Asia
US-based Eat Just secures $25M investment from Alibaba-backed C2 Capital
Eat Just, Inc., a United States-based food technology firm, announced Tuesday a $25 million investment and strategic partnership with Alibaba Group-backed private equity firm C2 Capital Partners (C2). The deal is C2’s first investment and partnership in the alternative protein sector and the relationship is currently supporting Eat Just’s go-to-market…
Gobi Partners appoints Gui Ee Leen as Human Resources Partner
Pan-Asian venture capital firm Gobi Partners announced Wednesday it has appointed Gui Ee Leen as its Human Resources Partner.In this newly created role, Ee Leen alongside Gobi’s Asean Human Resources (HR) team will be responsible for the company’s HR strategy including recruitment and employee retention programmes with a focus on gender diversity and…
The Flexi Group merges Common Ground, the Hive and The Cluster to create largest flexible workplaces in Asia-Pacific
The Flexi Group is launching as the largest operator of flexible workspaces in Asia-Pacific, merging regionally-recognised brands Common Ground, the Hive and The Cluster under one umbrella.
Animoca Brands and Lympo partner with Play Magnus on chess-inspired blockchain game “Anichess”
Animoca Brands and its subsidiary Lympo, a leading global sports non-fungible token (NFT) ecosystem, announced Monday that they are developing Anichess in partnership with Play Magnus Group (PMG), a global leader in the chess industry that offers entertainment and e-learning services via its chess market brands.
South Korea’s Neowiz and India’s Polygon launch Web3 game platform Intella X
Indian crypto firm Polygon is teaming up with South Korean gaming firm Neowiz Corporation to launch a brand new Web3 gaming platform Intella X, to bring some of Neowiz’s popular gaming IPs to Web3.Exercising the core principles of user ownership in Web3, Intella X is designed to distribute the shares of all generated revenue back to the contributors of the…
Brazil’s Votorantim and Singapore’s Temasek launch new $700M fund to invest in Brazil
Brazil-based investment firm Votorantim and Singapore state investor Temasek announced Wednesday a strategic partnership to explore new investment opportunities in growth capital in various sectors of the Brazilian economy. By the terms of the agreement, Votorantim and Temasek will be partners in a new investment fund, in which both parties have committed…
CleverTap raises $105M in Series D funding round led by CDPQ
CleverTap, an India-founded business to business (B2B) software as a service (SaaS) platform for customer engagement and retention, announced Wednesday it has signed definitive agreements to raise $105 million in a Series D funding round led by CDPQ, a global investment group who committed $75 million in the funding.
Singapore’s Thunes expands into Saudi Arabia
Thunes, a Singapore-based cross-border payments company, announced Wednesday that it is accelerating the expansion of its services in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, setting up an office in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and appointing a new country head – Ahmad Yaacoub.
