TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The startup announced today it has raised a $14 million Series A led by Jungle Ventures with participation from eWTP Capital (a venture fund under Alibaba and Ant Financial) and ThinkZone Ventures. The company also plans to hire for C-level positions and senior managers as it scales, and ramp up its international expansion.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

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). In Indonesia, Jeff has identified about 40 potential partners, “but so far we have only been scratching the surface,” said Niparts. million seed round.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Flip , an Indonesia-based fintech startup, announced today it has raised $48 million in a Series B to accelerate its growth. The funding brings Flip’s total capital raised to $65million. . Flip is Insight Partners’ first investment in Indonesia. . trillion in 2020, citing Bank Indonesia’s data. .

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

Along with the stock market , cryptocurrency is also seeing an uptick among retail investors in Indonesia. Pintu , a platform focused on first-time cryptocurrency buyers, announced today it has raised a $6 million Series A, led by Pantera Capital, Intudo Ventures and Coinbase Ventures.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

In the latest development, Lentra , an Indian embedded AI-based finance startup, has raised $60 million — a Series B that values the startup at “over $400 million,” D Venkatesh, the founder and CEO of the startup, told TechCrunch in an interview.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The Singapore-based company announced today it has raised $44 million in Series C funding led by returning investors Itochu Corporation, which put in $32 million. The new capital brings Docquity’s total raised to $57.5 It has also set up internal compliance and pharma co-vigilance team to ensure privacy and security.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

The company announced today it has raised $10 million in Series A funding co-led by Alpha Wave Incubation and edtech-focused GSV Ventures. This marks the first time both have made an investment in Indonesia. One of the Jakarta-based company’s goals is to improve educational standards in Indonesia.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Mobile Premier League (MPL) has raised $95 million in a new financing round, just five months after it secured $90 million as the two-and-a-half-year-old Bangalore-based esports and gaming platform looks to grow in international markets. million users in Indonesia, also serves as a publishing platform for other gaming firms.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

Indonesia emerged as the best choice. Southeast Asia is already home to a thriving fintech scene, where Grab , GoTo and Sea have built super apps that encompass financial services, and startups like Xendit , Akulaku and Dana (to name a few) have raised hundreds of millions of dollars for payments, banking services and other financial tools.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The eight-year-old Indian budget hotel giant has filed the paperwork (PDF) with the local market regulator for an initial public offering, in which it is seeking to raise about $1.16 Oyo recently raised $660 million in debt. SoftBank plans to sell stakes worth over $175 million, Oyo said in the filing.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Glints , one of Southeast Asia’s largest talent development and recruitment platforms, announced today it has raised $50 million in an oversubscribed Series D. This brings Glints’ total raised so far to $80 million. The round was co-led by DCM Ventures, Lavender Hill Capital and returning investor PERSOL Holdings. Glints’ team.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 26, 2022

The company announced today that it has raised a $70 million Series C led by Gobi Partners and SPIL Ventures, with participation from returning investor Inspire Ventures. This brings the company’s total raised so far to $109 million since it was founded in 2015. The answer is very well-documented. It’s about 8%.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

In Indonesia, arisans are traditionally rotating savings and credit associations (RSCA) that let groups of people, primarily women, save and borrow money together. The company announced today it has raised a Series A of $15 million. The company announced today it has raised a Series A of $15 million.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Other backers included Visa (Brankas was a member of its 2021 Accelerator Program), AFG Partners and Treasury International, the venture capital firm led by fintech veterans including Jeff Cruttenden, co-founder of Acorns and Eli Broverman, co-founder of Betterment, also invested.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

SwipeRx , a platform for pharma professionals, said Tuesday it has secured a $27 million Series B round led by Indonesia’s MDI Ventures, with participation from the Gates Foundation, Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures, Susquehanna International Group and existing backers. Certainly, SwipeRx — which raised $6.3

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

Dable announced today that it has raised a $12 million Series C at a valuation of $90 million, led by South Korean venture capital firm SV Investment. Dable (the name is a combination of “data” and “able”) currently serves more than 2,500 media outlets in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 21, 2021

Today GrowSari , a startup that is digitizing sari-sari stores with features like pricing tools, inventory management and working capital loans, announced it has raised a Series B from several notable investors that brings its total funding to $30 million. The company’s Series B is at a rolling close, so it has not announced a final amount.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The Jakarta-based startup announced today it has raised $2.2 That surpasses its internal target by 7x and the app will be available for public download soon. The second, paid route involves customers going to three licensed credit bureaus in Indonesia to get their credit reports. million in pre-seed funding.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Ascend Money , the Thailand-based fintech startup behind TrueMoney, an e-wallet service, announced today it has raised a $150 million Series C round at a valuation of $1.5 About 70% came from Thailand while 30% came from the international market, the co-President Thamavaranukupt said.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

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. Fund II also achieved internal rate of return (IRR) of 34.7%, compared to 26.1% AppWorks’ ecosystem now includes 414 active startups that have collectively raised $4.3

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Australia-based Employment Hero raises $45M AUD for its global expansion. “We We had been speaking with them for years, so when they asked if we would consider raising, we agreed it was definitely worth exploring. The new capital will be used to hire for its engineering teams and for the company’s continuing international expansion.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Interpark offers online travel booking services and international shipping to more than 230 countries and targets Korean, English, Chinese, and Japanese-speaking customers. The acquisition comes on the heels of Yanolja raising $1.7 Indonesia, the Philippines, India, and Africa as of September year on year. . billion IPO.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

based company leverages artificial intelligence in a tool for businesses to find global subject-matter expertise in real time, from both internal and external resources. To understand the regulatory environment in Kenya or public health in Indonesia, you have to know how to get that information,” COO Baloch told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Due to the daunting logistics behind international expansions, it’s challenging for an African-based startup to expand outside the shores of the continent. The Lagos and Paris-based company raised $11 million Series A in 2019. FairMoney raises $11 million for its challenger bank for emerging markets.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

ZEBOX , an international accelerator network founded by shipping conglomerate CMA CGM to introduce more tech innovation into the supply chain industry, announced today the launch of its APAC headquarters. Based in Singapore, ZEBOX Asia will also look at markets like Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan and Korea.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

Canada, CIS Region, Malaysia, Indonesia and Argentina — with the startup offering proprietary localized content for each target region (although its users are spread across some 40 countries). Kodland’s remote courses for children aged 6-17 are currently available in the U.K., Ireland, the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Serialized fiction startup Radish raises $63.2M Having launched across Asia and Europe this year, the company plans to expand further in international markets next year, aiming to triple its transaction from overseas in the next three years. It also entered Indonesia in 2017 and Indian in 2020. from SoftBank and Kakao.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2022

Unsurprisingly, fintech startups were well-represented in Y Combinator’s W22 batch, with 35 international companies participating and 25 more tagged as crypto-focused. For the unacquainted, Brex is a corporate spend company that recently became a decacorn when it raised $300 million at a $12.3 billion valuation. billion valuation.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

Successful and Unsuccessful Examples: From @davidahood: Greenpeace internationally had great success recently with the Nestle campaign getting Nestle to end deforestation in Indonesia for palm oil. I think the lack of background on blog etc lead to them raising about 1/3 of the budget. Support info is very important.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Wavemaker Impact is planning to a raise $25 million for its first fund and is currently looking for founders. Before launching Wavemaker Impact, the firm implemented an internal initiative called Green Wave to look at its carbon footprint and hold workshops for portfolio founders.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

Indonesian edtech startup Gredu raises $4M Series A to keep teachers, parents and students engaged with one another. Indian edtech giant Byju’s to expand to international markets. Both grew up in Dhaka before moving to the United Kingdom, where they went to university.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

With Grab’s announcement of its imminent Nasdaq listing and GoJek merging with Tokopedia to form tech giant GoTo , casual international observers could be forgiven for believing that Southeast Asia’s tech universe only comprises similar companies.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 3, 2025

Catherine Bashiama runs her fingers along the branches of the coffee tree she’s raised from a seedling, searching anxiously for its first fruit buds since she planted it three years ago. When she grasps the small cherries, Bashiama beams. Excelsa could play a key role in adapting.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

Speaking of impact, London, England-based Childreach International works in partnership with local communities in the developing world to help improve children’s access to healthcare, education, child rights, and protection. In the past year, Childreach International has impacted the lives of over 70,000 children.

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TechCrunch

JULY 3, 2022

The company announced today it has raised $4 million in seed funding led by Go-Ventures, with participation from Susquehanna International Group (SIG). Juragan Material wants to make things easier with a B2B marketplace for building materials from curated suppliers.

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Global Giving

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Raising money for personal causes, and medical fundraising, in particular, is having a moment in places like India with crowdfunding websites like GlobalGiving’s partner, Impact Guru. For many, blockchain is synonymous with Bitcoin—but its potential for international development goes far beyond cryptocurrency. 1,171,000,000.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Ranking gender-related data sources and evidence, policymakers said they most often use government data (79%), international data, such as from the UN (47%) and academic or research institution data (41%). To achieve our aim, we need to understand the needs of one of our main targets – policymakers.

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