Venture Capital

China’s National Social Security Fund is the biggest external institutional shareholder of Ant Group.

The company will use new funds to build e-sports facilities and roll out short video e-sports content, among other initiatives.

Over a year old, Foundation Ventures is operated by three former investment bankers who are claiming their stake in a maturing investment ecosystem.

For BRI Ventures, investments also have to serve the greater good, chief investment officer William Gozali told KrASIA in episode 10 of Venture Matters TV.

The Ayala Corp-backed venture fund has a very long-term perspective and is expected to boost the Philippine startup ecosystem.

From the new fund, Elevation Capital is expected to focus on new areas such as enterprise SaaS.

China’s Venture Roundup Volume 6 covers China’s investment activity from October 4–11, 2020.

The Bengaluru-based investment firm recently announced the first close of its third early-stage fund, with a corpus target of USD 100 million.