Tech in AsiaFinance (India) Prevtechinasia.com - Miguel Cordon India-based startup MyGate has raised US$56 million in a series B round from Tencent Holdings, JS Capital, and Tiger Global …
Tech in AsiaFinance (India) The basics of tracking metrics for your startuptechinasia.com - Salonie Ganju This article is from an episode of Matrix Moments by Matrix Partners India, a podcast featuring candid conversations on what it really takes to …
Tech in AsiaVenture Capital Insignia Ventures Partners closes second fund with $200mtechinasia.com - Thu Huong Le Singapore-based Insignia Ventures Partners has closed its second fund, drawing in US$200 million from premier institutional investors such as …
Tech in AsiaSoftbank SoftBank may invest $5b to rescue WeWork, source saystechinasia.com - Miguel Cordon SoftBank is in talks to provide WeWork with about US$5 billion of rescue financing weeks after the co-working firm’s parent, the We Company, filed to …
Tech in AsiaEducation Edtech startup Crimson Education bags $20m in series C roundtechinasia.com - Miguel Cordon Crimson Education, a global edtech firm based out of New Zealand, bagged US$20 million in a series C round led by Hong Kong-based Chow Tai Fook …
Tech in AsiaVenture Capital RoomMe secures series A funding from BAce, Vertex, KK Fundtechinasia.com - Dafizeck Bin Daud RoomMe, a startup operating co-living services in Indonesia, has secured an undisclosed sum of investment in a series A round led by Ant …
Tech in AsiaSingapore RedDoorz announces aggressive expansion plans, future IPOtechinasia.com - Zhixin Tan Hotel booking and management platform RedDoorz is aiming to go public around 2022 and has aggressive plans in the pipeline to reach this goal, …
Tech in AsiaVenture Capital Which are the top-performing VC funds in Southeast Asia?techinasia.com - Terence Lee Venture capital funds from East Ventures (EV), Openspace Ventures, Vickers Venture Partners, and Golden Gate Ventures have been named by investment …
Tech in AsiaFinTech Hong Kong's TNG Fintech faces lawsuit over oppressiontechinasia.com - Miguel Cordon Minority shareholders of Malaysian fintech firm Tranglo filed an oppression suit against Hong Kong-based TNG Fintech Group, which acquired a 60% …
Tech in AsiaHong Kong Prevtechinasia.com - Dafizeck Bin Daud Hong Kong-based startup Booqed has raised US$1.68 million in seed funding from Colliers, Techstars, and Lazard Korea to drive its product rollout, …
Tech in AsiaAlibaba Group Tokopedia begins talks for last funding round prior to IPOtechinasia.com - Miguel Cordon SoftBank- and Alibaba-backed unicorn Tokopedia has initiated discussions with potential investors for a private funding round, which is likely to be …
Tech in AsiaHospitality Yanolja invests further in Rocket Internet's Zen Roomstechinasia.com - Miguel Cordon Rocket Internet’s Zen Rooms, a budget hospitality company in Southeast Asia, announced it has inked a deal with South Korean hotel booking platform …
Tech in AsiaFinance (India) India's Mall91 gets $7.5m from Go-Ventures, Beenext, otherstechinasia.com - Dafizeck Bin Daud Indian social commerce startup Mall91 has raised US$7.5 million in a series A round led by Go-Ventures, the investment arm of Indonesian ride-hailing …
Tech in AsiaSoftbank SoftBank-backed Appier acquires Tokyo-based Emintechinasia.com - Miguel Cordon Taiwan-based AI startup Appier announced it has acquired Tokyo-based behavioral data provider Emotion Intelligence (Emin). The transaction was mostly …
Tech in AsiaByteDance Prevtechinasia.com - Tracy Qu Bytedance, the world’s most valuable startup, is ramping up recruitment for its video games business, months after acquiring a Shanghai-based …
Tech in AsiaFinTech Insurtech startup Fuse gets series A money from EV Growthtechinasia.com - Miguel Cordon Fuse, an Indonesian insurtech company, has closed its series A round with “a couple of million” US dollars to help expand its presence in multiple …
Tech in AsiaIPOs Megvii says US ban to hit server supply, disturb IPOtechinasia.com - Sarah Dai Chinese AI startup Megvii, which was recently blacklisted by the US, along with seven other Chinese tech firms over alleged human rights violations, …
Tech in AsiaTechnology (India) India's e-payments competition tighter with PhonePe spinofftechinasia.com - Moulishree Srivastava India’s digital payments segment is set to become ultra competitive with Walmart looking to raise stakes in the space. The American retail giant is …
Tech in AsiaAsia 20 unicorns will emerge in Southeast Asia by 2030, predicts Asia Partners’ Nick Nashtechinasia.com - Melissa Goh It’s a “golden age” for aspiring unicorns in Southeast Asia, according to Nick Nash, co-founder of growth equity investment firm Asia Partners. At …
Tech in AsiaEducation Korean edtech firm Mathpresso banks $14.5m in series B roundtechinasia.com - Miguel Cordon South Korean edtech startup Mathpresso, the creator of AI-driven education app Qanda, has raised US$14.5 million in a series B round led by Legend …
Tech in AsiaSingapore Fave launches takeaway service in Singaporetechinasia.com - Dafizeck Bin Daud Digital merchant platform Fave has launched Fave Takeaway in Singapore, a feature that allows its customers to order meals on the go, make payment …
Tech in AsiaProtein Prevtechinasia.com - Miguel Cordon Vietnamese cricket protein producer Cricket One has raised an undisclosed sum in a seed funding round co-led by 500 Startups and Singapore-based …
Tech in AsiaAdvertising StickEarn raises $5.5m from Grab, others to take its vehicle ads to new placestechinasia.com - Jack Ellis Jakarta-based StickEarn has raised US$5.5 million in funding to take its offline-to-online advertising platform to new verticals. The series A round …
Tech in AsiaFinTech TransferWise launches borderless debit card in Singaporetechinasia.com - Miguel Cordon Global fintech firm TransferWise launched a debit card in Asia that uses the real exchange rate, also known as the mid-market rate, to help Asian …
Tech in AsiaTechnology (India) India's Bewakoof banks $11.2m in Investcorp-led roundtechinasia.com - Miguel Cordon Online direct-to-consumer fashion company Bewakoof has raised US$11.2 million in its latest round of funding from Bahrain-based alternative …
Tech in AsiaJames Dyson Dyson shelves $3b electric vehicle projecttechinasia.com - Dafizeck Bin Daud UK-based appliance manufacturer Dyson has pulled the brakes on its proposed multibillion dollar electric-vehicle venture. The company had announced …
Tech in AsiaFinTech Finmas secures lending license from Indonesia's OJKtechinasia.com - Dafizeck Bin Daud Indonesian firm Finmas has officially obtained a business license as a fintech lending platform from the country’s Financial Services Authority (OJK). …
Tech in AsiaAsia Singapore's Shopmatic acquires SaaS firm CombineSelltechinasia.com - Miguel Cordon Singapore-based ecommerce company Shopmatic has fully acquired local software-as-a-service firm CombineSell for an undisclosed amount. Founded in …
Tech in AsiaAsia Now is the time for early-stage founders in Southeast Asia to shinetechinasia.com - Rajan Anandan A little more than 10 years ago, four in five Southeast Asians had little or no access to the internet. Today, Southeast Asia has the world’s most …
Tech in AsiaInsurance Alodokter gets $33m to grow its Indonesian healthtech businesstechinasia.com - Steven Millward Indonesia-based healthcare startup Alodokter today announced its biggest ever investment – US$33 million, more than double the total it previously …
