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HomeBase raises $30M to help more people in Southeast Asia become property owners

TechCrunch

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.

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Kilo, a Vietnamese B2B e-commerce platform for MSMEs, bags $5M pre-Series A

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.

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SME lender Funding Societies raises $144M led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, plus $150M in debt lines

TechCrunch

Today, Funding Societies announced it has raised $144 million in an oversubscribed Series C+ equity round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with participation from new investors like VNG Corporation, Rapyd Ventures, EDBI, Indies Capital, K3 Ventures and Ascend Vietnam. . million loan transactions. billion in GDP, and 350,000 jobs.

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Southeast Asia’s Creative Galileo wants to make learning fun with popular cartoon characters

TechCrunch

The Singapore-based edtech platform announced today that it has raised $7.5 The funding will be used to start scaling Creative Galileo across Southeast Asia, hiring for local teams in Indonesia and Vietnam, its next markets. two cents, and as a result we have a lot of buffer capital and long runway to the next raise.”.

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Tazah gets pre-seed funding to make Pakistan’s agriculture sector more bountiful

TechCrunch

The startup, which launched two months ago in Lahore, announced today it has raised a $2 million pre-seed round led by Global Founders Capital and Zayn Capital. to connect farmers and F&B businesses in Vietnam. Between a rock and a farm raise. Kamereo gets $4.6M

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Indonesia’s IDEAL takes the pain out of applying for mortgages

TechCrunch

The startup announced today it has raised $3.8 With that in mind, Indonesia has one of the lowest credit to GDP ratios in the region, signifying that there is a lot of economic value potential that can be unlocked. The funding will be used of product development, hiring and expanding its products.

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Mark Cuban on America’s future

The Verge

I mean, my God, when he became Muhammad Ali, he wasn’t allowed to fight for two years, because he wouldn’t go to Vietnam, because the Viet Cong had done nothing to him, as he said, right? And they’ll raise money, whatever. One, sports and politics have always mixed. Jesse Owens, Muhammad Ali. And going forward, it’s always happened.