TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

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.

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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. Post the initial expansion, the startup plans to go beyond Asia and enter the U.S.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2010

Since 2005, Microsoft has sponsored NGO Connection Days throughout the world to raise awareness and help build IT capacity in the NGO sector. This year, Microsoft Community Affairs hosted its first ever Vietnam event in Hanoi on Tuesday, with the theme of "Unleashing Technology to Improve Economic and Social Development.".

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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

OCTOBER 7, 2021

After penetrating the Japanese market, Riiid will gear up to enter other international regions, including Central and East Asia, the spokesperson added. . Riiid also has users in Vietnam and Taiwan, and recently sealed a partnership deal with an India-based AI edtech company, the spokesperson said. Canada, Brazil, and Vietnam. .

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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

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Backed by international LPs, Southeast Asia-focused venture firms like Alpha JWC , AC Ventures and Jungle Ventures raised their largest funds yet. Most notably, BukuWarung and BukuKas , two competing bookkeeping apps, both raised significant amounts of funding this year. A close look at Singapore’s thriving startup ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

But CEO Pawan Gupta says that the platform was designed to handle exactly these types of supply chain challenges by providing access to fulfillment options that wouldn’t normally be available to international companies. the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam. “ Business-to-business marketplaces are here to stay.

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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

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

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

DECEMBER 19, 2022

trillion won in June 2021, when it raised $410 million in pre-Series G funding at a $7.4 Regarding its international growth strategy, Viva Republica could make equity investments in global companies, including Southeast Asia, following entering Vietnam in 2019. trillion won ( $7 billion), up from 8.5 billion (8.5

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TechCrunch

JUNE 6, 2022

Vayyar , a company developing radar-imaging sensor technologies, today announced that it raised $108 million in a Series E round led by Koch Disruptive Technologies, with participation from GLy Capital Management, Atreides Management LP, KDT, Battery Ventures, Bessemer Ventures, More VC, Regal Four and Claltech.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The edtech startup announced today it has raised a $14.3 million Series A led by Hambro Perks, with participation from Sequoia India & Southeast Asia’s Surge, Arsenal Growth, Kaplan, Ascend Vietnam Ventures and STIC Investments. million in 2021/2022, and it expects to hit $10 million by 2023.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

” The initial markets will be in Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda and Vietnam, where Apeel’s tech will treat avocados, pineapples, asparagus and citrus fruits like lemons, limes and oranges. . “The value is not just in the longer-lasting produce, it’s in the market access for that longer-lasting produce.”

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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

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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The Verge

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

NFTs have been sold to raise money for the Ukrainian people and military. The country ranked fourth on Chainalysis’ Global Crypto Adoption Index , behind only Vietnam, India and Pakistan, and about $8 billion of cryptocurrency passes through the country annually. Stand with the people of Ukraine. Now accepting cryptocurrency donations.

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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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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

A Vietnam company called “Axie Infinity” has been driving the current conversation. We were able to raise the entire $90 million in four months. Many of the LPs are people we’ve been close to for the better part of the past decade as colleagues or co-investors, so it made sense to get them on board first.

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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

JANUARY 14, 2022

She’s an F-1 international student at a U.S. Eddie Thai, general partner, 500 Startups and general partner, Ascend Vietnam Ventures. Dear Sophie: Do we need a visa to explore the US market? Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch. Dear Sophie, My husband and I plan to visit our daughter during her spring break. university.).

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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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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

The American Red Cross also launched an unparalleled campaign where they were able to raise millions of dollars, recruit over 100,000 nurses and start the nation’s first-ever war-related blood donation program. In 1969, the Tax Reform Act gave us Section 501(c)3 in the Internal Revenue Service Code, which said that every charity in the U.S.

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The Verge

JULY 20, 2021

But you don’t have investors, so do you feel any pressure to do that, or is that, “Here’s how I’d go raise more capital to build out whatever product line”? Are you in all the markets you want to be, or do you want to go fully international? Oh no, we’ll definitely go international. So, they’ll catch up.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

2) Amnesty International Store :: shop.amnestyusa.org. Proceeds benefit Amnesty International, a nonprofit that works for the human rights of all people – no matter who they are or where they are. Proceeds benefit Animals Asia work to end bear bile farming and improving the welfare of animals in China and Vietnam.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

2) Amnesty International Store :: shop.amnestyusa.org. Proceeds benefit Amnesty International, a nonprofit that works for the human rights of all people – no matter who they are or where they are. Proceeds benefit Animals Asia work to end bear bile farming and improving the welfare of animals in China and Vietnam.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

This pipeline — from physical protest to social media to establishment outlets — is what has helped the convoy evolve from a local standoff into a televised event that can raise millions from supporters thousands of miles away. With that international attention, convoy groups also began to attract scammers and counterfeits.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

D-ID , the Israeli company leveraging artificial intelligence to create unique, viral experiences like “Deep Nostalgia ,” which animates the faces of long-lost relatives in your old photos, announced today the raise of a $25 million Series B round of funding led by Macquarie Capital. It’s worked with Warner Bros.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

2) Amnesty International Store :: shop.amnestyusa.org. Proceeds benefit Amnesty International, a nonprofit that works for the human rights of all people – no matter who they are or where they are. Proceeds benefit Animals Asia work to end bear bile farming and improving the welfare of animals in China and Vietnam.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Examples of socially rousing photography permeate our history: Vietnam, Rwanda, 9-11’s Ground Zero. Aid to Artisans "Aid to Artisans (ATA), an international nonprofit organization, is a recognized leader of economic development for the craft industry. And their imaginations light the dark."

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2008

Christina Arnold: My name is Christina Arnold, and I'm the founder of Prevent Human Trafficking, formerly Project Hope International. They actually raised over $13,000 for a project of ours along the Thai-Burma border, which was phenomenal, and that is something that anybody could do. Below is an edited transcript of our conversation.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

His roles involved representing Australia in international negotiations on global health and humanitarian affairs and as an advisor to the UN secretary general on global health and pandemic preparedness. . Zenysis — which raised a $2.8 Prior to Zenysis, he worked as a diplomat with the United Nations. million seed in 2016 and a $5.8

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Media Cause

APRIL 8, 2025

imports Steeper rates for countries like Vietnam (46%), Taiwan (32%), and South Korea (20%) Threats of retaliation from the EU, Canada, and Mexico And just like that, the specter of a global trade war is back, dragging markets, shaking corporate confidence, and potentially raising prices across sectors. What Can Nonprofits Do About It?

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Lau relies on water and electricity to operate his thriving export business in Malaysia’s Johor province, where he raises a kaleidoscope of tropical fish in rows of aquariums, including albino fish with red spots that can fetch up to $10,000 from collectors. Winson Lau has always had contingency plans.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

are sourced from China, according to the Toy Association, a national industry group that sponsors the show formerly known as the North American International Toy Fair. to $19.99, leaving little wiggle room to raise prices, he said. Now that the import duty has doubled, he said he will have to raise prices for many of his items.

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