Bloomberg The Japanese wireless unit of SoftBank Group Corp led a $19.5 million investment in Splyt Group Ltd, a UK-based startup that makes software to simplify ride-hailing abroad. With the latest round, Splyt has raised a total of $35 million, including an earlier investment by Southeast Asia’s ride-hailing giant Grab. SoftBank Corp declined to disclose the exact amount of its ...

Bloomberg KKR & Co expects to at least triple its investments in Vietnam in the next decade as it seeks to capture rising demand from the Southeast Asian nation’s growing middle class. The US buyout firm’s investments in Vietnamese assets crossed $1 billion after a KKR-led consortium bought a stake in Vinhomes JSC, the largest real estate developer in the ...

Bloomberg Kamet Capital Partners Pte is on a hiring spree as the Singapore family office tops $1 billion in assets for the wealthy clients it serves in Asia. Kamet has hired seven people since April, bringing total headcount to 25, CEO Kerry Goh said. Two more staff will be added by September, said Goh, whose firm runs money for four ...