TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

Toni Eliasz is the program manager of the Disruptive Technologies for Development Program (DT4D) that supports the innovation and adoption of technology-driven solutions in World Bank Group operations. Toni Eliasz. Contributor. Share on Twitter. When the country first became independent, its mandate was to simply survive rather than thrive.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Fazz , the Southeast Asian digital financial services group created by the merger of PayFazz and Xfers , announced today that it has raised a total of $100 million in Series C funding. This includes $75 million in equity and a $25 million debt facility. An action plan for founders fundraising in fintech’s choppy waters.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

million in seed funding. Founded earlier this year, Nektar has been working in stealth mode with five companies, and has plans for an early adopter release before a public launch by the end of 2021. Singapore-based Nektar.ai , a productivity platform for sales teams, has raised $2.15

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

million USD) in Series C funding. The company’s Series C, which it claims is one of the largest private rounds raised by a Southeast Asian healthtech company, brings its total funding to more than $140 million SGD. . The funding will be used to deepen Doctor Anywhere’s presence in its current markets and expand into new ones.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

Glorang , a Seoul-based edtech startup that offers after-school classes and extracurricular activities via online for students between the ages of 3 and 18, said Friday it has raised a $10 million Series A funding co-led by Korea Investment Partners and Murex Partners, along with Japan’s Pksha Capital. . billion in 2027 , from $17.6

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

million in seed funding, and is now live in four markets (Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam) with connections to 30 banks. The most prominent examples include Plaid in the United States and Tink and Truelayer in Europe (Finverse’s seed funding included angel investment from Truelayer employees).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

Weder planned on using the Series A funding to expand across Mexico and Latin America — a market he told me represents a $600 billion opportunity — and that’s just what the company did. The global pandemic helped a lot in terms of grocery adoption in Latin America,” he added. fulfillment rate over the past 12 months.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

Co-founder and chief executive officer Andrea Baronchelli told TechCrunch more than 10,000 companies now use Aspire’s business accounts and that adoption was driven by two main reasons. million in funding so far, including a Series A announced in July 2019. Founded in 2018, Aspire has raised about $41.5 Aspire raises $32.5M

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

Earlier today, TechCrunch reported that an online rental marketplace, Zumper, just raised $30 million in a Series D1 round of funding led by Kleiner Perkins to help it better serve people looking for short-term rental options. Landing has now raised $237 million in venture funding and $230 million in debt since its launch in 2019.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

That makes Ukraine a natural place for cryptocurrency adoption. The country ranked fourth on Chainalysis’ Global Crypto Adoption Index , behind only Vietnam, India and Pakistan, and about $8 billion of cryptocurrency passes through the country annually. He has family in Kharkiv, which was being bombarded as we spoke.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

million in seed funding for its goal of becoming “the one-stop for verification in Southeast Asia.” Before adopting Verihubs, many of its clients were still verifying customers manually, said Firnando. And we’re also exploring expanding into new markets, like the Philippines and Vietnam.”.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Upmesh will use part of its new funding to double down on the Philippines and Malaysia for at least another six months, but it also wants to enter Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. Wong notes that even though COVID-19 drove adoption of e-commerce, it isn’t what created interest in live commerce.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2023

The firm has fully deployed its first fund and will no longer make any further investments. Seemant Jauhari, who led HealthXCapital since it was founded eight years ago, is now a partner at Jungle, where he will invest in healthcare startups in Southeast Asia and India. HealthXCapital’s portfolio includes RED.Health, Homage , Medfin and THB.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Proceeds benefit Animals Asia work to end bear bile farming and improving the welfare of animals in China and Vietnam. Proceeds benefit the Best Friends Animal Society, a nonprofit working to end the killing in America’s animal shelters through adoption, spay and neuter education, and no-kill initiatives.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Singapore-headquartered startup Plugo has secured $9 million in a Series A funding round. The company wants to focus on the Indonesian market, one of the largest markets in Southeast Asia, for the next 12 months, then expand to other Southeast Asian countries, such as Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines, Bang told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

Ben Thompson, co-founder and chief executive officer of human resources platform Employment Hero told TechCrunch that “COVID-19 accelerated the adoption of employment management software by roughly five years,” as teams adjusted to remote work. million) Series D, bringing its valuation to more than $250 million AUD ($193.4

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The Verge

APRIL 6, 2022

Last week Sky Mavis, the Vietnam-based company behind the crypto game Axie Infinity , revealed that a hacker stole hundreds of millions of dollars worth of crypto from its blockchain. As far as the stolen funds, about 168k Ether (worth over $540 million at this writing) remain in the wallet where the thief or thieves left them.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

In an endorsement of Fashinza’s approach to supply chain management , the company today announced that it raised $100 million in Series B funding ($60 million in equity and $40 million in debt) co-led by Prosus Ventures and Westbridge with participation from Accel, Elevation, and ADQ at a $300 billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Despite strong e-wallet adoption, over 70% of adults in Southeast Asia remain either underbanked or unbanked due to various cost and geographical limitations. Others like Livspace, Pomelo, Zalora and Sociolla are serving the home goods, fashion and personal care industries, respectively, and raising millions of dollars in funding.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Sealed’s financial and service model removes upfront costs, making it easy and affordable for homeowners to adopt efficient technology like air source heat pumps, reduce home energy emissions and, ultimately, reduce dependency on harmful fossil fuel. Funding frenzy continues. and there were others we didn’t get to.

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TechNode

MAY 23, 2024

Jason: Looking ahead, what key policy changes or initiatives do you believe are essential for driving technology and the adoption of different solutions globally? The following transcript has been edited for clarity: 1. Jon: When we think about climate change, it impacts more than just the environment. We have to do two other things.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

The adoption of financial apps is surging in Southeast Asian markets like Indonesia , the region’s most populous country. The amount of funding was undisclosed. Founded by fintech veterans last year, Brick develops APIs that make it easier for tech companies to add identity verification and access financial data from their users.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2023

However, it had previously secured a pledge for new funds if its SPAC deal fell through, capital that it has now raised. Seed Club Ventures, a 63-member consortium of VCs, individual investors, family offices and various entities that still believe in web3, recently came out of stealth with a $25 million fund to help DAOs do just that.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

The funding was led by Insignia Ventures Partners, with participation from returning investors Beenext and Integra Partners. As a result of increasing adoption, he said that “large multinational financial service providers like Visa are embracing open finance, even if it may threaten their legacy business in the short term.”.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

million in Series A funding from Kalaari. The funding will be used to start scaling Creative Galileo across Southeast Asia, hiring for local teams in Indonesia and Vietnam, its next markets. Creative Galileo’s new funding brings the company’s total raised so far to $10 million, including a pre-Series A round of $2.5

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

Ancient8 , Vietnam’s blockchain gaming guild, develops a community and software platform to enable everyone to play P2E (play-to-earn) games and build the metaverse while earning rewards. “We Vietnam is one of the most exciting and fast-growing markets in the world today for blockchain adoption.

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