Pace partners Shangri-La to offer BNPL payments across its hotels in Malaysia

To date, Pace has over 5,000 points-of-sale across the Asia region and is on track to meet its goal of 1 million users by the end of 2022. Pace also aims to have an annualized…

Japan’s AnyMind Group launches e-commerce management platform AnyX

AnyMind Group, an end-to-end commerce enablement company in Japan, announced Wednesday the launch of AnyX, a one-stop e-commerce management platform for individuals and businesses…

US’s Gupshup acquires Singapore conversational AI platform Active.Ai

Gupshup, a United States-based conversational engagement firm, announced Tuesday the acquisition of Active.Ai, a Singapore-based conversational artificial intelligence (AI)…

Singapore’s Parentinc raises $22M in Series D funding round led by East Ventures

The Parentinc, a Singapore-based tech company that owned content and community platform for parents theAsianparent, announced Wednesday that it has successfully closed a $22…

Indonesian textile tech platform Wifkain raises a seed round led by Insignia Ventures Partners

Indonesian textile tech platform Wifkain said Wednesday it has raised a seed round led by Insignia Ventures Partners as it builds Indonesia’s first tech-enabled textile trading…

Malaysia’s JurisTech partners with Germany’s Mambu to drive innovation in Malaysia’s digital banking ecosystem

Malaysian FinTech firm JurisTech on Wednesday announced a partnership with Germany-based cloud-native core banking platform Mambu to propel the growth of the digital banking…

Indonesian content platform IDN Media launches $3.5M fund for livestreamers

Indonesia-based content platform IDN Media announced Tuesday that it has launched a 50 billion Rupiah ($3.5 million) IDN Live Streamer fund to build the streamers ecosystem in IDN…

Taiwan EV battery swap firm Gogoro debuts on Nasdaq

Gogoro Inc., a Taiwan-based technology leader in battery swapping ecosystems that enable sustainable mobility solutions for cities, on Tuesday became a publicly listed company…

Singapore’s Gotrade raises $15.5M in Series A round led by Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures

Gotrade, a Singapore-based investing platform, said Tuesday it has raised $15.5 million in a Series A round led by Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures (Velocity). The round also saw…

Singapore’s Fairmart raises $1.5M seed round co-led by Quest Ventures and Entrepreneur First

Singapore-based e-Commerce marketplace Fairmart announced Wednesdya the closing of an oversubscribed S$2 million ($1.5 million) seed round co-led by Quest Ventures and…

Philippine e-commerce aggregator Armada Brands raises $1.3M Pre-Seed co-led by M Venture Partners and Foxmont Capital Partners

Armada Brands (Armada), a Philippine-based e-commerce aggregator, said Tuesday it has raised $1.3 million in pre-seed funding to invest in e-commerce entrepreneurs looking to…

Indonesia’s CrediBook raises $8.1M Series A funding led by Monk’s Hill Ventures

CrediBook, an Indonesia-based bookkeeping app, announced Tuesday its $8.1 million Series A funding round led by Monk’s Hill Ventures with participation from existing investors…

Indonesia’s Alpha JWC Ventures deploys over $100M investments from its third fund

Indonesia-based venture capital firm Alpha JWC Ventures announced Tuesday a strong first quarter showing as the company witnessed record portfolio growth with 30 new signed deals…