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Private markets dealmaking is starting to mirror Greater China's K-shaped economy (opens the original)
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China's much-discussed "K-shaped" economy—which describes the widening gap between a booming tech industry and sluggish consumer sectors—is now feeding through into private market dealmaking. While a national focus on AI, semiconductors and advanced manufacturing has led to a surge in VC investment in Chinese tech startups, PE dealmaking has been stunted in sectors hit by weaker consumer spending and slower GDP growth. Greater China VC deal value more than doubled in the first half of 2026, to $
IFM Investors opens Singapore office to grow Asia private credit push (opens the original)
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Australian pension giant IFM Investors is opening a Singapore office to ramp up its activity in Asian private credit. This will be its fourth APAC office after Hong Kong, Seoul and Tokyo. The Singapore office will expand its Asian private market capabilities, especially in diversified credit, through local origination and execution capabilities, IFM shared in a statement. The A$291.6 billion (about $204.8 billion) global pension capital investor will also deploy up to half of a roughly $1 billio
APAC startups haven't quite cured the VC hangover (opens the original)
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Five years after VC markets hit their global peaks, APAC startups still seem to be in a holding pattern. Dealmaking declined for four straight years following 2021, signaling a widespread pivot away from venture-style risk. But that tide has shifted in 2026, and it will go down as the first year in which investment rose, according to new PitchBook research. The data suggests a recovery is underway, but a deeper look reveals that APAC's startup ecosystem may not be back to full health. The cohort
Blackbird hits $740M Fund VI record close to back VC founders (opens the original)
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Blackbird, one of the longest-running venture capital funds in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), has fully closed its sixth fund at a record A$1.05 billion (about $740 million). The Sydney-based VC drew re-commitments from Australian sovereign and superannuation investors, including the Future Fund, Aware Super, HESTA and Hostplus. It also received cheques from new LPs from the US and Asia, including Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Adams Street Partners, and Schroders. This is among the reg
Japanese PE is booming, but domestic companies are still wary (opens the original)
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Sign up for The Daily Pitch newsletter Subscribe PE dealmaking in Japan hit a record last year, but a survey shows many Japanese companies still see equity financing as a distant third option. Over the last seven years, Japanese PE dealmaking has risen steadily as investors increasingly favor the country for its cash-rich corporate balance sheets, stable financing environment and supportive governance reforms. According to PitchBook data, PE deal value reached $47.48 billion across 300 deals in
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