Singapore-based technology and management consulting firm VE Capital Asia announced that it has acquired Web Imp, Cashapon, and TechVenture Pursuit (TVP) for $37 million in a race to bolster its technological capabilities. The acquisition of the three rising home-grown Singapore technology firms will strengthen VE Capital Asia’s offerings by enhancing its ecosystem alongside its four ... Read more ›
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SoftBank Ventures Asia (SBVA), the early-stage venture capital arm of investment giant SoftBank Group, has co-led the $3.2-million Series A funding in Sketchsoft, a South Korean 3D sketch software developer. SBVA was joined by Korean venture investor SV Investment as co-anchor in the funding round, which was also participated by Bluepoint Partners. Established in 2020 ... Read more ›
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Singapore-based digital mental health platform ThoughtFull has raised US$1.1 million in a seed funding round led by Flybridge– the US Venture Capital firm, The Hive SEA, and Singapore’s Vulpes Investment Management. ThoughtFull will be using the fresh funds to boost its growth as well as fund its product development and clinical research. According to CEO ... Read more ›
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India’s teaching platform and education infrastructure provider, Teachmint has partnered with Malaysia’s EdTech firm Pandai for live classroom solutions to over 5 million students in Malaysia. This partnership deal has come as a part of Teachmint’s VaaS (Video-as-a-Service) offering for EdTech firms globally to empower them with Teachmint’s state of art plug-and-play live class technology. ... Read more ›
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During the fourth Covid-19 wave, Vietnam witnessed a surge in homegrown startups, toiling to turn the global crisis into an opportunity. Most of these startups kept themselves afloat and helped their customers and other businesses take the pandemic by the horn standing side by side with the government to tackle the challenges. Vietnam’s one-hour delivery ... Read more ›
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Singapore-based edtech start-up Creative Galileo has raised $2.5 million in a round led by Kalaari Capital to expand across Southeast Asia and integrate local languages within the platform. Creative Galileo is the first portfolio company of the Kalaari Capital-backed CXXO initiative, which promotes inclusive innovation. Other investors include prominent angel investors, such as Harish Bahl ... Read more ›
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UnaBiz, a Singapore-headquartered Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider, announced raising $25 million in a Series B funding round anchored by asset management firm SPARX Group. The oversubscribed funding round was also participated by CDIB, G K Goh, and Thaioil, according to the announcement. The fresh funds will be used to strengthen the startup’s foothold ... Read more ›
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Dr. Sunghee Lee is the president of CONTEC, a Korean space tech startup that has constructed a private ground station in Jeju, South Korea, to provide satellite reception services. The company focuses on two business areas, namely satellite application service and ground equipment. Launched in 2015, the space tech company aims to capitalize on the ... Read more ›
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CONTEC's CEO Sunghee Lee.CONTEC, a Korean startup gearing up to transform the space sector, provides holistic solutions required for downstream data transmitted by satellites. Launched in 2015, the space tech company aims to capitalize on the emerging ‘New Space’ era. The startup is a spin-off company from Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) offering Space Ground Station Services, Satellite ... Read more ›
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StraitsX, a Singapore-based digital assets platform, announced that it has surpassed the S$2 billion mark in digital assets-related transactions on its payment platform in 2021 alone. Licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for e-money issuance, StraitsX is Southeast Asia’s pioneering digital assets platform developed by Xfers. Aymeric Salley, Head of StraitsX, said the ... Read more ›
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Talino Venture Labs, an award-winning global venture studio for inclusive fintech, has raised $1.25 million from cross-border venture capital firms and angel networks as it launched an equity crowdfunding campaign in the United States. Winston Damarillo, CEO of Talino Venture Labs, said that the latest funding round and their equity crowdfunding campaign signals a new ... Read more ›
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Singapore-based smart access solutions provider igloocompany has announced the establishment of a United States team and office with plans to deploy one million devices there in the next three years. The company aims to boost growth by three-fold, targeting a slice of the $46 billion smart home market over the next few years. With the ... Read more ›
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A study by Visa, the leading global payments technology company, showed that the pandemic has sped up the growth of virtual and mobile banking services in Hong Kong but security continues to be a concern. One in two Hong Kongers have already opened an account with a virtual bank because of the rewards with account ... Read more ›
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How did Chasung Lim, Founder and CEO of SecuLetter, raised $12M to build a cutting-edge advanced cyber-security company for attacks that are difficult to diagnose by signature and behavior-based security systems? Chasung Lim is the Founder and CEO of SecuLetter. SecuLetter Co., Ltd is an information security company that develops and provides products that detect, ... Read more ›
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Singapore-based cashback startup ShopBack has raised $40 million funding in an investment round led by Temasek, East Ventures, Indies Capital, EDBI, and January Capital. The fresh funding was announced in March but has been filed with regulators this week after getting a nod from the Australian Foreign Investment Review Board. This investment takes ShopBack’s total ... Read more ›
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Singapore-based startup Greywing announced raising a $2.5 million seed round to accelerate its operating system for the maritime industry with a new carbon scoring solution. The new solution will be offered as part of the startup’s recently launched Crew Change tool which gives vessel operators visibility on the factors impacting how they manage seafarers. The ... Read more ›
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Bizzi, a Vietnamese Software-as-a-Service (Saas) platform, announced raising $3 million in its pre-Series A round led by Money Forward, a leading FinTech/SaaS company in Japan. Local venture capital firm Do Ventures and returning Singapore-based investor Qualgro also participated in the funding round that will help finance the firm’s product enhancement. Bizzi, which seeks to streamline ... Read more ›
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Funding Societies, the largest SME digital financing platform in Southeast Asia, announced that it has raised $18 million in debt from Japanese and Singaporean investors. The financing was backed by a trio syndicate of financial institutions including Helicap Investments, the newly launched Social Impact Debt Fund, and a Japanese financial services group. The firm said ... Read more ›
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India gets its second crypto unicorn in less than two months with CoinSwitch Kuber raising $260 million funding in a Series C round led by 16z, American Venture Capital firm and Coinbase Ventures. This is the first investment in Indian startup by 16z. With this funding, CoinSwitch Kuber’s valuation has soared to $1.9 billion making ... Read more ›
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India-based mobility startup Chalo has raised $40 million in a Series C funding round led by Filter Capital and Lightrock India along with participation from its existing investors-Raine Venture Partners, WaterBridge Ventures, Amit Singhal (former SVP, Google), Neeraj Arora (Former Chief Business Officer, WhatsApp). “Public transport is the backbone to build a larger mobility platform ... Read more ›
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