DealStreetAsia

What DealStreetAsia does

DealStreetAsia is an Asia-focused financial news and intelligence platform founded in 2014 and headquartered in Singapore, covering private equity, venture capital, and private credit markets across 9+ Asian markets including Southeast Asia, Greater China, India, and Rest of Asia. The company operates a multi-tiered subscription model with tiers ranging from Free (limited newsletters and articles) to Premium ($339/year), Premium Plus ($1,200/year), and DATA VANTAGE ($2,499/year), offering progressively deeper access to news, deal monitors, research reports, and proprietary company data. Its core differentiator is the DATA VANTAGE database covering 3,000+ venture-backed Asian companies with financials, fundraising, and shareholder data, supplemented by the Deals Intelligence and Deals Barometer products that provide quarterly deal trend analytics.

The platform distributes content through six editorial newsletter franchises (Daily Brief, The Week That Was, DATA VANTAGE, Beyond the Buyout, GreenStreet, Events & Webinars), 30+ stories published daily across 9 Asian markets, up to 24 in-depth research reports per year, and two annual summits (Asia PE-VC Summit in Singapore and Asia PE Leadership Summit in Hong Kong). Content is produced by a network of 20+ on-ground reporters and editors. DealStreetAsia is owned by Nikkei, the Japanese media conglomerate, and serves institutional customers including Warburg Pincus, TPG, Temasek, GGV Capital, General Atlantic, and Pantheon, alongside 40+ other named institutional subscribers and a long tail of individual Premium subscribers. Additional revenue streams include corporate group licensing, sponsored webinars, and event sponsorships.

Revenue mechanics rely primarily on recurring subscription revenue across the four pricing tiers, with group licensing and event sponsorships as secondary streams. The company has been recognized with the WAN-IFRA Asian Digital Media Award 2025 for investigative journalism and has secured strategic partnerships including a co-authored research initiative with Vistra Fund Solutions (2026). The business model emphasizes sponsor-independent editorial positioning as a core trust signal, contrasting with sponsor-backed or commission-driven coverage alternatives.

Name

DealStreetAsia

Legal name

DealStreetAsia

Website

https://dealstreetasia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DealStreetAsia is a Singapore-based news and intelligence platform providing subscription-based coverage of private equity, venture capital, and private credit markets across 9+ Asian markets, serving institutional investors, fund managers, and founders with proprietary data, research reports, newsletters, and events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Capital Market Intelligence

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Media Buying Agencies (541830)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Transaction Analytics & Cash-Flow Insights (risk signals, forecasting) (FSAGACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sell-Side M&A Advisory (FSAEAGAA), Business-for-Sale Marketplaces & Listing Platforms (FSAEAIAK)

Keywords

• Private equity intelligence
• Venture capital news
• Financial market data
• Deal intelligence platform
• Investment research reports

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: DealStreetAsia operates a multi-tiered subscription model generating recurring revenue. Tiers include Free (limited newsletters and articles), Premium ($339/year — unlimited stories, newsletters, deal monitors, exclusive news from 9 Asian markets), Premium Plus ($1,200/year — adds up to 24 research reports/year and unlimited report archive), and DATA VANTAGE ($2,499/year — database access, data-led stories, deal monitors). Additional revenue from corporate group licensing and events.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

DealStreetAsia is a subscription-based financial news and intelligence platform covering private equity, venture capital, and private credit markets across Asia Pacific (India, Greater China, Southeast Asia and beyond). It sells multi-tiered subscriptions (Premium, Premium Plus, DATA VANTAGE) that grant access to original reporting, the DATA VANTAGE database of 3,000+ venture-backed companies, deal-tracking products (Deals Intelligence, Deals Barometer, Asia Deal Monitors), monthly Research Reports, and invitation to annual industry summits in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Product overview

DealStreetAsia is an Asia-focused financial news and intelligence platform that operates as a unified platform offering multiple integrated products. The core offering includes the main news and analysis platform covering private equity, venture capital, and private credit across Asia Pacific markets. Supporting this are the DATA VANTAGE premium data platform (covering 3,000+ venture-backed companies), Research Reports (monthly in-depth reports), and five specialized newsletters (Daily Brief, The Week That Was, DATA VANTAGE, Beyond the Buyout, GreenStreet). The Deals Intelligence and Deals Barometer products provide granular data and market metrics. Events include the annual Asia PE-VC Summit in Singapore and Asia PE Leadership Summit in Hong Kong. Subscription tiers include Free, Premium ($339/year), Premium Plus ($1,200/year), and DATA VANTAGE ($2,499/year).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DATA VANTAGE: A smart research and analytics platform providing key financials, fundraising and shareholder data for over 3,000 Asian venture-backed companies, along with research reports and data-led stories.
• Deals Intelligence

Products and services

• DealStreetAsia Subscription Platform Subscription-based Asia Pacific financial news and intelligence platform delivering 30+ daily original articles, five branded editorial newsletters (Daily Brief, The Week That Was, Beyond the Buyout, GreenStreet, DATA VANTAGE), and multi-tiered access (Free, Premium, Premium Plus) for institutional investors, startup founders, and service providers.
• DATA VANTAGE

Quantifiable outcome

• Trusted by major PE/VC firms including Warburg Pincus, TPG, Temasek, GGV Capital, General Atlantic, Pantheon, and 40+ other named institutional subscribers
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Vistra Fund SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 June 2026DealStreetAsia and Vistra Fund Solutions co-authored and released the 'Turning Friction into Capital Flow: APAC PE/VC Edition 2026' report, surveying 105 private capital executives across 15 Asia Pacific markets. The partnership produced proprietary research on capital formation challenges, market opportunity indices, and execution friction across APAC private capital markets.
• Intuit QuickBooksminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026DealStreetAsia co-hosted a webinar with Intuit QuickBooks titled 'From automation to augmentation: How AI can become a superpower for accountants in APAC.' DealStreetAsia provided editorial coverage and audience reach while QuickBooks served as the sponsor, bringing accounting expertise and content focus to the joint webinar.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mergermarket Group (AVCJ): Mergermarket owns the Asian Venture Capital Journal (AVCJ), the historic Asia-focused PE/VC intelligence title. Directly comparable as a subscription-based media and intelligence platform covering Asian private capital.
• Crunchbase: Crunchbase provides venture deal data, company profiles, and market intelligence with subscription tiers. Comparable as a deal database and intelligence platform for the venture ecosystem, though with global rather than Asia-focused coverage.
• PitchBook: PitchBook provides private market data and research on PE/VC deals, fundraising, and company financials — directly comparable to DealStreetAsia's DATA VANTAGE product. Both serve institutional investors with subscription-based deal intelligence.
• Preqin: Preqin is a leading alternative assets data provider covering PE, VC, and private credit performance and deals globally. Directly comparable as a subscription-based PE/VC intelligence platform serving institutional investors.
• PEI Media (Private Equity International): PEI Media publishes Private Equity International and other PE-focused titles with subscription intelligence products. Directly comparable as a PE-focused media and data intelligence platform serving institutional investors.
• CB Insights: CB Insights offers market intelligence on venture capital, startups, and emerging tech with subscription analytics. Comparable as a tech-focused deal intelligence platform targeting PE/VC and corporate strategy teams.
• Dealroom.co: Dealroom provides global startup and venture deal data with research reports. Comparable as a deal intelligence and data platform serving investors and corporate strategics with subscription tiers.

Broad incumbents

• Reuters (PE/VC Coverage): Reuters provides global financial news with PE/VC deal coverage across Asia. As a broad incumbent, it competes with DealStreetAsia for breaking deal news coverage and institutional readership.
• Bloomberg Intelligence: Bloomberg's research arm covers global financial markets including some PE/VC deal coverage. While broader in scope than DealStreetAsia, it competes for the same institutional research budgets and offers overlapping deal intelligence for large funds.

Regional players

• TechinAsia: TechinAsia covers startup and venture capital news primarily across Southeast Asia. Comparable as an Asia-focused media platform covering deals and startup intelligence, though with broader tech-startup rather than PE/VC-specific focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dealstreetasia
• Xx.com/DealStreetAsia
• Facebookfacebook.com/m.DealStreetAsia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors5 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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