Vietnamese healthtech firm Medici raises pre-Series A funding co-led by Wavemaker Partners, Jungle Ventures

Medici has raised an undisclosed amount in its pre-Series A round co-led by Wavemaker Partners and Jungle Venture, with participation from its existing investor Insignia Ventures…

Thai SaaS platform Manatal bags $5.1M funding from Sequoia India’s Surge and others

Manatal has closed $5.1 million in seed funding from Sequoia India’s Surge alongside angel investors. The fresh funds will be channeled into engineering as the startup looks to…

Fave appoints ex-Touch ‘n Go executive as Chief Product Officer

Fave has appointed former Touch 'n Go (TNG) executive Arvindd Selvaratnam as its Regional Chief Product Officer (CPO). Arvindd will be overseeing the company’s regional product…

Singaporean logistics firm GoComet banks $7M Series A funding led by Rider Global and Atlas Ventures

GoComet has closed $7 million in Series A financing led by Rider Global and Atlas Ventures. Jetty Ventures, Rebright Partners, Leo Capital and Krishna Capital also participated in…

Indonesian SaaS firm Majoo nets $5M more in pre-series A round led by AC Ventures & Quona Capital

Majoo has raised $5 million more in pre Series A funding led by AC Ventures and Quona Capital with participation from BRI Ventures, Xendit, bringing the total raised for the…

How IdeaConcert utilizes the power of AI to accelerate creators’ ‘joyful imagination’ in building engaging video content [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]

"It won't be long from now how people view or enjoy image content like webtoons/comics will change. this is in line with the continued development of technology and 5G in various…

The public needs to understand science and believe in it, says VinFuture Prize Council’s Professor Văn-Chí Đặng [Q&A]

Young people are the promise for the future. Science and technology will help us solve many of our problems. And then I think the third one would be we need to educate the public.…

Japan’s Mizuho Bank leads neobank Tonik’s $131M Series B

Mizuho Bank, one of Japan's largest banking groups, is the latest big backer of Philippine digital bank Tonik, leading its $131 million Series B round of funding.

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Singapore’s fintech investment tops $3.94B in 2021 as interest in crypto and blockchain surges, says KPMG

Singapore’s fintech industry hit a five-year high at 191 deals transacted in 2021, a 37 percent increase compared to 2020’s deal count (139 deals) and a 91 percent increase from…

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NVIDIA, SoftBank announce termination of NVIDIA’s acquisition of Arm due to regulatory challenges

NVIDIA and SoftBank Group Corp announced Tuesday the termination of the previously announced transaction whereby NVIDIA would acquire Arm Limited from Softbank. Both parties have…

Taiwan’s Infinity Ventures Crypto closes its first fund at $70 Million to back GameFi, DeFi and Web 3 innovations

Taiwan's Infinity Ventures Crypto (IVC) announced the closing of its inaugural fund capped at $70 million to jumpstart and accelerate the growth of global GameFi, DeFi and Web 3…

Malaysian fintech startup IIMMPACT raises $2 million funding from Sequoia India’s Surge

IIMMPACT announced Wednesday $2 million in seed funding by Sequoia India’s Surge. IIMMPACT is Surge’s first startup founded and based in Malaysia. The funding will be used to…

Hong Kong’s ITCS Group secures investment from Singapore’s Dymon Asia Private Equity to accelerate growth globally

ITCS Group has secured a strategic growth investment from Dymon Asia Private Equity (DAPE). Partnering with DAPE will enable ITCS to rapidly accelerate its growth to scale up the…

SO-COL raises $1.75M in seed funding co-led by DeFiance Capital and Animoca Brands

SO-COL (Social Collectables) announced the close of a $1.75 million seed round. The funding round was co-led by DeFiance Capital and Animoca Brands, with participation from Three…