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Securing China’s commitment to reduce plastic production will be crucial for an effective treaty to combat plastic pollution.

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Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

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Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: Sfermion and Amber Group lead USD 1.8 million investment in Anichess, 11 China and India deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Sfermion and Amber Group lead USD 1.8 million investment in Anichess, 11 China and India deals, and more

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Deals in brief: BillEase and Prep secure funding, Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional initiate MYR 3 billion fund with two partners, Thunes to acquire Tilia, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: BillEase and Prep secure funding, Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional initiate MYR 3 billion fund with two partners, Thunes to acquire Tilia, and more

OYO Rooms, commonly known as OYO, is India's largest hospitality company, consisting mainly of budget hotels. It was founded in 2013 by Ritesh Agarwal and has since grown to over 12,000 hotels in 337 cities in India, Malaysia, UAE, Nepal, China and Indonesia.

OYO Rooms, commonly known as OYO, is India&#8217;s largest hospitality company, consisting mainly of budget hotels. It was founded in 2013 by Ritesh Agarwal and has since grown to over 12,000 hotels in 337 cities in India, Malaysia, UAE, Nepal, China and Indonesia.

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It earned around USD 900 million in two partial exits in India market last year.

Lightspeed Venture Partners to raise USD 300 million for third India-focused fund | KrASIA

Lightspeed Venture Partners to raise USD 300 million for third India-focused fund

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Avanish Tiwary

Last month, Oyo laid off around one-third of its staff or about 360 employees in the US.

Oyo to Donald Trump: "We will invest USD two billion in the US over two years" | KrASIA

Oyo to Donald Trump: &#8220;We will invest USD two billion in the US over two years&#8221;

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Moulishree Srivastava

The company’s gross margin in India increased from 10.6% in FY18 to 14.7% in FY19.

Oyo posts sixfold jump in its net loss, revenue increases to USD 951 million | KrASIA

Oyo posts sixfold jump in its net loss, revenue increases to USD 951 million

SoftBank Group Corp. is a holding company that engages in the management of its group companies which provides information technology and telecommunication services. It operates through the following segments: Mobile Communications, Sprint, Fixed-line Telecommunications, Internet, and Others. 

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Last month, the company gave pink slips to a total of 1800 employees in India and China.

SoftBank-backed Oyo continues giving pink slips: Over 350 people lost jobs in the US | KrASIA

SoftBank-backed Oyo continues giving pink slips: Over 350 people lost jobs in the US

From government officials raid to mass layoff and reports of seedy business practices, Oyo has been marred in bad press.

More trouble brewing at India's second-most valuable startup Oyo | KrASIA

More trouble brewing at India&#8217;s second-most valuable startup Oyo

ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

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Gojek is a transportation network company and logistics startup company based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Kuaishou (Chinese: 快手) is a platform for recording with millions of original fresh videos everyday.

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Chinese unicorns no longer immune to fundraising challenges.

Little Red Book tells influencers it's time to pay up | KrASIA

Little Red Book tells influencers it&#8217;s time to pay up

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Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital held about 13% and 11% stake, respectively in Oyo.

Lightspeed and Sequoia executives raked in huge profits after partial Oyo exit | KrASIA

Lightspeed and Sequoia executives raked in huge profits after partial Oyo exit

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Airbnb had invested USD 200 million in rival hotel chain OYO.

Airbnb India posted a dip in its revenue as well as profit for FY19 | KrASIA

Airbnb India posted a dip in its revenue as well as profit for FY19

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Priya Pradeep

Oyo claims to be the world’s third-largest hotel chain with roughly 1 million rooms, including vacation homes.

OYO

Lightspeed Venture Partners to raise USD 300 million for third India-focused fund

Oyo to Donald Trump: “We will invest USD two billion in the US over two years”

Oyo posts sixfold jump in its net loss, revenue increases to USD 951 million

SoftBank-backed Oyo continues giving pink slips: Over 350 people lost jobs in the US

More trouble brewing at India’s second-most valuable startup Oyo

Little Red Book tells influencers it’s time to pay up

Lightspeed and Sequoia executives raked in huge profits after partial Oyo exit

Airbnb India posted a dip in its revenue as well as profit for FY19

India’s Oyo gets board nod to raise USD 1.5 billion amid mounting losses

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