Venture Capital

US private equity group to target consumer businesses and carve-outs.

Japan’s ecosystem is evolving. However, the government, investors, and corporates are ‘still looking at how to better involve themselves,’ says Ode.

In the three months ending March 2021, funding into the world’s third largest startup ecosystem was driven by large financing rounds in big startups.

BlackSoil will focus on sectors like B2B, D2C, fintech, health tech, SAAS, deep tech, logistics, agritech, and gaming.

The VC further announced that it will become more active in India and Indonesia.

China Venture Roundup Volume 29 covers China’s investment activity from March 22 – 28, 2021.

The company managed to increase the number of daily active deliverymen from 490,000 to more than one million since 2018.

IvyCap will begin investing in Southeast Asian startups this year, utilizing the IIT alumni network in the region.