TechNode Global Staff
Philippine agri-fisheries startup Mayani nets $1.7M in AgFunder-led round
Mayani, a Philippine-based agri-fisheries startup, has secured $1.7 million in oversubscribed seed funding anchored by the Silicon Valley agtech venture capital (VC) AgFunder through its GROW Impact Fund.
Data privacy and sustainability see increase in importance among Singapore consumers considering electronics purchases: YouGov report
Sustainability and data safety have emerged as hot topics in the electronics goods sector in recent years, a report showed Wednesday. According to data from YouGov’s latest report, Consumer electronics: Safety and sustainability in 2023, consumers in Singapore are indeed placing an increasing focus on them, with sustainability and data privacy moving up in…
HashKey Capital closes Fund III At $500M to build Web3
HashKey Capital, a global asset manager specializing in crypto and blockchain, has announced the final closing of its third fund, HashKey FinTech Investment Fund III (Fund III) with a total commitment of $500 million.
Animoca Brands completes acquisition of WePlay Media
Animoca Brands, the Hong Kong-based company advancing digital property rights for gaming and the open metaverse, announced on Wednesday that it has completed the acquisition of WePlay Media Holdings LLC, a digital development studio and producer of mobile content based in United States.
Singapore cybersecurity firm Blackpanda closes $15M Series A funding
Singapore-based cybersecurity firm Blackpanda has raised $15 million in its Series A funding round co led by Primavera Venture Partners and Gaw Capital Partners. The round will fund the expansion of its technology enabled cybersecurity services, including digital forensics and incident response.
South Korea’s PeopleFund raises $20M led by Bain Capital
PeopleFund Company, the South Korea artificial intelligence (AI)-based digital lending platform, has recently closed a $20 million funding round led by Bain Capital. A total of nine companies including Access Ventures, CLSA Capital Partners LendingArk Asia, D3 Jubilee Partners, 500 Global, Kakao Investment, TBT Partners, and IBX Partners have also…
Taiwan’s KKday revenue hits record high in 2022
KKday, a Taiwan-based travel and experiences platform, has on Wednesday announced record-high 2022 revenue growth of 100 percent year on year, surpassing pre-Covid levels. The increase was bolstered by doubling down on domestic and international travel and investing in innovation and digital transformation of the Asia Pacific (APAC) tourism industry.
CryptoSlam and Forkast.News to form new data intelligence platform
United States-based blockchain data analytics company CryptoSlam and Hong Kong-based Web3 media company Forkast.News have on Tuesday announced a merger to form Forkast Labs, a first-of-its-kind Web3-focused data intelligence and media platform.
SEA food delivery platforms total GMV grows 5% y-o-y to $16.3B in 2022
Southeast Asia food delivery platforms' total gross merchansdise value (GMV) grew 5 percent year on year to $16.3 billion in 2022, from S15.5 billion in 2021, a report said Tuesday. According to Momentum Works, the growth was mainly driven by the relatively smaller markets of the Philippines ($2.4 billion), Malaysia ($2.2 billion) and Vietnam ($1.1…
