This site uses cookies to improve your experience. To help us insure we adhere to various privacy regulations, please select your country/region of residence. If you do not select a country, we will assume you are from the United States. Select your Cookie Settings or view our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Used for the proper function of the website
Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Strictly Necessary: Used for the proper function of the website
Performance/Analytics: Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
There’s a large education gap in Vietnam between urban centers, which have access to more resources, and the smaller cities and rural areas where 80% of students live. This brings Edupia’s total funding to $16 million. Before founding Edupia, Hung spent 10 years as director of digital services at Viettel, the largest telco in Vietnam.
Retail investment apps in Southeast Asia attracted a lot of funding last year , and the trend looks set to continue with Vietnam-focused Infina announcing that it has added $4 million to its seed funding. Infina was part of Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 cohort and aspires to become the “Robinhood of Vietnam.”
CoderSchool, a Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam-based online coding school startup, announced today $2.6 million in pre-Series A funding to scale up its online coding school platform. CoderSchool raised a seed round led by TRIVE Ventures in 2018. CoderSchool raised a seed round led by TRIVE Ventures in 2018. pre-seed round.
The company announced today it has raised more than $1 million in seed funding, which it claims is one of the largest seed rounds ever for a Vietnamese health tech startup. Lopez said advance doctor bookings aren’t the norm in Vietnam. Praava Health raises $10.6M to increase access to quality healthcare in Bangladesh.
Vietnam has one of the fastest-growing e-commerce markets in Southeast Asia, but many major platforms still focus on large cities. The startup, which currently focuses on fresh groceries and plans to expand into more categories, announced today it has raised $1 million in seed funding. Indian social commerce Meesho valued at $2.1
Railsbank , the London-headquartered Banking-as-a-Service platform, has raised $37 million in new growth funding. Railsbank raises $10M Series A for its open banking and compliance platform. London, Manila (Philippines), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Melbourne (Australia), Vietnam and Sri Lanka.
Small businesses are the backbone of Southeast Asia’s economy, but many struggle to secure working capital loans because they don’t have traditional credit records or collateral, say the founders of Funding Societies. TechCrunch first covered Funding Societies when it raised its Series A in 2016. million loan transactions.
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.
Mio , the Vietnamese social commerce platform, has raised an $8 million Series A, less than a year after announcing its seed round. The funding was led by Jungle Ventures, with participation from Patamar Capital and Oliver Jung. TechCrunch first covered Mio at the time of its $1 million seed funding in May 2021.
A Manila-headquartered startup called CloudEats , which operates cloud kitchens across the Philippines and Vietnam, just raised a $7 million Series A extension led by Nordstar to accelerate the digitization of food service in Southeast Asia. . We are taking the best practices along with key learnings to our next market launch.” .
The startup announced today it has raised a seed extension of $1.5 The funding brings Jeff’s total raised to about $2.5 Jeff raises $1M to build alternative credit scoring and other fintech products for Southeast Asia. Jeff raises $1M to build alternative credit scoring and other fintech products for Southeast Asia.
In Southeast Asia, startups in this space that have raisedfunding over the past few months include Ajaib , Bibit and Stashaway —and that’s just a (very) partial list. Now Infina , which calls itself the “Robinhood of Vietnam,” is announcing an oversubscribed $2 million seed round. of people in Vietnam have invested in stocks.
Dat Bike , a Vietnamese startup with ambitions to become the top electric motorbike company in Southeast Asia, has raised $2.6 million in pre-Series A funding led by Jungle Ventures. Made in Vietnam with mostly domestic parts, Dat Bike’s selling point is its ability to compete with gas motorbikes in terms of pricing and performance.
Loship , the Vietnamese on-demand e-commerce platform that started as a reviews app, announced today it has raised $12 million in pre-Series C funding, bringing its valuation to $100 million. The new round brings Loship’s total raised to $20 million. to connect farmers and F&B businesses in Vietnam.
The startup’s goal is to create “small Silicon Valleys” across Vietnam, with educational centers that help prepare students of all ages for careers in tech. Today, the edtech announced that it has raised $15 million in Series B funding led by Kaizenvest, a private equity firm that focuses on the education space.
The startup’s goal is to create “small Silicon Valleys” across Vietnam, with educational centers that help prepare students of all ages for careers in tech. Today, the edtech announced that it has raised $15 million in Series B funding led by Kaizenvest, a private equity firm that focuses on the education space.
Glints , the Singapore-based career platform, announced today it has raised $22.5 million in Series C funding led by Japanese human resources management firm PERSOL Holdings. The new capital will be used on Glints’ expansion in Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and Taiwan and hiring for its product and engineering teams.
Viva Republica, the Seoul-based fintech company behind Toss , a super app with more than 40 financial services, announced today it has raised $410 million at a post-money valuation of $7.4 It will also use the funding to continue its expansion in overseas markets, including Vietnam, where Toss launched last year. million users.
Based in San Francisco and Ho Chi Minh City, ELSA announced today it has raised a $15 million Series B, led by VI (Vietnam Investments) Group and SIG. Other participants included returning investors Google’s AI-focused fund Gradient Ventures, SOSV and Monk’s Hill Ventures, along with Endeavor Catalyst and Globant Ventures.
The startup, which launched its app in Vietnam last year, announced today it has raised $1 million, led by the Estonian Business Angels Network (EstBAN). Jeff currently claims more than 300,000 users in Vietnam. GajiGesa, a fintech startup serving underbanked Indonesian workers, raises $2.5 million seed round.
If you’re in India, the Philippines, Russia or Vietnam, Amazon Prime and Gorillas are probably not that much use to you. At the same time, it has raised $35 million in a Series C funding round led by UAE-based investor Mubadala. Dostavista, the ‘crowdsourced’ same-day delivery service, raises $15M Series B.
Proceeds benefit Animals Asia work to end bear bile farming and improving the welfare of animals in China and Vietnam. 100% of profits help fund Surfrider’s mission to protect the world’s ocean, waves and beaches. 28) Sweet Relief Musicans Fund :: sweet-relief-musicians-fund.myshopify.com.
To finance the acquisition of its well-funded competitor, Kobiton raised a $14 million extension to its $5.2 Mobile Labs, which was founded in 2011, had raised about $15 million before the acquisition, according to Crunchbase. The last time it raised outside funding was in 2014. Kobiton CEO Kevin Lee.
AppWorks , the Taipei-based venture capital firm focused on Taiwan and Southeast Asia, announced today it has closed its oversubscribed third fund, raising $150 million. Many of these LPs also participated in AppWorks’ $50 million second fund in 2014. for the other funds. for the other funds.
Homebase , a Ho Chi Minh City-based proptech startup that helps people buy homes, announced today it has raised $30 million in equity and debt (the ratio was undisclosed). YC-backed Homebase is an alternative to traditional mortgages for home buyers in Vietnam. Right now in Vietnam, buying property is really painful.
The startup announced today it has raised a $2 million seed round, co-led by SOSV and Vectr Ventures. The funding included participation from Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund, Artesian Ventures and ParticleX. Founded in 2016, viAct currently serves more than 30 construction industry clients in Asia and Europe.
The company is one of the largest VC–backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60M in funding. We’ve asked him to give us some insight into starting, building, and funding a company across Asia. Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, and Vietnam each have a couple of very good VC firms. Where are all of the VCs in Asia?
Indonesia-based insurtech startup Fuse announced today it has secured $25 million of Series B extension round as it plans to enter more countries including Thailand and Vietnam in Southeast Asia. The startup has closed three funding rounds of Series B within the past six months, bringing the company’s total raised to over $70 million.
The startup has raised $2 million in funding from Alpha JWC Ventures and January Capital, with participation from Venturra Discovery, FEBE Ventures and angel investors. Funding is being used for hiring, especially for product engineers to build software for Aemi’s micro-merchants. . “The
Singapore-based Nektar.ai , a productivity platform for sales teams, has raised $2.15 million in seed funding. Its seed round was led by Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from Insignia Venture Partners, Arka Venture Labs, Better Capital and Vietnam Investments Group.
Lalamove will extend its network to cover more small Chinese cities after raising $515 million in Series E funding, the on-demand logistics company announced on its site. According to Crunchbase data , this brings Lalamove’s total raised so far to about $976.5 All three are returning investors. million monthly active users.
This extension was led by automotive startup VinFast, a member of Vietnam’s Vingroup conglomerate, which itself is reportedly looking to raised $1 billion for VinFast. This round brings the company’s total funding to $27 million. Karamba Security raises $2.5 Pham Thuy Linh.
Proceeds benefit Animals Asia work to end bear bile farming and improving the welfare of animals in China and Vietnam. 100% of profits help fund Surfrider’s mission to protect the world’s ocean, waves and beaches. 25) World Wildlife Fund Gifts :: gifts.worldwildlife.org. 3) Animals Asia Shop :: shop.animalsasia.org.
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. Southeast Asian fintech Fazz raises $100M Series C to serve businesses of all sizes by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch.
Kilo , a Vietnam-based B2B e-commerce platform that connects wholesalers with micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), wants to digitize the local retail value chain via technology. “In The startup retained thousands of MSMEs in 24 provinces across Vietnam, Ryan Wilber, Kilo’s head of product and engineering said.
Berlin-based y42 (formerly known as Datos Intelligence), a data warehouse-centric business intelligence service that promises to give businesses access to an enterprise-level data stack that’s as simple to use as a spreadsheet, today announced that it has raised a $2.9 million seed funding round led by La Famiglia VC.
The company announced today that it has raised a $3 million Series A, led by Wavemaker Partners, Vietnamese investment bank Thien Viet Securities and an undisclosed United States-based investor. MindX also received debt funding from Beacon Fund, an investment firm that focuses on companies founded by women.
The startup has raised a $72 million (85 billion won) Series C round from a single backer STIC Investments , JohnWoo Lee, CEO of Rsquare , said in an interview with TechCrunch. The latest funding brings its total raised to approximately $95 million. million Series B funding from Yahoo Japan Capital and SoftBank Ventures Asia.
The Parentinc , a Singapore-based startup that runs a parenting community and direct-to-consumer product line, announced today it has raised $22 million. TechCrunch last covered the company in 2019 when it raised its Series C. Roshni Mahtani Cheung, group CEO and founder of The Parentinc. launch by the end of this year.
QuotaBook , a Seoul-based equity management platform, has raised $11 million in funding led by Elefund, with participation from Access Ventures, Hana Securities and South Korean fintech company Viva Republica. Investors also get charged based on the AUM of their funds and the number of portfolios. Image Credits: QuotaBook.
To get more data for its latest Southeast Asia Tech Talent Compensation report, which covers startup hiring in Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam, Monk’s Hill Ventures teamed up with Glints , one of its portfolio companies. In comparison, at the same funding stages, CTO’s median salary increased from $3,300 to $7,550 respectively.
Jakarta-based Xendit , best known for its digital payment infrastructure but also focused on other financial products, announced today it has raised $150 million in Series C funding, bumping its valuation to $1 billion. This new round brings its total funding so far to $238 million. Accel led Xendit’s $64.6
A few months ago, brothers Hai Nam Bui and Hai Long Bui were developing a bookkeeping app for small retailers in Vietnam. Then a new COVID-19 outbreak hit Vietnam. The company announced today that it has raised $1.5 million in seed funding, with participation from investors including FEBE Ventures, Class 5 and Kevin P.
The startup, which will launch this month in Ho Chi Minh City, announced today it has raised a $3 million pre-seed round from Global Founders Capital (GFC), Sequoia Capital India, Venturra Discovery and Saison Capital. Before that, he served as Grab Vietnam’s head of GrabBike and GrabExpress. Rino’s grocery delivery app.
We organize all of the trending information in your field so you don't have to. Join 12,000+ users and stay up to date on the latest articles your peers are reading.
You know about us, now we want to get to know you!
Let's personalize your content
Let's get even more personalized
We recognize your account from another site in our network, please click 'Send Email' below to continue with verifying your account and setting a password.
Let's personalize your content