US-based Eat Just secures $25M investment from Alibaba-backed C2 Capital

Eat Just, Inc., a United States-based food technology firm, announced Tuesday a $25 million investment and strategic partnership with Alibaba Group-backed private equity firm C2…

Gobi Partners appoints Gui Ee Leen as Human Resources Partner

Pan-Asian venture capital firm Gobi Partners announced Wednesday it has appointed Gui Ee Leen as its Human Resources Partner.In this newly created role, Ee Leen alongside Gobi’s…

The Flexi Group merges Common Ground, the Hive and The Cluster to create largest flexible workplaces in Asia-Pacific

The Flexi Group is launching as the largest operator of flexible workspaces in Asia-Pacific, merging regionally-recognised brands Common Ground, the Hive and The Cluster under one…

Malaysia’s MAVCAP announces new COO and CIO

Malaysia Venture Capital Management Berhad (MAVCAP) on Monday announced the appointment of Noor Amy Ismail as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Paramjit Singh Gill as Chief…

Stripe, Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India to launch SEA and India-focused program to support seed-funded founders

This program is the first project from the partnership between VVSEAI, an early-stage VC fund known for its investments into unicorns such as Grab, and Stripe, and the two…

Animoca Brands and Lympo partner with Play Magnus on chess-inspired blockchain game “Anichess”

Animoca Brands and its subsidiary Lympo, a leading global sports non-fungible token (NFT) ecosystem, announced Monday that they are developing Anichess in partnership with Play…

Icetea Labs, Polygon and Alpha Venture DAO announce inaugural Web3 accelerator program for SEA region

Web3 leading incubator Icetea Labs announced Monday the creation of its inaugural Web3 accelerator program in conjunction with Polygon, one of the top blockchain development…

Startups need a Product Marketer before hiring a Marketing Director

With product-led growth becoming more and more popular, product marketing managers (PMMs) currently occupy the hottest role in startup marketing, and for good reason: the process…

Funding Societies launches enhanced SME-focused term financing BizFund

Funding Societies, the largest small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) digital financing platform in Malaysia and Southeast Asia, announced Monday its latest enhanced product…

Vietnam’s Society Pass marks first foray into Indonesia by acquiring Jakarta-based NusaTrip

Society Pass Inc (SoPa), a Vietnam-based next generation digital ecosystem, announced Monday the acquisition of NusaTrip, a leading Jakarta-based online travel agency (OTA) in…

Indonesian MSME enabler majoo raises $10M series A funding

Indonesia-based micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) enabler majoo announced on Monday that it raised a $10 million series A funding round led by an undisclosed global…

Philippine parenting e-commerce start-up edamama closes $20M Series A funding

Edamama, the Philippines’ leading parenting-focused e-commerce platform, has secured a $20 million Series A funding round led by Alpha JWC Ventures. The round was also…

Philippines pauses Virtual Asset Service Provider licenses for three years

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Philippines Central Bank, said Friday it has approved a modified approach which involved the closure of the regular application window…