Capital Raising

Núa Money is reported to be set to raise €800m to fund its mortgage lending.

Leadership read: Fresh capital is a hiring signal before it is anything else. For Núa Money, a raise in the sector funds leadership depth, scale, go-to-market and operational rigour, rather than any single appointment. Watch where Núa Money hires first across EMEA; that is where the capital is really pointed.

curated · 2026-10-17 · context →

Hong Kong-based travel booking platform Klook Technology has filed to withdraw its US IPO, which it had filed for in November 2025.

Leadership read: Fresh capital is a hiring signal before it is anything else. For Klook Technology, a raise in the sector funds leadership depth, scale, go-to-market and operational rigour, rather than any single appointment. Watch where Klook Technology hires first across Americas; that is where the capital is really pointed.

curated · 2026-10-17 · context →

Percheron Therapeutics (ASX:PER) is raising a $2.3 million placement to fund its AML (acute myeloid leukaemia) trial.

Leadership read: Fresh capital is a hiring signal before it is anything else. For Percheron Therapeutics, a raise in the sector funds leadership depth, scale, go-to-market and operational rigour, rather than any single appointment. Watch where Percheron Therapeutics hires first across Oceania; that is where the capital is really pointed.

curated · 2026-10-16 · context →

Audeara (ASX:AUA) has completed a fresh placement alongside a going-concern warning in its FY26 results, despite revenue growth.

Leadership read: Audeara's raise resets the leadership agenda more than the balance sheet. Capital into the sector buys room to build senior operating and commercial bench strength ahead of scale. The near-term tilt favours operators who have scaled before; the appointments that follow say more than the announcement did across Oceania.

curated · 2026-10-16 · context →

Firmus Grid pulled its IPO at a ~$30B valuation after investor pushback and says it will raise private funds ahead of a planned New York listing next year; no private raise announced yet.

Leadership read: Firmus Grid's raise resets the leadership agenda more than the balance sheet. Capital into the sector buys room to build senior operating and commercial bench strength ahead of scale. The near-term tilt favours operators who have scaled before; the appointments that follow say more than the announcement did across Oceania.

curated · 2026-10-16 · context →

Bonfiglioli Transmissions plans an IPO to raise about Rs2,534 crore through an offer for sale, reducing the promoter group's stake from 100% to 77% post-listing.

Leadership read: Bonfiglioli Transmissions's raise resets the leadership agenda more than the balance sheet. Capital into the sector buys room to build senior operating and commercial bench strength ahead of scale. The near-term tilt favours operators who have scaled before; the appointments that follow say more than the announcement did across Asia.

curated · 2026-10-16 · context →

Korean beauty-tech startup ROLLDA, founded August 2024, is pursuing a roughly KRW 300 million (3억 원) investment round to fund mold development, initial production, KC certification, marketing and B2B/retail expansion ahead of a planned early-2027 launch. It is also preparing an internal IR after completing the Startup Nest program.

Leadership read: Fresh capital is a hiring signal before it is anything else. For ROLLDA (롤다), a raise in the sector funds leadership depth, scale, go-to-market and operational rigour, rather than any single appointment. Watch where ROLLDA (롤다) hires first across Asia; that is where the capital is really pointed.

curated · 2026-10-16 · context →

VESSL AI, a neocloud GPU infrastructure company, signed an MOU with Korea Investment & Securities (한국투자증권) for 'GPU Financing' to expand investment scale and raise funds for GPU infrastructure buildout. Specific structure and size to be decided project by project.

Leadership read: VESSL AI (베슬AI)'s raise resets the leadership agenda more than the balance sheet. Capital into the sector buys room to build senior operating and commercial bench strength ahead of scale. The near-term tilt favours operators who have scaled before; the appointments that follow say more than the announcement did across Asia.

curated · 2026-10-16 · context →

CapGrid, an AI-powered B2B manufacturing platform, raised Rs 46.28 crore (about $4.87M) in a pre-Series B round led by Hero Enterprise Partner Ventures, implying a post-money valuation of about $46M, up over 50% from its Series A. Funds are earmarked for expansion and growth.

Leadership read: CapGrid's raise resets the leadership agenda more than the balance sheet. Capital into the sector buys room to build senior operating and commercial bench strength ahead of scale. The near-term tilt favours operators who have scaled before; the appointments that follow say more than the announcement did across Asia.

curated · 2026-10-16 · context →

Bangkok-based financial health platform Salary Hero raised a US$7.6M Series A led by Cento Ventures, with Kairous Capital and M Venture Partners, targeting Malaysia's loan-shark problem; it also expanded its credit facility to US$10M.

Leadership read: Fresh capital is a hiring signal before it is anything else. For Salary Hero, a raise in the sector funds leadership depth, scale, go-to-market and operational rigour, rather than any single appointment. Watch where Salary Hero hires first across Asia; that is where the capital is really pointed.

curated · 2026-10-16 · context →

Antares Ventures passed US$50M second close for its debut deep-tech fund, targeting US$100M; Fund I has deployed about US$27M across nine companies.

Leadership read: Antares Ventures raising is a leading indicator for everyone it is about to fund. Capital at the fund level converts into operator demand across a portfolio, not into appointments at the manager. The Asia question is which stage and sector the fund leans into, because that is the shape of the hiring that follows next year.

curated · 2026-10-16 · context →

RoboCT raised more than RMB 100 million in a Series B+ round led by ABC Capital in March 2026, its second financing round within a year.

Leadership read: Fresh capital is a hiring signal before it is anything else. For RoboCT, a raise in the sector funds leadership depth, scale, go-to-market and operational rigour, rather than any single appointment. Watch where RoboCT hires first across Asia; that is where the capital is really pointed.

curated · 2026-10-16 · context →