TechNode Global Staff

iSeller raises $8M pre-Series B financing led by Openspace and AppWorks to digitize commerce in Indonesia

With the new funds, the company plans to enable more merchants to start, run, and grow businesses more easily, manageably, and efficiently, the company said in a statement. This will be achieved by aggressively expanding its e-commerce solutions and offline presence to 50 cities across Indonesia, building off the company’s current footprint in the Greater…

EI Industrial raises $670K to launch Vietnam’s first industrial-focused B2B e-commerce marketplace

Launched in 2020, EI Industrial is a B2B e-commerce marketplace that aims to accelerate digital procurement in Vietnam.

Draper Startup House Ventures launches first global fund, aims to create 1M entrepreneurs by 2030

The fund will have an Asia Pacific predominance, due to Draper Startup House International having Singapore as its headquarters. Its reach potential, the firm said, includes 60 countries and 30 industries already represented on the company’s platform.

South Korea 3D sketch software Sketchsoft raises $3.2M Series A co-led by SBVA for talent acquisition & further expansion into global markets

Sketchsoft, which aims to commercialize human-computer interaction technology for 3D sketches, will use the funding to expand its talent pool and explore new global markets in different fields.

Indonesia all-in-one restaurant operations platform ESB raises $7.6M in Series A+ round led by Alpha JWC Ventures

With this fresh funding, ESB will further expand its proposition including tech-enabled upselling features, enhanced business intelligence (BI) platform, delivery solutions, payment solutions, financing, and human resources information system (HRIS) to become the dominant end to end F&B business operating platform.

Malaysia co-farming startup Fefifo raises $3.1M to scale operations and build up tech, data, engineering capabilities

Fefifo is a first-of-its-kind Agtech startup pioneering digitalized, standardized farming in ready-to-farm modern farm spaces called Co-farms. Smallholder farmers (aka “Agropreneurs”) can start their modern commercial farming business in Fefifo Co-farms by renting a pre-fitted office with managed farm services and sell to reliable, profitable contract…