Sequoia nabs Deutsche TMT banker

The Australian VC firm has previously backed Airwallex and Canva.

Helical Fusion and Celaid Therapeutics have raised JPY3.23bn and JPY400m, respectively, as Japanese capital targets research-intensive startups.

Vikas Arora is returning to the country with the German lender to replace Dino Siason.

The University of Hong Kong and Gobi Partners want to transform financing for tech startups in the Special Administrative Region.

David He, who has global experience across M&A, private equity and restructurings, joined from Gunderson Dettmer at the beginning of September.

Deutsche Bank is the latest firm to join Loco Singapore, Singapore’s over-the-counter gold clearing system, which will be ready by the end of 2026, with interbank trading being developed next year.