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09/01/2026

Final hours to secure your seat at the Indonesia PE-VC Summit 2026 with our New Year offer!

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09/01/2026

As 2026 begins, the private equity industry is adjusting to a more volatile landscape, with investors prioritising flexibility and diversified strategies. Exit conditions in key Asian markets are improving via public listings, strategic M&A, and secondary transactions, while fundraising is benefiting from a broader mix of capital sources. The rebound in private equity exits in Greater China in 2025 is expected to carry forward, supporting stronger exit momentum in the year ahead. Read the weekly PE round up in our newsletter. This week's edition is anchored by Michelle Teo and Eudora Wang:

Investors are seeking more flexibility and diversity in strategies.

09/01/2026

Major Indonesian telcos are spinning off their fibre networks into standalone platforms—a sign of structural pressure on the traditional integrated telco model rather than a short-term financial manoeuvre. Cases in point: Telkom transferred over half its fibre assets into InfraNexia in a $2.1 billion deal, and Indosat followed with FiberCo, valuing its fibre business at $867 million. Industry observers say fibre is increasingly a utility-like business with limited pricing power, making separation essential to unlock capacity. Marsya Nabila's analysis:

Several large telecom operators are spinning off their fibre infra into standalone platforms.

09/01/2026

Mobeix, a Singapore-based digital banking platform used by financial institutions, has secured fresh funding from existing shareholders. Mars Mosqueda's exclusive report:

SRA IP Solutions and CEO Sandeep Bagaria have increased their investments.

09/01/2026

Sirion, a Tiger Global- and Peak XV-backed enterprise SaaS company, has agreed to sell a majority stake to Austin-based technology-focused private equity firm Haveli Investments. The company, founded in 2012 in New Delhi, is built on a proprietary artificial intelligence foundation, branded agentOS, alongside conversational tools such as AskSirion designed to help customers create, manage, and act on contracts more efficiently. Get details such as the company's top shareholders in this report by Mars Mosqueda:

Peak XV Partners is currently the largest shareholder in Sirion.

09/01/2026

neueHCT, a JV between China’s Horizon Robotics and Germany's Aumovio, has raised $200 million from investors including Jack Ma-backed YF Capital, Fortune Capital, Chaos Investment, Hone Capital, Horizon Robotics and Aumovio. Eudora Wang's report:

YF Capital plans to work with neueHCT to accelerate its go-global ambitions.

09/01/2026

The private equity market in Asia Pacific is entering a "golden first wave" of control investments driven by founder successions, MNCs divesting Asian subsidiaries, and regional owners’ divestment from overseas investments, said Gunther Hamm, president of HOPU Investments in an interview with Eudora Wang. HOPU returned $1.2 billion to its LPs throughout the year by leveraging its nearly two decades of control investing expertise and by building “a geographically balanced portfolio”. Read the full interview:
https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/hopu-interview-468477

HOPU returned $1.2b to LPs by building a geographically-balanced portfolio.

09/01/2026

Building on the momentum of the Indonesia PE-VC Summit 2026, this opportunity is open to startups at all stages of growth, from early-stage teams to scaling companies.

Selected applicants may also be considered for a complimentary pass to our upcoming Asia PE-VC Summit in Singapore, extending access to investor conversations and regional perspectives beyond Indonesia.

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08/01/2026

We are delighted to announce a Fireside Chat session with Peter Oey, Chief Financial Officer of Grab Holdings, at the Indonesia PE-VC Summit 2026.

In the session, "Grab’s 2026 Playbook: The Next Growth Engines & the Future of Mobility," Peter Oey will take us through what ‘next growth’ looks like beyond the core ride-hailing model.

Expect an investor-grade conversation with the Grab CFO on the way forward as the company positions itself for the next phase of Southeast Asia’s digital economy.

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08/01/2026

Liquidity events in Southeast Asia picked up in 2025.
PE-backed IPOs rebounded, but secondary transactions remained the dominant exit route - marking the highest deal count since 2020. Meanwhile, PE deployment stayed largely flat amid tighter financing conditions.

Our newly launched Southeast Asia Private Equity Readout 2025 breaks down IPOs, exit channels, acquisition trends, and insights from industry insiders.

👉 View the full report:

PE-backed IPOs improved in 2025, but secondary deals drove liquidity.

08/01/2026

Southeast Asia’s tech champions GoTo, Grab and Sea Ltd enter 2026 at a pivotal moment as their long-awaited pivot toward profitability begins to show results. After years of subsidy-driven expansion, all three have posted improving earnings, with Grab and Sea reporting sustained profits and GoTo achieving its first adjusted pre-tax profit in late 2025. The shift signals a clear break from the growth-at-all-costs model that once defined the region’s tech boom. CFOs of all three tech giants spoke to Katrina Bianca Cuaresma on their plans to sustain the growth trajectory in 2026:
https://buff.ly/nd71UE2

Regional champions are recalibrating expansion strategies and product priorities to protect margins.

08/01/2026

Helen Wong, Managing Partner at ACV Capital recaps SE Asia's venture ecosystem in 2025 in this Guest post for DealStreetAsia. From China's DeepSeek moment and AI capturing nearly half of all global venture funding in 2025 to the fallouts of the eFishery scandal and US Tariffs, the year gone by was anything but ordinary. "The defining theme of 2025 for Southeast Asia’s startup ecosystem has been stabilisation. Across our portfolio, companies improved financial performance—either through topline growth, cost reductions, or both—with some reaching profitability or becoming cash-flow positive," writes Wong.
https://buff.ly/Wjs41dN

AI dominance, governance lessons, and IPO reopenings defined the year.