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SINGAPORE (Sept 23): The overriding concern in Silicon Valley in recent months has been the overvaluation of start-ups funded by venture capital. In every tech cycle, there have been periods in which investors in both private and public markets have chase

SINGAPORE (Sept 20): It wasn’t long after The Edge Singapore was launched that I began measuring time not in days or months but in terms of the publication’s issue numbers, a consequence of constantly thinking about stories and commentaries that were

SINGAPORE (Sept 16): “Let the data speak for itself. Minister Siti Nurbaya should not be in denial.” — Yeo Bee Yin, Malaysian Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change, refuting her Indonesian counterpart’s claims tha

(Sept 10): Executives of WeWork and its largest investor, SoftBank, are discussing whether to shelve plans for an initial public offering of the money-losing co-working company, said people with knowledge of the talks.

(Sept 2): The Walt Disney Co’s share price came under some selling pressure in recent weeks, after earnings in the latest quarter fell short of market expectations.

SINGAPORE (Aug 19): “We have a history of losses and, especially if we continue to grow at an accelerated rate, we may be unable to achieve profitability at a company level… for the foreseeable future.” — Co-sharing space provider WeWork’s IPO

SINGAPORE (July 29): The crash-and-burn IPO of Pets.com at the height of the tech bubble in February 2000 was a seminal moment in global corporate history. The online pet food retailer had chalked up a mere US$619,000 in sales in the year ahead of its IPO

SINGAPORE (July 29): The crash-and-burn IPO of Pets.com at the height of the tech bubble in February 2000 was a seminal moment in global corporate history. The online pet food retailer had chalked up a mere US$619,000 in sales in the year ahead of its IPO

(July 29): On July 18, CapitaLand Commercial Trust’s placement units — to raise $220 million, most likely to partially pay for Frankfurt Main Airport Center — were snapped up in less than half an hour, and pricing was tight. CCT’s acquisition of a

SINGAPORE (July 8): Ucommune is preparing to raise as much as US$200 million ($271 million) in a 2020 US IPO, people familiar with the matter say, a capital infusion that would help the loss-making Chinese start-up battle WeWork Cos across the world’s N