TechNode Global Staff

Zeek is closing the year on the back of strong momentum in Southeast Asia. Following its foray into Ho Chi Minh City in the fourth quarter of 2020 and its successful partnership with Circle K Vietnam, one of Vietnam’s largest local convenience store chains, Zeek has expanded its footprint in Vietnam with its launch in Hanoi in November 2021.

Timo has raised $20 million fresh funding led by Square Peg. .Other participants are Jungle Ventures, Granite Oak, FinAccel, Phoenix Holdings (existing investor) and other super angels.

Brankas announced the close of its $20 million Series B investment round led by Insignia Ventures Partners, Visa, AFG Partners and Treasury International. Its existing investors Beenext and Integra Partners also joined the round, Brankas. With this round, Brankas aims to scale its network of more than 40 financial institutions and 100+ technology companies,…

Pandai Education Sdn Bhd has recently raised a total of $2.03 million investment from a group of local and international investors in its pre-seed and seed round. Among the investors that participated in the rounds are Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital, 500 Global, Soma Capital, Harvard. Joining the round included Malaysian investors RHL Ventures,…

Aerodyne Group has signed an agreement to acquire a principal stake in Malaysia-based artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics company Synapse Innovation Sdn Bhd. This investment is engineered to supercharge Aerodyne Group’s prowess in AI and data analytics, as well as strengthening Aerodyne Group’s technology support for its international…

Living Food announced the successful closing of a $7.5 million Series A fundraise led by Amasia.Other participating investors included SOSV, Blume Founders Fund, and notable angels including Xander Group founder Sid Yog and Nexus Venture Partners Co-Founder Sandeep Singhal, The company plans to expand to Mumbai in early 2022 and expects further domestic…

StoreDot has announced the first close of its Series D funding round of up to $80 million led by flagship Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer VinFast. Other investors included StoreDot bp ventures, and Golden Energy Global Investment Ltd., a wholly owned company by EVE Energy’s Founder Liu Jincheng. The funds raised by this round will be used to…

Anfin has raised $1.2 million in a seed round led by Goodwater Capital and Global Founders Capital (GFC). New investor XA Network as well as existing investor First Check Ventures also joined the round . The fresh injection will be channelled into doubling down efforts to further develop Anfin’s platform to provide its retail investors real-time fractional…

Malaysian Central Bank has issued the discussion paper on licensing framework for digital insurers and takaful operators. The discussion paper outlines the proposed framework for licensing new digital insurers and takaful operators (DITOs) to encourage digital innovation in the insurance and takaful sector.

X0PA AI announced $4.2 million in Series A funding led by ICCP SBI Venture Partners (ISVP).SEEDS Capital, AI8 Ventures, XCEL NEXT VENTURES, and SASV Investments also participated in the round. X0PA AI plans to use the capital for global expansion beginning with Asian, United States (US), Latin American, and European markets.