TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The fresh capital, which brings its total funding raised to $135 million, was led by Affirma Capital, with participation from Sequoia Capital India, Hana Ventures, ICT Capital, EDB Investment (EDBI), AC Ventures, RTP Global and Momentum Venture Capital. Singapore’s micromobility startup Beam raises $26 million.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Glints’ platform currently has three million professionals in five markets (Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan), and 50,000 companies that are seeking workers, including AIA, IKEA, GetGo, KKday and Gameloft. Founded in 2013, the Singapore-based startup says its annual revenue and gross profits grew 2.5x

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Forto , a digital freight forwarder which has experienced a boom during the pandemic, has raised another $50 million in funding. Additional investment came from Iris Capital, with strong participation from current investors, including Rider Global, Northzone, Cherry Ventures and the Italian venture fund H14.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Over 229 family offices have been registered in Singapore since 2020, with total assets under management of an estimated $20 billion. This implies a substantial opportunity for investments to develop the region’s digital economy. Southeast Asia has become an attractive market for U.S. and Chinese tech firms.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

Based in Singapore, Nimbly develops software that automates more of that process. Its features include digital checklists, inventory management and field audits that can be accessed through a mobile app. Many work teams, especially stores and restaurants, rely on manual spreadsheets to ensure their operations are running smoothly.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2022

While companies around the world turned to software during the pandemic to ensure that they could keep operating , accelerating the digital transformation, there has been analogous work going on in the consumer world. Let’s talk about the fintech market from a global perspective and a U.S.-focused The global perspective.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

Easy Eat AI , a Singapore-based startup that wants to “transform restaurants into technology companies,” announced today it has raised $5 million in funding. Many food and beverage businesses started digitizing orders and payments so they could offer deliveries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

SleekFlow , an omnichannel social commerce platform that helps businesses build customer flow automation from messaging and live video to transactions, has closed $8 million Series A funding led by Tiger Global Management. The global social commerce market is projected to rise to $6.2 and other countries in Europe. trillion by 2030.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

H2O Hospitality will expand its business further by adding various types of accommodations in South Korea and Japan in 2021 and 2022 and plans to enter Singapore and Indonesia in 4Q in 2022 in line with its Southeast Asia penetration strategy, according to H2O Hospitality co-founder and CEO John Lee. There are currently about 16.4

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

The Singapore-based company announced today that it has raised $640 million in Series E funding to expand its products, which combine computer vision and cloud-based software to help brick-and-mortar stores manage their inventory, merchandising and operations. Singapore is poised to become Asia’s Silicon Valley.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

million (25 billion KRW) in a Series B funding round as it wants to increase its global presence, specifically into the U.S., Germany, Japan and Singapore. . Image Credits: Digital Twin Environment developed by Morai SIM – Las Vegas, NV. Morai SIM already replicated more than 20 cities across the globe. .

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Based in Hong Kong, Coherent helps insurance providers go digital. The Series A round, led by Cathay Innovation with participation from Franklin Templeton, will be used to grow Coherent’s client base in Asia, including insurers who want to add more digital services to their usual sales processes because of the pandemic.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

We digitize new brand discovery, automate the negotiation and client management process, and streamline logistics and shipping by pooling orders,” Cho said. Lai said that another key specialization is its competitive shipping rates and steeper discounts that allow global brands to trial or test their products in a completely new market. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

MOLOCO , an adtech startup that uses machine learning to build mobile campaigns, announced today it has raised $150 million in new Series C funding led by Tiger Global Management, taking its valuation to $1.5 MOLOCO’s customers include King Digital, Playrix and Netmarble. Amazon confirms acquisition of Sizmek’s ad server.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

In addition, Toni works on several digital-economy-related initiatives that support the scaling of digital businesses, stimulate startup ecosystems and accelerate the digital transformation of key industries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Middle East. A glimpse into Singapore’s current startup ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2021

Specifically, clients can buy and sell digital assets (from Bitcoin, Ethereum and Link to Litecoin, PaxG and multiple stablecoins) directly on BlockFi. The startup is also a lender and provider of trade execution services to institutions participating in digital asset markets. . It’s a model that seems to be working in a big way.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

The round included returning investors Target Global, AltaIR Capital and Phystech Ventures, and new backers S16VC and venture capitalist Peng T. The Singapore-based startup’s last funding round was $3 million announced in November. It now claims to be used by 6,000 companies in Singapore, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, giving it $9.5

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

The process of digitizing the operations of mom and pop stores in Nigeria is serious business right now. Early investors include the Baobab Network, an Africa-focused accelerator based in London, and Signal Hill, a Singapore-based fund manager that participated in its $5.5 The company is announcing a $10.5 million seed round last year.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Validus , a Singapore-based lending platform for small and medium-sized enterprises, is acquiring CitiBusiness’ loan portfolio for an undisclosed amount to bolster its top-line revenue and customer base and expand its growing loan book. . The acquisition will be completed in April 2022. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

The company has closed a $450 million Series C round with Tiger Global Management leading the round — Greenoaks Capital and all existing investors are also participating. According to the startup, it is now the fourth-largest fintech company globally. but also in France, Brazil, Singapore, Hong Kong, etc.

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MAY 6, 2010

On Apriil 29 Microsoft and TechSoup held an NGO Connection Day at the Microsoft office in Singapore. TechSoup's partner NGO, the Hong Kong Council of Social Services , attended as well, giving local attendees a personal insight on how TechSoup's global network enables capacity and community building around the world.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

Intellect , the Singapore-based mental health platform that now serves over three million users in 20 countries, is getting ready for a new phase of growth after striking a strategic partnership with IHH Healthcare, Asia’s largest private healthcare group. Its other backers include Tiger Global, Y Combinator and Insignia Ventures.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2021

This was the year that global investors not only started to pay close attention to the region’s tech ecosystems, but also began putting real money into them. A close look at Singapore’s thriving startup ecosystem. In Singapore, for instance, Ninja Van , Carousell , Carro and Nium were among startups that hit unicorn status.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Backed by investors including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and CDC Group, Cropin is set on digitizing the agricultural industry. Founded in 2010, Cropin’s other products are live in 92 countries, it is partnered with over 250 B2B customers and has digitized 26 million acres of farmland. Cropin’s leadership team.

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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. The company says that it saw $10 billion in annualized transaction volumes last year.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Arta is building the “digital family office for the world,” said Sengupta in an interview with TechCrunch. Arta has chosen a “massive unsolved problem in the global fintech space. Sengupta said the startup plans to expand to many markets including Singapore and India over the coming years.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

billion new endpoints to Visa Direct ’s digital payments network. This enables many more consumers and small businesses to send funds to markets in Africa, Asia and Latin America, where digital wallets are often the default payment method. Three billion people globally are still left out or poorly served by the formal economy.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Seadronix will use the capital to grow its team beyond the current headcount of 30 employees and enter global markets, including Singapore and Europe, where its “smart ports” are located, Byeolteo Park, CEO and co-founder, said in an interview with TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The G2 financing was led by DST Global, with participation from CITICPE, GIC, Temasek, TBP, DCP, Ocean Link, Greenwoods and Danhe Capital. Thus, the shift to digital learning has poured fuel on an already booming education market. 8 edtech investors talk re-skilling, digital universities, ISAs and other post-pandemic trends.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

Fireblocks , an infrastructure provider for digital assets, has raised $310 million in a Series D round of funding that tripled the company’s valuation to $2.2 The latter is the third global bank to invest in Fireblocks in addition to the Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon and SVB Capital. . billion in just over five months.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Founded in Singapore and based in Los Angeles and South Korea, Summer International announced today it has raised a $5 million seed round from investors including GDP Ventures, Teja Ventures, Gushcloud International and Singaporean angel investors Koh Boon Hwee and Shirley Crystal Tan.

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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. Brankas wants to bring Southeast Asia’s banks and e-commerce into the digital era. Singapore-based open finance startup Finantier gets backing from Y Combinator.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

The company was launched in Hangzhou, China, before moving to it current headquarters to Singapore, and about 70% of its users are in mainland China, followed by markets including South Korea, the United States and Southeast Asia. Ethereum wallet imToken raises $10M Series A from IDG to expand in the US, Asia and Africa.

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TechNode

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

CEO Eddie Wu, in an internal memo, said the move aims to enhance the companys ability to serve consumers worldwide and support small- and medium-sized enterprises in expanding across global markets, as reported in Chinese media outlet 36Kr. In September, Taobao introduced an English version of its platform in Malaysia and Singapore.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

In 2021, however, it plans to use its Series C to speed up the pace of its expansion, launching in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, mainland China, Australia and Turkey before entering markets in Europe and the United States, too. How will digital media survive the ad crash?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

Fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, digital transformation is happening all over the world. Indonesia’s Xendit , a startup focused on building digital payments infrastructure for the region, has just raised $64.6 It aims for fast and easy integrations so that businesses can more easily accept payments digitally.

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TechNode

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

It is uncertain what has made the relaunch possible: a thawing of digital relations, or simply the passing of time in a digitally fractured and fast paced geopolitical environment? Context: Indias push for data localization has been a cornerstone of its digital regulatory framework.

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