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Southeast Asia Private Equity Pulse: Q3 2025
Q3 2025 witnessed an year-on-year (yoy) increase in private equity (PE) deal value amid lower volumes. Compared with Q2 2025, both deal value and volumes were lower as well. There was also a modest decline of 19% in average deal value for announced transactions.
There were six exits during the quarter, generating over US$539m in realized proceeds. Distributions to paid-in capital (DPI) is a key focus for limited partners (LPs) and remains challenging in the region. PE-backed IPO market witnessed no activity in the region.
In terms of fundraising, only one Southeast Asia (SEA)-based PE fund was closed during Q3 2025, raising US$500m of capital. As at end of August 2025, at least four PE vehicles with exposure to SEA have reported interim closes.
Read past issues of our quarterly Private Equity Pulse here