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CoverGo, a Singapore-based insurtech platform, announced Tuesday it has secured $15 million in Series A funding led by California-based SemperVirens VC with participation from US venture capital firms SixThirty, Tribeca Early Stage Partners and Fresco Capital. The startup's strategic investors include pan-African insurance group Old Mutual, Asia-based…

oHouse, a South Korean home furnishing and remodeling unicorn, announced Friday that it has raised $182 million Series D funding from prominent global investors to power the global growth of its groundbreaking lifestyle platform. The funding came investors including SoftBank Ventures Asia, BRV Capital Management, Vertex Growth which is anchored by…

SoftBank Ventures Asia, the early stage venture capital arm of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group, announced Tuesday its participation in a $5.8 million new funding round of Seadronix, a next-generation, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solution for the maritime industry that develops autonomous navigation and assistant systems in South Korea.

Funding Societies, a Singapore-based small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) digital financing platform, has officially launched in Vietnam on Tuesday, marking its fifth market expansion .Addressing the SME financing gap in Vietnam, where the SME landscape is growing yet financially underserved, is a natural next step for the fintech company as it pushes…

Fundnel Group, Southeast Asia’s largest marketplace for alternative assets, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Monday with BRI Ventures (BVI), the corporate venture capital arm of Indonesia’s largest bank, to launch a first-of-its-kind BVI – Fundnel Secondaries Fund. Upon signing of the MoU and through this strategic partnership, Fundnel and…

After officially entering the Singapore market in January, global fintech firm Airwallex continues to progressively roll out key offerings in its global payments suite with Tuesday’s launch of its Airwallex Borderless Card and integrated expense management solution.

9Unicorns, an India-based early-to-growth stage accelerator fund, on Sunday announced the fifth closure of its maiden fund at $100 million. The company plans to invest $500,000 to $1 million in the idea stage and, up to $2 million in high-growth stage Series C and above startups this year with a focus on DeepTech, Enterprise SaaS, Web 3.0, FinTech, Media,…

Carousell Group, a Singapore-based recommerce group, announced Monday that it has signed a deal to acquire Refash, a Singapoore-based omnichannel fashion recommerce retailer, for an undisclosed sum. The partnership with Refash enables Carousell to take a significant next step for one of their core categories to make selling secondhand fashion even simpler,…

Singaporean crypto firm Coinhako has been granted the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) official approval for a Major Payment Institution (MPI) licence which allow the firm legally operates as regulated providers of Digital Payment Token (DPT) Services under the Payment Services Act (PSA).

Moladin, an Indonesia-based omnichannel used car marketplace, announced Monday it has secured Series B funding of $95 million led by global internet investment firm DST Global. Earlier this year, Moladin raised $42 million in Series A Funding co-led by Sequoia Capital India and Northstar Group in what was one of the largest Series A rounds in Southeast…