Grab secures $2B 5-year term loan facility as industry heats up in SEA
Grab plans to use the loan to strengthen its position as the leading super app in Southeast Asia, through stronger liquidity and diversified financing.
What’s ahead? Southeast Asia startup and venture capital ecosystems 2021
Firms that introduce disruptive technologies in the tailwind industries such as Digital Wallets, Virtual Worlds, and New Retail are poised to thrive, as their solutions will…
Design and delivery should be the main drivers of EdTech, say learning experts at Amdon Consulting Group
“In general, EdTech developers think too much as programmers rather than educators. At its core, the main drivers of success in an education platform are design and delivery.”
Venture builder, accelerator, or incubator: Which one can help your startup CEO career grow?
Startups are easy to start, difficult to maintain and extremely hard to grow because of competition. You will need a lot of capital investment to fuel your startup engine. This…
Social finance platform Global Sadaqah’s flash-funding provides insights into Shariah-compliant crowdfunding
Global Sadaqah aims to provide high-tech solutions for corporate financial institutions, charitable organizations and other government entities involved and to be the nucleus of…
Philippines startup accelerator IdeaSpace opens 2021 program with focus on agriculture, workplace, and sustainability technologies
IdeaSpace will be accepting new applicants for its 2021 program. It is currently considering local startups in HealthTech, MedTech, AgriTech, FoodTech, EdTech FinTech, e-commerce…
Indonesia digital ledger solution CrediBook secures $1.5M pre-Series A fund to grow SME base
CrediBook is a digital ledger that allows business owners to manage and track their expenses, accounts receivables, and receipts through a mobile platform. It mainly offers…
Brinc and Future Health Asia launch accelerator program for MedTech startups
Brinc’s partnership with Future Health Asia will bolster the value that is provided to selected MedTech startups through the integration of both their networks, expertise and…
[Updated] IMMedia secures Series A funding to scale its data-driven content marketing platform
The platform creates new audience engagement metrics with actionable recommendations and predictions to increase the effectiveness of content across multiple complex markets,…
Personal loan platform Lendela gets $2M in pre-Series A financing to support business expansion
With this capital infusion, Lendela intends to fund expansion activities. Operating in Singapore and Hong Kong, the FinTech’s growth plan focuses on gaining more customers and…
Philippines-based Podcast Network Asia secures $750K Seed funding for regional expansion
The podcast agency intends to use its new investment to finance its expansion to other parts of Southeast Asia, particularly Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand. Part of the new…
iStore iSend secures $5.5M Series B for e-fulfillment expansion co-led by Gobi Partners and EasyParcel
iStore iSend currently operates in four countries: China, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore. The company looks forward to bringing its services to other markets in Southeast Asia…
Singaporean VC Firm KK Fund returns to lead Malaysian startup CapBay’s $20M Series A
The fresh capital infusion will be used to expand its market reach for new potential investors and to work on its current tech to provide financing solutions for underserved SMEs
