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Singapore’s 1982 Ventures closes oversubscribed debut $20M Southeast Asia FinTech fund
1982 Ventures, a Singapore-based early-stage venture capital firm, on Thursday announced the final close of its debut seed fund with over $20 million in committed capital. The fund was heavily oversubscribed as 1982 Ventures was targeting to raise a total corpus of $15 million.
Fintech Pebble seeking to catalyze the mass adoption of Blockchain with $6.2M fundraise
Pebble has launched an app that pays you to save, spend, and send your money in one digital wallet. With the rollout of the product, Pebble concurrently announced their $6.2M raise to ignite the growth of The Money Revolution.
Climate tech startup Allinfra raises $6M in Series A funding round led by Nomura
Allinfra today announced the closing of its Series A funding round. Headquartered in Hong Kong, the company develops enterprise software designed to help institutions across a range of industries achieve their sustainability goals.
Singapore’s Funding Societies expands financing offerings for MSMEs via Islamic FinTech facilities
Funding Societies, the Singapore-based small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) digital financing platform, on Wednesday introduced its Shariah-compliant trade financing solutions based on Commodity Murabahah (Tawarruq) for creditworthy and underserved Malaysian micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) seeking to grow their business or expand their…
Polymerize raises $4.2M in Series A funding led by Elevation Capital
Polymerize, a material informatics platform for R&D in chemical companies headquartered in Singapore, announced today that it has raised $4.2M in Series A funding led by Elevation Capital. The round also saw participation from InfoEdge Ventures who had previously invested in their Seed round.
Red Door Digital lists Reign of Terror NFTs on Fractal Marketplace
Red Door Digital, the Web 3.0-ready game studio and publisher, today announced it will be launching NFTs for its in-house developed Web3 game Reign of Terror via Fractal, the online NFT marketplace for Solana-based game assets. Founded by Twitch Co-Founder Justin Kan and Google Drive co-founder David Wurtz, Fractal shares Red Door Digital’s mission to…
Malaysia’s Cradle Fund’s outgoing CEO Rafiza Ghazali to lead KAF-led digital Islamic bank
Rafiza will initially be joining KAF Investment Bank as part of the digital bank project team pending the incorporation process of the digital bank entity, KAF Investment Bank said.
Singapore metaverse UGC platform BUD raises $36.8M Series B led by Sequoia Capital India
BUD, a Singapore-based metaverse user-generated platform, announces Monday its $36.8 million Series B round led by Sequoia Capital India with participation from ClearVue Partners, NetEase and Northern Light Venture Capital. Existing investors GGV Capital, Qiming Venture Partners and Source Code Capital also participated in the round.
Singapore’s SwipeRx secures $27M Series B funding to accelerate growth across Southeast Asia
SwipeRx (formerly mClinica Pharmacy Solutions), a Singapore-based platform for pharmacies, announced Monday it has secured a Series B round of $27 million in equity and debt to accelerate growth across southeast asia (SEA). The round was led by Indonesia's MDI Ventures, with participation from global investors, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Johnson…
Maria Health partners with Deel to provide affordable health coverage to Philippine remote workers
Maria Health, the largest online health insurance marketplace in the Philippines, has partnered with Deel to provide access to affordable health insurance for companies hiring remote workers in the country.
