TechNode Global Staff

Hong Kong’s Animoca Brands and South Korea’s Cube Entertainment form joint venture for K-pop music metaverse and NFTs

Animoca Brands and Cube Entertainment (Cube Ent) announced a joint venture for the purposes of building a music metaverse, and issue non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and ecosystem tokens based on the intellectual property rights of Cube Ent’s globally popular K-pop music artists and actors.

Singapore healthy food chain SaladStop! Group raises $8.8M Series B funding led by Temasek

SaladStop! Group has announced the closing of a SG$12 million ($8.88 million) Series B investment round, led by Singapore state investor Temasek. The fundraising proceeds will be used to continue to accelerate the group's digital transformation including its investment in proprietary technologies.

Vietnam proptech firm Homebase raises $30M led by Y Combinator and other global investors

Homebase will use the funding to expand its market leadership in Southeast Asia’s Proptech industry and get one step closer in its mission of empowering homeownership for 100,000 families across Southeast Asia, one family at a time. The company is set to further develop its proprietary technology, launch additional partnerships with real estate developers…

Taiwan data governance startup FST Network raises $2.9M in Seed funding round

FST Network aims to deliver a comprehensive set of tools for data governance, management, and lineage, and this investment will be used to accelerate the company’s rapid growth, enhance product development and expand sales and marketing efforts.

Singapore asset trading platform Sparrow raises $4.4M Series A led by Gain Loyal

With the Series A funding by Gain Loyal, Sparrow also aims to attract talent in risk management, trading, technology, and operational excellence. It will also improve its KYC, AML, and CFT regulatory framework and continue to grow its workforce across all its functions.

Microsoft partners She Loves Tech to unlock $1B in capital for women entrepreneurs in Asia

Microsoft Asia has partnered with She Loves Tech to unlock $1 billion in capital for women-led businesses by 2030. The partnership will see Microsoft support an Azure-powered digital platform to facilitate connections at scale between women entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and angel investors from around the world.

Singapore early-stage venture capital firm Antler aims to invest in 100 startups in Indonesia

Antler plans to invest in at least 100 companies in Indonesia over the next 4 years, with the first Indonesia investments to be made in early 2022. It has launched in Indonesia to enable more entrepreneurs to build startups and raise funding with the support of the global Antler and take advantage of the unique ecosystem and opportunties across Indonesia.

India health & wellness startup Mosaic Wellness raises $24M in Series A led by Sequoia Capital India

Mosaic was founded in 2020 with the vision of delivering consumer-centric, vertically integrated, and affordable digital healthcare platforms, which led to the birth of Manmatters in May 2020 and Bodywise in May 2021, which are focused on curated services and products for Men’s health and Women’s Health respectively.

India home furniture startup Wakefit.co raises $27 M Series C led by SIG

The funding will bolster Wakefit.co's omnichannel expansion plans and will be deployed to boost its supply chain and logistics management, technological enhancement, and marketing spend. It also aims to hire people across all levels in the months to come.

Indonesia’s GoTo secures over $1.3B in first close of pre-IPO fundraising

The funds raised will allow GoTo to invest further in its ecosystem, strengthen its market-leading position in the region, and better serve customers, which includes continued focus on customer growth and engagement, expansion of its payments and financial services offering, and leveraging its integrated transport fleet and logistics network to enhance…