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DECEMBER 22, 2020

But in markets like Indonesia, many still use digital wallets or e-commerce platforms, creating alternative sources of user data that can help them secure working capital and other financial tools. It definitely doesn’t need to be a bank account, it could be in a digital wallet, e-commerce platform or other service providers.”

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JANUARY 9, 2023

For brands, it gives them a way to conduct market research and collect first-party data, which is important as marketers prepare for a post-cookie world. The Singapore-based startup announced today it has raised an oversubscribed Series A of $8 million SGD (about $6 million USD) led by Qualgro, with participation from AC Ventures.

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AUGUST 8, 2022

Singapore-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com has acquired two startups in South Korea — payment service provider PnLink and virtual asset provider OK-BIT — for an undisclosed amount, Crypto.com said. .

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APRIL 19, 2023

Co-founded by Quah in 2019 to securely verify documents, Singapore-based Accredify announced today that it has raised $7 million in Series A funding co-led by iGlobe Partners and SIG Venture Capital with participation from returning investors Pavilion Capital and Qualgro.

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JANUARY 18, 2021

Volopay , a Singapore-based startup building a “financial control center” for businesses, announced today it has raised $2.1 Singapore-based Volopay wants to be the ‘Brex of Southeast Asia’ Most of Volopay’s clients are in the tech sector and have about 15 to 150 employees. million in seed funding.

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JULY 14, 2021

The Singapore-based startup announced today it has raised a $12 million Series A to build out its B2B transactions platform. Since its seed funding, Tinvio says its client base has increased four times to over 5,000 businesses in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and other Asian markets. million seed round.

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APRIL 7, 2022

Peeba says the lack of B2B-focused online wholesale solutions and tech infrastructure hampered Asia’s antiquated B2B retail, wholesale market in business growth and new market entries during the pandemic. All this contributes to improving operational efficiency and lowering costs for all parties.” .

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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. A menu created with Easy Eat AI.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The onset of the pandemic has led to increased demand for digital banking options across customer income groups around the world. We’ve seen how digital banks like Zolve and Nubank have raised money in recent months to fill this need. TymeBank , a South African digital bank, announced today that it has secured an R1.6

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Singapore-based TreeDots , which says it is the first food surplus marketplace in Asia, wants to help. TreeDots also helps them digitize their operations through its app and onboard to TreeLogs. The startup says its gross merchandise volume (GMV) has grown more than 4x year-over-year.

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

Neuroglee , a Singapore-based health tech startup, wants to help with a digital therapeutic platform created to treat patients in the early stages of the disease. SoftBank Vision Fund 2 leads $100 million Series C in digital therapeutics company Biofourmis. million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by Eisai Co.,

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APRIL 24, 2023

Based in Singapore, ZEBOX Asia will also look at markets like Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan and Korea. In a statement, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore chief executive Teo Eng Dih said, “Startups play a critical role in the transformation of the maritime sector by generating value through their innovative solutions.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Over 229 family offices have been registered in Singapore since 2020, with total assets under management of an estimated $20 billion. Southeast Asia has become an attractive market for U.S. Southeast Asia also has many opportunities for VC investment relative to its market size. and Chinese tech firms.

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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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SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

With Southeast Asia’s joint fund, Kejora-Intervest Growth Fund also joined in the round, it is a sign that H2O Hospitality will be focusing specifically on the Southeast Asian Market. H2O Hospitality has raised $7 million Series B round from Samsung Ventures, Stonebridge Ventures, IMM Investment and Shinhan Capital in February 2020.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Sleek , the corporate services platform that helps entrepreneurs launch and run new companies in Singapore and Hong Kong, has raised $4 million. The new funding was led by SEEDS Capital, the investment arm of government agency Enterprise Singapore. ” Singapore-based digital business assistant Osome raises $3 million.

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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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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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FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Mental wellness startup MindFi operates throughout APAC, but wants to deliver “culturally competent” care in each of its markets. Today the Singapore-based company announced it has closed an oversubscribed $2 million seed round, with participation from returning investors M Venture Partners and Global Founders Capital.

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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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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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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Food Market Hub co-founders Anthony See and Shayna Teh. Malaysia-based Food Market Hub is a cloud-based platform that connects food and beverage (F&B) outlets directly to suppliers, making it easier to communicate and manage orders. This brings Food Market Hub’s total funding to $4.7 million so far.

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JUNE 10, 2021

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 Singapore-based digital business assistant Osome raises $3 million. Ong, who joined as an angel investor.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The new round brings Endowus’ total funding to $67 million SGD (about $49 million USD) and puts it in the company of other apps that have quickly raised follow-on funding as appetite for retail investing grows in several Southeast Asian markets. These include Pintu , Syfe and Ajaib , all based in Indonesia; and Singapore-based Stashaway.

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AUGUST 2, 2022

CEO Michael Sanchez told TechCrunch that the proceeds will be put toward general growth and supporting Savana’s go-to-market and product development projects. Despite banks’ digital transformation efforts, many haven’t made the switch successfully, he ardently claims. Image Credits: Savana.

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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. . In January, the company crossed a significant milestone of over $1 billion (SG$1.6

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In Western markets, freight forwarders are well into digitizing their operations, but the same doesn’t hold true in Southeast Asia, say the founders of Fr8Labs. Fr8Labs wants to digitize Asia’s logistics industry with its SaaS operating […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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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. One of Thunes’ focuses is emerging markets where there are a lot of unbanked people.

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APRIL 25, 2021

It currently has operations in in five markets: Singapore, Malayasia, the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong, and is preparing to launch in Thailand. Since StashAway launched its app in 2017, more robo-advisors have emerged in the same markets it serves. Other investment apps in Singapore include Endowus, Kristal.AI

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MARCH 11, 2021

Prince describes BlockFi as a financial services company for crypto market investors that offers a retail and institutional-facing suite of products. Specifically, clients can buy and sell digital assets (from Bitcoin, Ethereum and Link to Litecoin, PaxG and multiple stablecoins) directly on BlockFi.

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MAY 15, 2023

The Singapore-based startup announced today it has raised $6.6 The new funding will be used to grow its customer base in Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia, and expand into new markets in Southeast Asia, like Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand. million in pre-Series B funding, led by Headline Asia.

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MAY 18, 2021

The world of digital payments is very fragmented, with different types of online bank accounts, digital wallets and money transfer services used in different countries. Thunes raises $60 million for cross-border payments in emerging markets. Other investors include GGV Capital and Checkout.com. from Insight Partners.

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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. IHH Healthcare is Intellect’s first strategic investor.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

African capital markets exist in silos, as various exchanges within the continent are often inaccessible to investors outside their home countries. Per reports , major regional exchanges in Africa have raised over $80 billion in equity capital markets and $240 billion in debt capital markets.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Arta is building the “digital family office for the world,” said Sengupta in an interview with TechCrunch. Sengupta said the startup plans to expand to many markets including Singapore and India over the coming years. Arta is going live with accredited investors in the U.S.

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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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AUGUST 16, 2021

Many Southeast Asian digital businesses run into obstacles when seeking early-stage growth financing. That’s where Singapore-based Jenfi comes in, providing revenue-based financing of up to $500,000 with flexible repayment plans that co-founder and chief executive officer Jeffrey Liu refers to as “growth capital as a product.” .

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