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Pace partners Shangri-La to offer BNPL payments across its hotels in Malaysia
To date, Pace has over 5,000 points-of-sale across the Asia region and is on track to meet its goal of 1 million users by the end of 2022. Pace also aims to have an annualized Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) of $1 billion by end 2022.
Japan’s AnyMind Group launches e-commerce management platform AnyX
AnyMind Group, an end-to-end commerce enablement company in Japan, announced Wednesday the launch of AnyX, a one-stop e-commerce management platform for individuals and businesses that connects various e-commerce channels and AnyMind Group’s various platforms for manufacturing, e-commerce enablement, conversational commerce, marketing and logistics.
Singapore’s Parentinc raises $22M in Series D funding round led by East Ventures
The Parentinc, a Singapore-based tech company that owned content and community platform for parents theAsianparent, announced Wednesday that it has successfully closed a $22 million round. The round comprised a mixture of primary and secondary investment alongside venture debt. The funding round was led by East Ventures as well as other undisclosed…
Indonesian textile tech platform Wifkain raises a seed round led by Insignia Ventures Partners
Indonesian textile tech platform Wifkain said Wednesday it has raised a seed round led by Insignia Ventures Partners as it builds Indonesia’s first tech-enabled textile trading platform. Prominent angels including Atome’s Wawan Salum participated in this round. The funding will go towards expanding the suite of services provided to small and medium sized…
Malaysia’s JurisTech partners with Germany’s Mambu to drive innovation in Malaysia’s digital banking ecosystem
Malaysian FinTech firm JurisTech on Wednesday announced a partnership with Germany-based cloud-native core banking platform Mambu to propel the growth of the digital banking ecosystem in Malaysia. This new collaboration will act as a catalyst for further expansion of the industry, with the result being greater support for both unbanked and underserved…
Indonesian content platform IDN Media launches $3.5M fund for livestreamers
Indonesia-based content platform IDN Media announced Tuesday that it has launched a 50 billion Rupiah ($3.5 million) IDN Live Streamer fund to build the streamers ecosystem in IDN Live. The fund is an initiative by IDN Live to give appreciation to the streamers and to empower them in their journey as live streamers.
Taiwan EV battery swap firm Gogoro debuts on Nasdaq
Gogoro Inc., a Taiwan-based technology leader in battery swapping ecosystems that enable sustainable mobility solutions for cities, on Tuesday became a publicly listed company trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market with its ordinary shares and warrants listed under the new ticker symbols "GGR" and "GGROW", respectively. The company completed the…
Singapore’s Gotrade raises $15.5M in Series A round led by Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures
Gotrade, a Singapore-based investing platform, said Tuesday it has raised $15.5 million in a Series A round led by Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures (Velocity). The round also saw participation from investors around the globe including Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) from Japan, BeeNext from Singapore, Kibo Ventures from Spain, Picus Capital from…
Singapore’s Fairmart raises $1.5M seed round co-led by Quest Ventures and Entrepreneur First
Singapore-based e-Commerce marketplace Fairmart announced Wednesdya the closing of an oversubscribed S$2 million ($1.5 million) seed round co-led by Quest Ventures and Entrepreneur First, with participation from SOSV, Vectr Ventures and Hustle Fund.
