TechNode Global Staff

LinkBy has raised $1.54 million in an oversubscribed Series Pre-A funding round. Led by global venture capital firm Hive Ventures, the round also saw participation from 18 other investors including institutional/corporate investors such as Artesian Capital and Animoca Brands.

Qashier announced Thursday a $4.7 million fundraise from Exor Seeds, the technology-focused venture arm of Exor. The company will be expanding its presence in Malaysia following the fundraise, as entering other parts of the Southeast Asian market is next in line as part of the company’s growth plan.

Big Tiny has raised $3 million in pre-Series A funding, gives the business a valuation cap of $22.5 million. The round was led by a prominent businessman, Koh Boon Hwee, along with Phillip Private Equity, GPPC Capital Limited, and Ascend Angels. This latest funding will be used to build on Big Tiny’s momentum, fuelling further growth in Australia as well as…

AC Ventures has closed its Fund III with over $205 million in committed capital, bringing the firm’s total asset under management to over $380 million across its funds. The fund was oversubscribed and participated by renowned global and regional institutional investors, including the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Disrupt AD, Abu…

Zoomcar, which dominates the self-drive car rental market in India, has expanded to Southeast Asia. This broader geographic expansion is in line with Zoomcar’s ultimate mission to democratize car access across the world’s largest, most populated, and fastest-growing emerging markets.

Slice has raised $220 million in a Series B round that values the company at over $1 billion.The round was led by investors Tiger Global and Insight Partners. New and existing investors including Advent International’s Sunley House Capital, Moore Strategic Ventures, Anfa, Gunosy, Blume Ventures, and 8i also participated in the round.

Malaysia’s Sunway University, through its innovation arm, Sunway Innovation Labs (Sunway iLabs), and Malaysia-based integrated car e-commerce platform Carsome, have forged a strategic partnership which includes the setting up of a data innovation lab in Sunway University. To be launched by the end of January 2022, the data innovation lab aims to…

Tablevibe has raised a $1.5M seed investment round led by venture capital firm Global Founder Capital. Velocity Ventures and multiple angel investors, among which Farouk Kadous, founder of African fast-food chain Chickin Worx, also participated in the seed round.

SpeQtral has successfully closed a $8.3 million financing led by Xora Innovation. With quantum cryptography fast becoming mainstream and the Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) market expected to be worth $20 billion by 2035, SpeQtral said this latest capital injection will allow the company to strengthen its position as a quantum-secure communications company.

YouTrip has raised $30 million in its latest Series A round. The round, driven by returning investors from major Asian family offices and prominent financial technology investors, will solidify the fintech firm’s position as the leading neobank in Southeast Asia offering business to business (B2B) and business to consumer (B2C) multi-currency payments.