Posts Tagged: acquisitions


China ecommerce investments and exits stats 2013

China Leads Asia in VC Investments in E-Commerce; Sadly Acquisitions Are a Rare Sight [STATS]

By Steven Millward

Earlier today we looked at a report that has counted up $6.9 billion in investments among Asian e-commerce sites from 2010 to the present da...

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  • June 13, 2013
  • at 3:00 pm
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Tech Execs Deflect, But Don’t Directly Deny, Rumors of Sogou Acquisition

By C. Custer

Rumors have been swirling for several weeks now of an acquisition deal for Sohu search and input method subsidiary Sogou, with Baidu, Qihoo,...

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  • May 17, 2013
  • at 9:30 am
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InMobi Puts Mobile Ads into Context With Acquisition of Overlay Media

By Steven Millward

It’s been a while since we heard from India-based mobile ad platform InMobi, but now we’re told that the company has acquired Britain’...

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  • January 9, 2013
  • at 12:55 pm
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Exclusive: Unveiling Project Magellan, SingTel’s Guiding Vision for Acquisitions

By Willis Wee

SingTel’s series of acquisitions and investments has turned many heads in the Southeast Asian tech scene. The buying spree seems to ha...

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  • October 15, 2012
  • at 10:20 pm
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Groupon Rival LivingSocial Enters Thailand, Indonesia, and Philippines

By Willis Wee

There’s a new lifeline for many of the Groupon clones out there in Asia. LivingSocial just acquired Ensogo, DealKeren, and GoNabit, report...

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  • June 28, 2011
  • at 2:01 pm
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Asia ecommerce stats 2013

Asian E-Commerce Sites Net $6.9 Billion in Investment in Past 3 Years, But Exits Still Tiny [STATS]

By Steven Millward

Asian e-commerce companies have attracted $6.9 billion across 383 deals – through funding, acquisitions, and IPOs – from 2010 to...

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  • June 13, 2013
  • at 10:35 am
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WTF? Lenovo Considering Acquiring RIM to Boost its Mobile Arm

By C. Custer

Late yesterday, Bloomberg reported that Chinese tech giant Lenovo is pondering an acquisition of Research in Motion (RIM), in a move that wo...

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  • January 25, 2013
  • at 9:00 am
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India’s MakeMyTrip Continues Push into Thailand with New $3.2M Acquisition

By Steven Millward

Just a few weeks after India’s MakeMyTrip (NASDAQ:MMYT) acquired the Thailand-based site HotelTravel for $25 million, the travel e-com...

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  • November 27, 2012
  • at 12:33 pm
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Walmart Now Owns a Controlling Share of Yihaodian

By C. Custer

Fans of Walmart (NYSE:WMT) or Chinese e-commerce site Yihaodian may recall that back in February, Walmart announced its intentions to up its...

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  • August 15, 2012
  • at 2:27 am
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