THAILAND Volanews

SINGAPORE ENERGY Sunseap Group

Singapore’s clean energy firm Sunseap raises $72m from Thailand’s Banpu Group The firm has now raised a total of S$203 million ($145.9 million) in Series D financing.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-02-17

THAILAND FINTECH PeerPower

Thailand’s 'crowdfunding bonds' startup PeerPower raises pre-Series A funding from InVent, BOL The fintech startup claims it is the first in Thailand to issue Crowdfunding Bonds, approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission Thailand (SEC).

by e27

2020-02-12

THAILAND TOURISM Tourkrub

Thai travel tech platform Tourkrub raises $5m in Series B The funds raised will be used to provide services for Southeast Asia’s outbound tourists, among others.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-02-12

THAILAND INSURANCE Safety Insurance

Japanese insurer Tokio Marine merges Thai unit with IAG’s Safety Insurance Tokio Marine Insurance Thailand Pcl, the Thai subsidiary of Japan’s oldest insurance group Tokio Marine, has merged with Safety Insurance Pcl, to create a new entity – Tokio Marine Safety Insurance Thailand (TMSTH).

by DealStreetAsia

2020-02-12

THAILAND ENERGY Constant Energy

Thailand’s Constant Energy raises $15m as loan from GCPF Following the long-term debt, the company will grow its pipeline of solar energy projects for industrial clients in Thailand and Southeast Asia.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-02-10

THAILAND REAL ESTATE HostelHunting

Co-living solutions startup HostelHunting rebrands into LiveIn.com; to expand into Indonesia, Philippines The startup, which has so far raised over US$4.5M from the likes of KK Fund and Jungle Ventures, is already operational in Malaysia and Thailand.

by e27

2020-02-06

THAILAND E-COMMERCE Pomelo

Pomelo accelerates growth by acquiring fashion e-commerce platform Looksi Formerly known as Zalora Thailand, Looksi will have its platform and social media presence being merged into Pomelo ecosystem.

by e27

2020-01-21

THAILAND RETAIL Central Retail

Singapore’s GIC, Capital Research investing in Thailand’s Central Retail IPO The IPO, first announced in July, comes after Thailand took the top IPO ranking in Southeast Asia in 2019 with $4 billion in fundraisings.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-01-19

THAILAND FASHION Pomelo

Thai fashion platform Pomelo appoints former H&M executive as Chief Retail Officer Pomelo pulls in experience from Swedish multinational clothing-retail company H&M for retail expansion.

by e27

2020-01-17

THAILAND E-COMMERCE aCommerce

Indies Capital invests $15m in Thai ecommerce enabler aCommerce Founded in June 2013, aCommerce helps brands such as Samsung, L’Oreal, and Unilever sell their products online across Southeast Asia by providing services from webstore design, distribution, and marketing to warehousing and delivery.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-01-15

THAILAND ENTERTAINMENT TENCENT

Tencent premieres WeTV in Thailand WeTV will curate content that is relevant to the Thai audience.

by DigitalNewsAsia

2020-01-14

THAILAND FINTECH Lightnet

Lightnet closes US$31.2M in new funding round led by six conglomerates The fintech company aims to target unbanked migrant workers who rely on costly substitutes such as SWIFT in major Southeast Asian markets.

by e27

2020-01-13

THAILAND FINTECH Digital Ventures

Paul Ark is departing from SCB's fintech investment arm Digital Ventures He will take a sabbatical before thinking about the next phase of his work life, he announced in a Facebook post.

by e27

2020-01-10

THAILAND FINTECH FINNOMENA

FINNOMENA brings total funding to US$13.5M after a round by Openspace Ventures, Gobi Partners Thailand's digital wealth management platform, secures US$10 million in a Series B funding round.

by e27

2020-01-10

THAILAND RETAIL Tesco Plc.

Thai tycoons-led CP Group, Central said to vie for Tesco’s $7b Asia business The Thailand and Malaysian operations of Britain’s largest supermarket chain Tesco Plc. are on the shopping lists of Thai tycoons.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-01-03

THAILAND dtac Accelerate ACCELERATOR

dtac Accelerate discontinues as the Thai telco company seeks "new business direction" dtac Accelerate Managing Director Sompoat Chansomboon said the team behind the programme is preparing to launch "something big".

by e27.co

2019-12-31

THAILAND Central Retail RETAIL

Central Retail plans to raise up to $2.7b in Thailand’s biggest IPO Thailand’s largest retailer, Central Retail Corporation, plans to raise up to 81.1 billion baht ($2.7 billion) in an initial public offer (IPO), the company said in a filing on Thursday, in what would be the country’s largest IPO.

by DealStreetAsia

2019-12-27

THAILAND LINE MAN LINE

LINE’s on-demand service platform LINE MAN adds food delivery, taxi hailing in Thailand LINE MAN claimed to have partnered with around 100K restaurants, which accounts for nearly twice as many restaurants secured by Grab, Gojek and Delivery Hero, for food delivery.

by e27.co

2019-12-27

THAILAND CONSUMER GOODS SCG Packaging

SCG’s packaging unit files for IPO The IPO, which is set to raise $1 billion, will help accelerate the company’s domestic and overseas expansion.

by DealStreetAsia

2019-12-23

INDONESIA THAILAND Financial Services

Bangkok Bank to buy Indonesian lender Permata for $2.7b The Thai lender will acquire the stake in the mid-sized Indonesian lender from Standard Chartered and Indonesia’s PT Astra International, and the deal is expected to close in 2020.

by DealStreetAsia

2019-12-13