Author: TechNode Global Staff

Vietnam-based business software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup True Platform announced Monday its recently closed $3.5 million Seed funding from January Capital, Alpha JWC Ventures, BEENEXT, FPT Corporation and other angel investors. The funding round was led by January Capital, a venture capital firm in Singapore with a portfolio of 40 startups from pre-seed…

The Growhub, Singapore-based one-stop farm to table solution for food traceability and data analytics, announced Friday that it has inked a 5-year lease agreement with the Food Innovation Precinct Western Australia (FIPWA), to establish Western Australia's first food innovation centre creating a corridor between the two countries for agri-innovation,…

The Sandbox, a decentralized gaming virtual world and a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, announced Thursday it has acquired the Uruguayan company Cualit, a full-stack development technology firm experienced in gaming, to boost its Web3 and blockchain innovation and development capabilities. Cualit will become The Sandbox Uruguay, expanding The Sandbox global…

Nium, a Singapore-based platform for modern money movement, announced Thursday the availability of real-time payments into Malaysia, further strengthening the company’s real-time payments capabilities across the globe. With the addition of Malaysia, it now processes over 75 percent of transactions globally in real-time, and increases its total real-time…

Xendit, an Indonesia-based payments infrastructure platform, announced Thursday it closed $300 million in Series D funding, taking the total amount raised to $538 million to power the world’s fastest-growing digital economy. Coatue and Insight Partners co-led the round with additional investment from Accel, Tiger Global, Kleiner Perkins, EV Growth, Amasia,…

With the world hopping onto the non-fungible token (NFT) craze, Taiwan has taken the lead with the launch of 0x0, the world’s first metaverse music label. Created by a group of music enthusiasts, the artists that 0x0 represents exist in the form of NFT characters, putting out music and MVs with the characters as their identities. This maximizes the…

Mekari, an Indonesia-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup, announced Friday its latest funding of $50 million led by Money Forward Inc, the largest SaaS provider of financial planning and accounting applications from Japan. This funding was also followed by the participation of previous investors.

Volopay, a Singapore-based corporate cards and payable management fintech firm backed by Y-Combinator, announced Thursday it has signed a partnership with Visa to be part of Visa’s Fintech Fast Track Program which will significantly expand Volopay’s offering of financial management solutions in the Australian market.

Zeals Co., Ltd. (Zeals), a Japan-based Chat Commerce provider, announced Thursday that it has raised a total of ¥5 billion ($38.77 million) in funding.JIC Venture Growth Investments led the ¥3.5 billion ($27.14 million) Series E round with participation from Z Venture Capital, a venture investment arm of Z Holdings, Japan Post Capital, and Salesforce…

Chainalysis, a United States-based blockchain data platform, announced Thursday a $170 million Series F financing led by GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, bringing its valuation to $8.6 billion. Previous investors Accel, Blackstone, Dragoneer, and FundersClub increased their investment in the company, and the Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Melon) and…