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MARCH 9, 2022

The global thirst for an up-charged pair of Yeezy’s or limited edition Jordan’s combined with a growth in a digital ecosystem is creating new opportunities, particularly in the sneaker resale market, for companies like Kicks Crew , a Los Angeles- and Hong Kong-based sneaker and apparel platform.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Railsbank , the London-headquartered Banking-as-a-Service platform, has raised $37 million in new growth funding. and expand its product in APAC, including the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and Japan. Railsbank raises $10M Series A for its open banking and compliance platform.

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MAY 15, 2023

Jenfi , a “growth-capital-as-a-service” platform, can provide online businesses with revenue-based financing in a little as a day. The Singapore-based startup announced today it has raised $6.6 Jenfi raises more funding for its “growth capital as a service” platform by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

San Diego-based startup LifeVoxel has raised $5 million in a seed round to bolster data intelligence of its AI diagnostic visualization platform for faster and precise prognosis. The platform stores diagnostic imagery, enabling physicians to analyze them, on-demand, from any device including mobile phones.

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TechCrunch

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. Founded in 2019 by Mohd Wassem, Rhythm Gupta and Abdul Khalid, Easy Eat AI currently has operations in Malaysia, and plans to expand into other Southeast Asian markets.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

ShopBack , the Rakuten-backed e-commerce loyalty platform, announced today it will acquire buy now, pay later startup Hoolah. The merger means new features will be added to ShopBack’s platform, evolving it from a loyalty app for e-commerce purchases to enabling transactions with BNPL options.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Human resources platform Employment Hero announced today it has raised $181 million AUD (or about $129 million USD), putting it at unicorn valuation in Australian dollars of $1.25 It has now raised a total of $220 million AUD. billion (or about $890 million USD).

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Homage , the caregiving-focused startup, has raised a $30 million Series C led by Sheares Healthcare Group, which is wholly-owned by investment firm Temasek. Homage currently operates in Singapore, Malaysia and Australia. It brings Homage’s total raised to more than $45 million.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Jakarta-based fintech Akulaku has raised $200 million from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), the largest bank in Japan. Earlier this year, Akulaku raised $100 million in funding from Siam Commercial Bank as part of another strategic investment. Founded in 2016, its target is to serve 50 million users by 2025.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

TechCrunch caught up with Benjamin Croc , the company’s co-founder and CEO, who is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (the city pictured in the image at the top of this post). BrioHR raised the capital using a convertible note, with terms that Croc described as near to standard. Personio raises $125M on a $1.7B

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2021

Singapore and Malaysia, so it wants to go deeper into Europe more broadly and into more of Asia Pacific, he said. The funding represents a major capital infusion for the startup: Prior to this it had only raised about $80 million over the last six years, with the last round, a more modest Series C of $40 million , closed 14 months ago.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Co-founder and chief executive officer TK Chen told TechCrunch that FunNow originally planned to start raising its Series B in 2020, before COVID hit. Despite dealing with the pandemic’s impact in all of its markets, including Hong Kong and Malaysia, the company began to see business improve during the second quarter of this year.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Today the Hong Kong and Malaysia-headquartered startup announced it has raised $23 million in Series B funding to scale its team and product. million Series A announced 10 months ago, and its new round brings its total raised to more than $35 million since 2020. That’s where WATI (WhatsApp Team Inbox) steps in.

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TechCrunch

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. . Southeast Asian lending platform Validus raises $20 million for its Series B+ round.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

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.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2021

Indonesian robo-advisor app Bibit raises $30 million led by Sequoia Capital India. Bibit was launched in 2019 by Stockbit, a stock investing platform and community, and is part of a crop of Indonesian investment apps focused on new investors. Others include SoftBank Ventures-backed Ajaib, Bareksa, Pluang and FUNDtastic.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2021

The company is headquartered in Japan, with operations in Malaysia, and plans to expand into Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. million USD) in pre-Series A funding from Rakuten Ventures and Beyond Next Ventures to build a B2B logistics platform for farmers that sell to restaurants, hotels and other F&B (food and beverage) businesses.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

HealthifyMe has now raised more than $100 million in total. Weight-loss platform Noom bulks up on $540 million in new funding. It has about 1,500 trainers and coaches on the platform, with plans to add 1,000 more to support its expansion. When it enters a new market, the company localizes its services using a playbook.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

Ben Thompson, co-founder and chief executive officer of human resources platform Employment Hero. Businesses, and the tech platforms that support their operations, had to adapt quickly to the pandemic. The Sydney, Australia-based company announced today it has raised a $45 million AUD (about $34.8 million USD).

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Una Brands , the e-commerce aggregator focused on Asia-Pacific brands, announced today it has raised $15 million for its Series A. Besides raising equity, Una also extended its debt facility size from Claret Capital. “We Una Brands launches with $40M to roll up brands on multiple Asia-Pacific e-commerce platforms.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2022

The company announced today it has raised a $5.15 Other investors included Orbit Malaysia, Citrine Capital, HMI Group and Emtek. The company currently operates in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, and plans to enter into new countries with its new funding. The new round brings Smarter Health’s total raised to $8 million SGD.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Carousell , a Singaporean consumer-to-consumer (C2C) service platform operating across Southeast Asia, is letting go of about 110 employees, or 10% of its total headcount, in an effort to reduce costs amid a challenging market condition for the tech industry. . Southeast Asia-based mobile listings startup Carousell raises $85M.

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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.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

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. . The cloud kitchen market in Asia is projected to grow at 14.2% billion by 2030 , up from $15.2

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

Aruna announced today it has raised $35 million in Series A funding led by Prosus Ventures and East Ventures Growth Fund, with participation from SIG and returning investors including AC Ventures, MDI and Vertex Ventures. Indonesian agritech platform TaniHub Group harvests a $65.5M Series B round. The sector creates about $4.1

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The startup announced today it has raised a $5 million Series A led by Monk’s Hill Venture. The funding will be used to expand in the Asia-Pacific region, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia, and to add new features in response to demand from hospitals and healthcare organizations during COVID-19.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The fintech, which claims to be the region’s largest SME digital financing platform, uses alternative forms of credit-scoring and has disbursed more than $2 billion in financing to MSMEs since it launched in 2015. TechCrunch first covered Funding Societies when it raised its Series A in 2016. million loan transactions.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2021

” The company is coming out of stealth today and also announcing that it has raised $12 million in funding led by Petra Group and Freestyle Capital, with participation from Jake Roper, Peter Hollens, Wendy Ayche (a.k.a. Wengie), Selina Tobaccowala, Jazwares CEO Judd Zebersky and others.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

Launched in South Korea five years ago, content discovery platform Dable now serves a total of six markets in Asia. 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. The Series C brings Dable’s total funding so far to $20.5

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

A startup called Peeba has built a B2B wholesale online platform that connects independent retailers across Asia with unique brands around the world. The Hong Kong-headquartered company wants to help Asia-based B2B retailers reduce inventory risk and offer higher operational efficiency with lower costs via its platform. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2023

Secai Marche , a farm-to-table fulfillment platform serving farmers in Japan and Southeast Asia, announced today it has raised 210 million Japanese yen (about $1.6 This brings the startup’s total raised so far to $4.5 TechCrunch last covered Secai Marche when it raised seed funding from Rakuten and Beyond Next in 2021.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2021

Today Carsome Group , one of the region’s largest online used car marketplaces, said it plans to acquire listings platform iCar Asia in a transaction worth more than $200 million. of iCar Asia from Malaysia internet conglomerate Catcha Group. Carsome has agreed to acquire 19.9%

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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. After 12 weeks of joining the OYO platform, OYO-powered hotel storefronts generated 1.5

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JUNE 22, 2021

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 Viva Republica, which hit unicorn status in 2018 , has now raised more than $940 million in equity funding. As an Asian company, reaching a $7.4

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

SOCAR has reached approximately $834 billion (1 trillion won) valuation after raising $50.7 The company has raised a total of about $275 million since its inception in 2011, the company spokesperson confirmed. SOCAR acquired VCNC, a Korean mobile messaging app platform, in 2018 to operate a van-hailing service Tada. valuation .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

The microfinancing platform connects investors with small businesses using mudarabah, a shariah-compliant profit-sharing agreement. Indonesia and Malaysia, in the heart of Southeast Asia, are among the countries with the largest Muslim populations in the world. Meanwhile in Malaysia, where 61.3% out of its 33.6

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MARCH 2, 2021

Indonesia’s Xendit , a startup focused on building digital payments infrastructure for the region, has just raised $64.6 The funding brings the total amount raised by the Jakarta-based company to $88 million since its 2015. ” Xendit was originally launched as a P2P payments platform before evolving into its current model.

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