Japan’s MUFG Bank to invest $300M in Indian startups

MUFG Bank plans to invest $300 million in Indian startups through the new MUFG Ganesha Fund. Through this fund, MUFG Bank will invest in middle- to late-stage Indian startups. In…

Adrian Cheng’s C Ventures co-led $70M Series B fundraise for UK’s Nothing

Nothing has raised a $70 million Series B fundraise co-led by EQT Ventures and C Ventures. The round also saw the participation from GV, Tony Fadell’s Future Shape, Gaorong…

Sequoia Capital India, Mirana Ventures lead Singapore’s EthSign $12M fundraising

EthSign, a Singapore-based Web 3 application builder, announced Wednesday a $12 million seed round led by Sequoia Capital India and Mirana Ventures (Venture Partner of BitDAO and…

Indian EdTech firm Emeritus secures $350M debt financing from CPP Investments

Emeritus has secured $350 million in debt financing from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board CPP Investments through its subsidiary CPPIB Credit Investments Inc. This funding…

Vietnam’s Jio Health raises $20M Series B investment led by Heritas Capital

Jio Health has completed a $20 million Series B investment led by Singapore-based healthcare investor Heritas Capital. Other investors in the round include Fuchsia Venture Capital…

Malaysia’s Vase.ai raises seed funding led by Indelible Ventures

Vase Technologies Sdn Bhd (Vase.ai) has raised a seven-figure ringgit investment to kick-start its 2022 expansion. This new round of funding was led by Indelible Ventures, along…

Singapore FinTech firm Cake DeFi launches $100M venture capital arm

Cake DeFi has launched Cake DeFi Ventures (CDV), its venture capital arm with $100 million in earmarked capital. CDV is looking to invest in technology startups in Web3, gaming…

Prosus Ventures and Tiger Global lead $50M Series C investment in India’s Captain Fresh

Captain Fresh has raised $50 million in a Series C investment round co-led by Prosus Ventures and Tiger Global, both existing investors. Other participants in this round also…

US’s LEET Technology partners with Philippines’ Smart Communications to develop online esports gaming platform in the Philippines

LEET Technology Inc. (LEET) has partnered with Smart Communications Inc. (Smart), to develop Smart GIGA Arena, the first all-in-one online esports gaming platform in the…

How buildings will shape us: 3 PropTech megatrends that will change our built environment in 2022

If 2021 is the year of deliberation and experimenting with solutions, 2022 is the year to act and implement solutions for businesses to manage energy efficiency, automate their…

Funding Societies partners with MatchMove to widen credit access for MSMEs in Singapore

Funding Societies has selected banking-as-a-service (BaaS) provider MatchMove to offer virtual card solutions to their micro, small, and medium-size enterprises (MSME) clients in…

Japanese space startup ElevationSpace raises $2.7M Seed funding

ElevationSpace Inc. has raised seed funding of $2.7 million from six investors, bringing its total raise to approximately $3 million. Its seed round investors included Genesia…

True Digital Park announces strategic partnership with TechNode Global

True Digital Park officially announces its strategic partnership with TechNode Global. Through our partnership, we can open up more opportunities and interactions between the tech…

The rise of gender equality

As we come together and stand for equality, this year, we are taking the term #BreakTheBias to the next level by highlighting the importance of challenging biases and…