Asia

India’s Uniqus Consultech raises $12.5M Series A funding led by Nexus

Uniqus Consultech Inc., an India-based tech-enabled global platform that offers environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and accounting and reporting consulting, has on Friday announced the launch of its operations by raising $12.5 million in Series A funding for a minority stake sale. Nexus Venture Partners, a leading Silicon Valley-India venture…

Wasabi Technologies completes Series D round with $15M in new funding

Wasabi Technologies, the United States-based hot cloud storage company, has on Thursday completed its Series D funding round with an additional $15 million in new equity headlined by Azura, SiS Cloud Global Tech Fund 8, and existing investors including Prosperity7 Ventures.

India’s AlgoBulls raises $2M Pre-Series A funding led by Venture Catalysts

AlgoBulls, an India-based fully automated algorithmic trading platform and fixed-income securities distribution platform for retail market participants, has raised $2 million investment in a Pre-Series A round funding led by Venture Catalysts group, India’s integrated incubator and a leading early-stage investment platform for startups.

Animoca Brands acquires majority stake in music metaverse company PIXELYNX

Animoca Brands Corporation Limited, the Hong Kong-based company advancing digital property rights for gaming and the open metaverse, has taken a majority stake in Pixelynx, Inc. through its controlled subsidiary. Both parties will focus on developing new formats of music consumption that can be scaled across the metaverse to unlock new revenue…

Airwallex aims to accelerate growth in APAC with new Chief Revenue Officer and APAC GM

Australia-based global fintech platform Airwallex has on Tuesday announced that Kai Wu has been jointly appointed as the company’s Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and Asia-Pacific General Manager (APAC GM). Kai has held a number of senior positions at Airwallex for close to five years, including as Chief Financial Officer and Greater China Chief Executive…

India’s Accacia raises $2.5M Seed round led by Accel and B Capital

Accacia, an India-based decarbonisation platform focused on the real estate and infrastructure sectors, has closed $2.5 million in seed funding led by Accel and B Capital. Blume Ventures, Good Capital, Zerodha’s Rainmatter Fund and Canada-based Loyal VC, along with several leading angels, also participated in the round.

Airwallex partners with Agoda to support Hong Kong business travelers

With the surging demand of international business travel, global fintech platform Airwallex is partnering with global digital travel platform Agoda, to make travel planning easier for Hong Kong small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups.

Hong Kong’s Aigens secures $14M Series A funding led by Ant Group and others

Aigens, the Hong Kong-based food and beverage (F&B) industry innovator bringing omni-channel ordering solutions to Asia, announced Monday it has raised over $14 million Series A funding as it looks to accelerate its expansion across asia pacific (APAC) and help more restaurants digitalize and enhance their competitiveness.

India’s Prismforce raises $13.6M Series A funding led by Sequoia Capital India

Prismforce, an India-based vertical software as a service (SaaS) firm announced Tuesday that it has raised Series A funding of $13.6 million led by Sequoia Capital India along with a select set of global angel investors. Prior to this, a year ago, Prismforce had raised $1.8 million in seed funding from select industry thought leaders, serial entrepreneurs…