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APRIL 20, 2022

Ordinary Folk , a Singapore-based telehealth startup dedicated to men and women’s health issues, has raised $5 million in pre-seed funding from Monk’s Hill Ventures. The funding will be used for hiring and expand into Hong Kong while scaling in Singapore.

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

Eat Just will start offering lab-grown chicken meat in Singapore after gaining regulatory approval from the Singapore Food Agency (SFA). While there are plenty of other companies working on lab-grown meats using various techniques, Eat Just describes the Singapore government’s review and regulatory approval as a “world first.”

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

It plans to become cash flow positive within the next 12 months, and recently announced a digital banking partnership with Singapore financial service corporation OCBC. Osome currently serves more than 11,000 business in Singapore (where it is is headquartered), Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.

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AUGUST 2, 2021

The Singapore-based company announced today it has raised $6 million in seed funding, led by B Capital Group. million led by Nexus Venture Partners and announced in November 2020, the new funding brings Nektar.ai’s total seed capital to $8.1 Singapore-based sales productivity platform Nektar raises $2.15

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FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Based in Singapore with offices throughout Asia and Australia, Reebelo wants to make buying pre-owned tech as desirable as a brand new device. ” Investors agree, with Reebelo announcing a $20 million Series A today, led by Cathay Innovation and June Fund. “We Back Market reaches $5.7B

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NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Both companies are based in Singapore and operate in Southeast Asian markets. ShopBack, which has raised about $126 million from investors like Rakuten, Temasek Holdings, EV Growth, EDBI and East Ventures, says it is now used by about 30 million shoppers across 8,000 merchants in nine Asia-Pacific markets.

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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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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Vow ’s first product brand, Morsel, which was created from its cultured meat technology, will go into Singapore restaurants by the end of this year. Singapore was the first nation to approve cultured meat products for sale , with Eat Just being one of the first companies to sell its lab-grown chicken there. million in Series A funding.

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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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JANUARY 18, 2021

Volopay , a Singapore-based startup building a “financial control center” for businesses, announced today it has raised $2.1 million in seed funding. The funding will be used on hiring, product development, strategic partnerships and Volopay’s international expansion.

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OCTOBER 13, 2021

Antler joined in its previous funding. . The company is currently operating its service in Singapore, but plans to enter other markets like Malaysia, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Gordon Tay said. . Asia’s general insurance market is about $564 billion, and Singapore has approximately $2.9 billion, Gordon Tay mentioned. .

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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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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. Instead, it often means they don’t have traditional bank accounts or credit cards.

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JULY 14, 2021

Arcc, a coworking space in Singapore available for bookings on Deskimo. Its on-demand booking app is currently available in Singapore and Hong Kong, with plans to enter more markets after Demo Day. In Deskimo’s current markets, other on-demand coworking space apps include Switch, Flydesk, WorkBuddy and Booqed.

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

Doyobi , a Singapore-based professional development platform, wants to give educators new, more engaging ways of teaching STEM subjects. million in pre-Series A funding led by Monk’s Hill Ventures. Two of its largest markets are Indonesia and the Philippines. Singapore-based Geniebook’s personalized learning platform raises $16.6M

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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. Tinvio’s last funding announcement was a $5.5 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.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Endowus is the latest investment app in Southeast Asia to raise follow-on funding, adding $35 million SGD (about $25.6 These include Pintu , Syfe and Ajaib , all based in Indonesia; and Singapore-based Stashaway. million US) to its war chest. The round was led by Prosus Ventures, the venture firm majority-owned by Naspers, and EDBI.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Volopay , a Singapore-based fintech startup, raised a $29 million Series A in debt and equity financing as it seeks to further expand its footprint in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and North Africa. . In addition, Volopay will hire aggressively in each of its new markets. . To date, Volopay has raised approximately $31.4

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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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JANUARY 3, 2023

The Singapore-based startup has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding led by Plug and Play APAC and Seed Capital, with participation from Earth Venture Capital and angel investor Alice Foo. The new funding will be used for AlterPacks’ commercialization, including production and supply, in markets like Asia, Australia and Europe.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Singapore-based Nektar.ai , a productivity platform for sales teams, has raised $2.15 million in seed funding. Demand Sage raises $3M to make sales and marketing data more accessible. Nektar co-founders Abhijeet Vijayvergiya and Aravind Ravi Sulekha.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Today, the Singaporean-based startup announced it has raised $10 million, with the goal of expanding its wireless laser communications system in Indonesia, India, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and the United States. In the meantime, it’s planning to move beyond its markets in Asia and start expanding early market access in the U.S.,

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JULY 18, 2022

The Series D funding, which brings its total funding to date to approximately $91.7 AnyMind acquired ENGAWA, a Japan-based cross-border marketing company, in January last year with its Series C proceeds. AnyMind operates 17 offices across 13 markets with more than 1,000 employees. million, consists of ¥4 billion (29.4

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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 announced today that it has raised an $11 million Series A led by Amasia and East Ventures, with participation from investors including Active Fund, Seeds Capital, author Nir Eyal and actress Fiona Xie.

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APRIL 24, 2023

Based in Singapore, ZEBOX Asia will also look at markets like Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan and Korea. ZEBOX CEO Gwen Salley told TechCrunch that along with access to mentoring, experts, business opportunities and funding, its incubator program gives startups opportunities to test their solutions and work with large corporations.

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MAY 15, 2023

The Singapore-based startup announced today it has raised $6.6 million in pre-Series B funding, led by Headline Asia. 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.

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JANUARY 25, 2022

Refract , a Singapore-based extended reality (XR) startup, announced today it has closed approximately $8.5million SGD (approximately $6million) Series A led by Sea Limited along with international family offices and individual investors. Refract will continue delivering immersive and engaging XR and VR experiences to a growing market of 2.9

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Four months after its last funding announcement, Singapore-based e-commerce aggregator Rainforest has closed a $20 million pre-Series A round led by Monk’s Hill Ventures. million in equity and a $30 million debt facility to fund acquisitions. million in equity and a $30 million debt facility to fund acquisitions.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The latest startup with funding news is Next Gen Foods , the creator of plant-based chicken alternative TiNDLE. The company announced today it has raised a $100 million Series A that will be used to expand quickly in the United States and on its Singapore research and development center, which is currently under construction.

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MARCH 7, 2022

Una Brands , a Singapore-based e-commerce aggregator, has partnered with South Korean peer KlickBrands to expand its footprint in South Korea. . The e-commerce market of South Korea is expected to increase up to $250 billion by 2025. Singaporean E-commerce aggregator Rainforest raised a series of funding last year.

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JUNE 14, 2021

Carro , one of the largest automotive marketplaces in Southeast Asia, announced it has hit unicorn valuation after raising a $360 million Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Other participants include insurance giant MSIG and Indonesian-based funds like EV Growth, Provident Growth and Indies Capital.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Railsbank , the London-headquartered Banking-as-a-Service platform, has raised $37 million in new growth funding. It will also double down on existing markets such as the U.K./Europe. Asked what the upside of the Wirecard acquisition was, the Railsbank founder says it helps maintain an orderly market in the U.K.

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JANUARY 19, 2022

The round included participation from East Ventures, FreakOut Shinsei Fund, Far East Ventures, Farquhar Venture Capital and angel investors including Allen Shim, former CFO of Slack.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2023

EMotorad, an Indian startup manufacturing electric bikes, raised $20 million in a Series B round as it aims to disrupt China’s market domination and expand its presence in global markets. The three-year-old startup has raised more than $22.5

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AUGUST 29, 2022

Headquartered in Singapore, proptech startup Propseller is on a mission to make real estate transactions more efficient and data-driven for sellers and buyers alike. Today Propseller announced it has raised $12 million in Series A funding led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India. . co ,” said Jorge.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2021

After several launches, however, the Singapore-based startup noticed an interesting trend: customers were ordering batches of products from Raena every week and reselling them on social media and e-commerce platforms like Shopee and Tokopedia. Its last funding announcement was a $1.82 Image Credits: Raena. Raena raises $1.82

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MAY 31, 2021

ZenyumClear is currently available in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Macau, Vietnam, Thailand and Taiwan, with more markets planned. Sequoia India principal Pieter Kemps told TechCrunch, “There are 300M customers in Zenyum’s core markets—Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan—who have increased disposable income for beauty.

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