pepper.

Pepper was created to fill labor shortages, but it had trouble finding a global consumer base.

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