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

MARCH 7, 2022

Una, one of the largest e-commerce aggregators in Asia, has already established its presence across Asia, including Singapore, Australia, India, China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan, since its launch in 2021. . Singaporean E-commerce aggregator Rainforest raised a series of funding last year.

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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

That’s where WATI (WhatsApp Team Inbox) steps in. 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.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Speedoc , a health tech platform that brings hospital care to homes, has raised $28 million in pre-Series B funding. Speedoc is available in a total of nine cities, including eight in Malaysia. As part of the program, Speedoc plans to expand its virtual hospital program, which includes a 24/7 patient care team.

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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 E-commerce aggregator Rainforest raises $20M just months after its last funding.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

Ben Thompson, co-founder and chief executive officer of human resources platform Employment Hero told TechCrunch that “COVID-19 accelerated the adoption of employment management software by roughly five years,” as teams adjusted to remote work. million) Series D, bringing its valuation to more than $250 million AUD ($193.4

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2021

Zenyum , a startup that wants to make cosmetic dentistry more affordable, announced today it has raised a $40 million Series B. This brings Zenyum’s total raised so far to $56 million, including a $13.6 ” Beam raises $80M as the dental insurer looks to keep up rapid historic growth.

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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. .

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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. This round brings Secai Marche’s total raised to about $3 million. Before launching the startup, Sugiyama spent four years working in Southeast Asia, including managing restaurants and cafes in Malaysia.

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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

JULY 20, 2021

HealthifyMe has now raised more than $100 million in total. About 25% of HealthifyMe’s revenue comes from outside of India, including Singapore and Malaysia. That is how the company launched HealthifySmart in Singapore and Malaysia, and it plans to do the same thing in North America.

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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

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. And Southeast Asia is no exception. million in a Series B led by Silicon Valley heavyweight Accel.

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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

APRIL 27, 2023

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. Meanwhile in Malaysia, where 61.3%

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Mumbai-headquartered Infra.Market said on Thursday it has raised $20 million in a Series B financing round. The four-year-old startup has raised about $50 million to date. Some of its clients are in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore and Dubai. The startup aims to grow this figure to $300 million by March next year.

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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

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

APRIL 28, 2022

Glorang , a Seoul-based edtech startup that offers after-school classes and extracurricular activities via online for students between the ages of 3 and 18, said Friday it has raised a $10 million Series A funding co-led by Korea Investment Partners and Murex Partners, along with Japan’s Pksha Capital. . pre-seed round.

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TechCrunch

MAY 30, 2022

The Y Combinator alum announced today that it has raised $15.75 It is currently used by over 10,000 merchants in Singapore and Malaysia, with plans to expand into more Southeast Asian markets, including Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

Presently , Wapi Pay works with local banks and platforms in China, Indonesia, India, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. We believe Wapi Pay is the best team to build the necessary infrastructure to support its growing trade volumes.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

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. Mio, a social commerce startup focused on smaller cities and rural areas in Vietnam, raises $1M seed.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

For us, the opportunity is not about taking market share from other players, it’s really about expanding the awareness of online work and hiring these virtual global teams as an alternative to traditional way of recruiting or building a company,” he said. That’s where the Private Workplace comes in. Focus on the East.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

StaffAny , a management platform for SMEs with shift workers, has raised a $3.4 The round will be used to expand into more markets and develop new features for StaffAny’s platform, which currently operates in seven countries, including Singapore, where it is based, Malaysia, and Indonesia. It brings the startup’s total raised to $4.2

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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. Glints’ team. Despite layoffs, there’s still a talent crunch in Southeast Asia.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2023

About a year ago, it seemed like myself and other colleagues were writing story after story about spend management companies raising tranches of venture capital — remember Mary Ann’s roundup story from basically this same time last year? We’ve raised around $1.4 His answer: “I think eventually we will be a public company.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

Many work teams, especially stores and restaurants, rely on manual spreadsheets to ensure their operations are running smoothly. The startup announced today it has raised $4.6 The startup announced today it has raised $4.6 The new funding brings its total raised to $5.7

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The fund is targeting $250 million and has raised 65% of that capital so far, mostly from limited partners who invested in ACV’s previous funds. Its fourth fund is focused on Malaysia and run by a separate team). Half of ACV’s leadership team are women and across its portfolio that figure is 40%.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Citigroup also has agreed to sell its Southeast Asia retail operations in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam to Singapore-based United Overseas Bank for about $3.7billion in January. . Validus has made independent hires to manage the CitiBusiness team while acquiring the loan portfolio and the customers, Goel noted. . “We

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Raena’s team, from left to right: chief operating officer Guo Xing Lim, chief executive officer Sreejita Deb and chief commercial officer Widelia Liu. Raena raises $1.82 Raena raises $1.82 Image Credits: Raena. Raena was founded in 2019 to create personal care brands with top social media influencers.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

The startup, which counts Nexus, Foundamental and Accel Partners among its investors, has raised about $275 million to date. “We The team has demonstrated exceptional growth and continues to disrupt the construction materials industry. Some of its clients are in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore and Dubai. “We

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

Now Thoughtfull , another digital mental health platform focused on Asia, has raised $4 million in a pre-Series A round led by Sheares Healthcare Group. TechCrunch last covered Thoughtfull in October 2021 when it raised its seed round. Egyptian health and wellness platform Esaal raises $1.7M

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2023

million Series B raise. Notably, Doorstead also announced that it picked up the Boston assets of another venture-backed proptech, Knox Financial, whose raise I had covered in 2021. He told me that he’d rather see a startup raise a down round than shut down, and that what matters in the end is the outcome. Refreshing!

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

Intellect describes this as “the largest venture round raised by any mental health company in Asia.” Founder and CEO Theodoric Chew told TechCrunch that it decided to raise an extension instead of moving onto a Series B because the company is in a strong position and making revenue. Intellect’s platform has two components.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

The company announced today it has raised $12 million in Series A funding led by Jungle Ventures, with participation from Tiger Global and returning investors like Bling Capital. This brings inFeedo’s total raised since the U.S.-headquartered Quan raises $1.15M from YC to tackle post-pandemic employee burnout.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

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. Indonesian payments infra startup Xendit raises $64.6M We’re going to hire a whole team on the ground.”.

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