The world’s a dealmaking stage, and here are this week’s players

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Hello reader,

Variety is truly the spice of life.

I’d be totally bored if I had to eat the same food or listen to the same music day in and day out. I have my favorites, sure, but without adding new stuff into the mix, I think I’d probably go crazy.

I went to New Zealand about two years ago, and all I basically ate were dishes with different meats: beef, lamb, you name it. While that was great the first few days, I started getting a huge craving to have some spice in my meals, something I’m very used to with the food here in Singapore.

After a while, I managed to grab some food at a Chinese restaurant, and funnily enough, that felt like one of the best meals I had during that trip.

Whenever I write the daily newsletters or this VC edition, I feel the same way too. It’s nice to see new and different players across the spectrum of deals each week, and this week embodies that.

Image credit: Timmy Loen

You can find all other important investment deals that happened in the last few days in our weekly funding news wrap-up.

Let’s dive into the biggest deals and M&As that recently took place.

The biggest deals by market

🇮🇳 Neo Asset Management, an India-based financial advisory platform based in India, has raised US$304.6 million for a new investment fund. The capital came from various high-net-worth individuals and family offices.

🇦🇪 Tenderd is an analytics platform based in the United Arab Emirates. It has raised US$30 million in series A money from A.P. Moller Holding, Liquid 2 Ventures, Nakhla Ventures, Quadri Ventures, Soma Capital, Waed Ventures, and Saurya Prakash.

M&As

Startups that are raising funds

Behind the Glasswall

Be in the room where it happens

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