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Mepcon merger the last throw of the dice for QEOS?
An interesting joint venture between QEOS, a high-tech company with Silicon Valley engineering, and Mepcon, an old-economy M&E player, has Karamjit Singh wondering if a new path is being forged in how high-tech companies in South-East Asia can unlock their value.
‘Insane’ acquisition spree and Blue Coat’s renaissance
In 2012, cybersecurity company Blue Coat Systems Inc – having delisted from Nasdaq – embarked on an acquisition spree. "… it was pretty insane,” Blue Coat CTO and VP Dr Hugh Thompson tells Gabey Goh.
Singapore property crowdfunding platform CoAssets lists on Australia’s NSX
Singaporean crowdfunding platform provider CoAssets Pte Ltd has listed on the National Stock Exchange of Australia (NSX), that country’s second largest stock exchange.
Moving the goalposts: How exits are changing across SEA
Most exit activity in the region will continue to be acquisitions and not public listings, but we have reached an inflection point, writes Justin Hall.
Nuffnang’s parent company Netccentric heading for ASX listing
Singapore-headquartered Netccentric Pte Ltd, the company behind pioneering blog advertising community Nuffnang, is set to list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), saying it has lodged its prospectus with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
Flexiroam aims to be leading provider in 5 years
Flexiroam, a niche player in the Malaysian telecommunication industry, is aiming to become the leading roaming provider in Asia by 2020, says its founder and chief executive officer Jef Ong Kenn Tat.
Malaysia’s Flexiroam heads to ASX, aiming for A$12mil IPO
KL-based company Flexiroam Ltd said it is seeking to raise up to A$12 million (US$9.4 million) through an initial public offering (IPO) on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
Fatfish spinoff iCandy Interactive to IPO at US$31mil value
ASX-listed venture investment firm Fatfish Internet Group Ltd (FFG) said that iCandy Interactive Ltd, an intended spinoff of its mobile games assets which it aims to publicly list, will have a revised enterprise value (EV) of approximately A$40 million (US$31 million).
Fatfish seeks to list its mobile games investments on ASX
Internet venture accelerator Fatfish plans to spin off its mobile games studio investments as a separate entity, and subsequently list it on ASX, writes Goh Thean Eu.
Alibaba’s Jack Ma on why Internet giants are such worrywarts
Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd founder Jack Ma said that the key for Internet companies to surviving and enjoying long and prosperous lives would depend on how well they work together with traditional brick-and-mortar companies, Goh Thean Eu reports from CeBIT 2015 in Hannover, Germany.
