Asia Pacific

Ila Dhond02/03/2023
292

$650k Climate Impact Innovations Challenge (CIIC) launched by East Ventures, Temasek

East Ventures and Temasek Foundation have introduced the Climate Impact Innovations Challenge (CIIC) in Indonesia. The competition gives startups and…
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Ila Dhond28/02/2023
378

First close of Grayscale Ventures’ $20 M fund; to support 20 Pre-seed startups

Grayscale Ventures, a Singapore-based company, closed the first $10 million of its $20 million micro-fund. The fund focuses on businesses…
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Ila Dhond27/02/2023
257

VC firm Blockchain Founders Fund (BFF) closed second fund at $75 M

Key industry investors including Polygon, Ripple, Octava, and AppWorks helped Blockchain Founders Fund (BFF), a Singapore-based VC firm that supports…
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Ila Dhond27/02/2023
231

Zenius laid-off additional 30 employees in fresh wave of layoffs

30 positions have been eliminated in a fresh wave of layoffs at Indonesia-based edtech business Zenius, a company representative said…
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Ila Dhond24/02/2023
381

$1.35 M Seed funding secured by B2B platform Proglix

Proglix, a platform for business-to-business trading of raw materials, has received US $1.35 million in early funding from investors including…
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Ila Dhond24/02/2023
219

Intertec’s IT services unit acquired by FPT Software

The IT services subsidiary of US-based Intertec International has been purchased by FPT Software, a tech services company with offices…
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Ila Dhond23/02/2023
311

To grow its electric fleet, GetGo Carsharing raised $14.9 M

A family-backed investment company called Treis has contributed S$20 million (US $14.9 million) to GetGo Carsharing, a car rental company…
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Ila Dhond21/02/2023
257

YC led $1.3 M Seed funding raised by Strive

As the CFO of an Indonesian payment gateway, Rey Kamal assisted his business associates in keeping their books up to…
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Ila Dhond20/02/2023
253

Pre-series A funding raised by Japan-based Todoker

Flexible work arrangements are starting to become more typical as the pandemic’s acceleration of work-style reforms advances faster than anticipated.…
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Ila Dhond20/02/2023
260

J&T Express’ recent listing attempt may net at least $1 billion

According to unnamed sources cited by Reuters, the logistics business J&T Express plans to go public in Hong Kong in…
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