TechNode Global Staff

Capria Ventures, a Global South specialist venture capital firm, marks the first close of its target of $100 million fund. The new fund will focus on investing in 20 to 25 tech startups in the entrepreneurial hotspots of India, Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa.

Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup Joint Stock Company car maker subsidiary VinFast Joint Stock Company has received $2.5 billion in grants and loans to facilitate its continuing development enabling it to achieve its global growth goals.

Better Bite Ventures, a fund focused on Asia Pacific alternative protein startups, has on Wednesday announced four new investments under its early-stage First Bite initiative and reopens it for new applications.

Malaysian-born artificial intelligence (AI) startup VOX said Monday it has harnessed ChatGPT with Sharly.ai and scored a $250,000 investment from Silicon Valley.

Explico, a Singapore based edtech startup, announced Wednesday that it has successfully secured $1.4 million in pre-series A funding. Key investors include Astonic Ventures Singapore, MAVIS TUTORIAL CENTRE, which is one of the largest local tuition centres and Singapore Asia Publishers, the well-known publishing house and a few angel investors.

Fuel Venture Capital, a leading early-stage investor in technology and digital companies, will conduct a roadshow in Asia next week as it looks to raise money for its next fund, which uses an innovative, new funding structure positioned to transform the private markets landscape.

TinyTap, an edtech subsidiary of Hong Kong-based gaming firm Animoca Brands, educational games, has on Tuesday announced that it has raised $8.5 million. The funding comes from investors including Sequoia China, Liberty City Ventures, Kingsway Capital, Shima Capital, Polygon, GameFi Ventures, and others.

Finland-based electric vehicle (EV) charging platforms Virta Ltd, a portfolio company of Singapore based Venture Capital firm Vertex Holdings, has secured new €85 million ($93.33 million) growth funding.

The Ministry of Small and Medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and Startups (MSS) in South Korea said it will invest around KRW 1 trillion ($748.43 million) in a fund of funds this year to boost the venture capital sector in the country.

ZEBOX, a global accelerator gathering a network of entrepreneurs, industry leaders and ecosystem experts, has on Tuesday announced the launch of its Asia Pacific hub in Singapore.