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Gogoro Inc., a Taiwan-based technology leader in battery swapping ecosystems that enable sustainable mobility solutions for cities, on Tuesday became a publicly listed company trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market with its ordinary shares and warrants listed under the new ticker symbols "GGR" and "GGROW", respectively. The company completed the…

Gotrade, a Singapore-based investing platform, said Tuesday it has raised $15.5 million in a Series A round led by Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures (Velocity). The round also saw participation from investors around the globe including Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) from Japan, BeeNext from Singapore, Kibo Ventures from Spain, Picus Capital from…

Singapore-based e-Commerce marketplace Fairmart announced Wednesdya the closing of an oversubscribed S$2 million ($1.5 million) seed round co-led by Quest Ventures and Entrepreneur First, with participation from SOSV, Vectr Ventures and Hustle Fund.

Armada Brands (Armada), a Philippine-based e-commerce aggregator, said Tuesday it has raised $1.3 million in pre-seed funding to invest in e-commerce entrepreneurs looking to scale their brands. The pre-seed funding round of $1.3 million was co-led by the venture capital firms M Venture Partners and Foxmont Capital Partners.

CrediBook, an Indonesia-based bookkeeping app, announced Tuesday its $8.1 million Series A funding round led by Monk’s Hill Ventures with participation from existing investors such as Insignia Ventures Partners and Wavemaker Partners. This round of funding will be used to accelerate CrediBook’s nationwide expansion, product development, talent acquisition,…

Indonesia-based venture capital firm Alpha JWC Ventures announced Tuesday a strong first quarter showing as the company witnessed record portfolio growth with 30 new signed deals from its Fund III - with over $100 million deployed.

Pace Enterprise (Pace), a Singapore-based fintech solutions company with a "Buy Now Pay Later" (BNPL) platform, announced Tuesday the launch of the first-ever virtual Pace Card, a unique payment solution designed to make BNPL payments even simpler and more secure in Asia. The Pace Card is now available in Singapore and will be rolled out to other new…

Hong Kong-based one-stop cryptocurrency and social investment platform Kikitrade announced Monday the company has completed a $6 million strategic round, co-led by AppWorks and Media Asia with participation from Audeo Ventures and existing shareholders. This round of funding follows a $12 million investment led by internationally renowned investors…

Ahead of its initial public offering (IPO), PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk (GoTo Group), the largest digital ecosystem in Indonesia, announced Monday it will allocate over $20 million to driver-partners. In Indonesia, the driver-partners will receive a share grant under the Gotong Royong share program.

Singapore based consumer internet company Glance InMobi Pte Ltd (Glance), announced that it has acquired Indian gaming company Gambit Sports Pvt Ltd. (Gambit), to accelerate its ambition of building the biggest platform for non-fungible token (NFT)-based live gaming experiences for Gen-Z, across markets.The acquisition brings together Glance’s scale and…