Vietnam’s Selex Motors raises $3M from ADB Ventures, Schneider Electric Energy Access Asia and others

Vietnam-based Selex Smart Electric Vehicles JSC (Selex Motors) is currently in a $3 million convertible note investment round with ADB Ventures - Asian Development Banks's venture…

SKS Capital invests in South Korean health and beauty brands aggregator Grace

China headquartered private equity firm SKS Capital has announced its strategic investment in Grace, South Korea's largest aggregator of international health and beauty brands.…

Singapore’s Betterdata raises over-subscribed $1.65M seed round led by Investible

Betterdata, a Singapore-based programmable synthetic data company, has raised an over-subscribed seed round of $1.65 million led by Asia-Pacific-based venture capital firm…

Unlock Southeast Asia’s Untapped Potential at ORIGIN Conference, a Southeast Asia-Focused Content Track at BEYOND Week 2023

With this year’s theme, ‘Southeast Asia in Spotlight,’ the ORIGIN Conference will feature a diverse lineup of international industry leaders and technology innovators from across…

India’s Mesa School of Business raises $4.1M from Elevation Capital, other prominent angel investors

With an aim to build India’s first business school focused on creating startup leaders, Indian education services provider Mesa School of Business (Mesa), has raised INR 34 Crores…

United States’ Nextiva acquires Indian AI company Simplify360

Nextiva, the United States-based conversation platform, has on Wednesday announced its acquisition of Simplify360, an artificial intelligence (AI) customer experience platform…

Alipay+ E-Wallet partnerships power iQIYI’s fast asia expansion

Popular Asian e-wallets are helping iQIYI, a China-based international streaming platform, accelerate its expansion through Alipay+ to help digital and entertainment (D&E)…

Bain: SEA private equity deal value falls 52% in 2022

Southeast Asia’s (SEA) private equity (PE) market deal value fell 52 percent in 2022 compared to the previous year, with deal count also declining 15 percent year-on-year, Bain…

Foodpanda partners TADA for new user benefits in Asia

Foodpanda, Asia’s largest food and grocery delivery network outside of China, has entered into a strategic partnership with TADA, a blockchain-based ride hailing platform in…

Singapore’s Accredify raises $7M Series A funding led by iGlobe Partners and SIG Venture Capital

Accredify, a Singapore-based verifiable technology solutions provider, has on Thursday announced that it has raised $7 million during its Series A funding round, co-led by top…

Airwallex launches global payments in Canada further building on expansion in Americas

Australia-based FinTech firm Airwallex has on Wednesday announced the launch of its global payments services in Canada.

Malaysia Central Bank to co-host virtual AML/CFT Hackathon 2023 to help crack down on financial crime

Malaysian Central Bank, in partnership with the Financial Intelligence Consultative Group (FICG), will be co-hosting the AML/CFT Hackathon 2023 from June 1 to 28, 2023 to develop…

Breakeven is near for Malaysian unicorn Carsome, says CEO Eric Cheng

“We've been seeing consistent growth coming not just from the volume of the transactions but at the same time, the margin potential has also been increasing with the help of…

Indonesia’s eFishery sets to be a unicorn as firm “in advanced talks” to raise $100M – report

If the deal goes through, the start-up is set to join Indonesia’s growing list of tech unicorns.