Asia

IPrice Group, a Malaysia-based e-commerce technology company, has launched its price comparison platform in Australia. With the launch of iPrice.au, iPrice stands apart in the Australian market with its unique ability to compare and curate offers at the same scale that has led to their dominance across Southeast Asia (SEA).

Markato, an online wholesale marketplace for independent retailers and buyers in Asia, has on Tuesday announced its official debut in Asia, launching first in Hong Kong. Markato will expand its footprint across the region beginning with Singapore in the coming months, to unlock the Southeast Asia hub’s B2B wholesale and retail opportunity.

SatSure, an India-based satellite Earth observation data and analytics firm, has closed a Series A round of $15 million in equity capital and venture debt. The round has been led by Baring Private Equity Partners (BPEP), India and Promus Ventures, with participation from Omidyar Network India, and xto10X.

"PriyoShop aims to create a perfect ecosystem for MSMEs by solving their end-to-end problems in terms of the supply chain, finance, managing their SKUs, and credit profiling. We are also going to launch a fintech solution called BNPL (buy now pay later) in collaboration with financial institutions to solve MSMEs' financial problems that will ensure their…

Founded in July 2021, Zepto plans to go public in the next two to three years.

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has invested in Pendle Finance, a DeFi protocol that enables the tokenization and trading of yield. The investment emphasizes Binance Labs’ commitment to supporting promising projects that will shape the next generation of DeFi primitives, and enable Pendle Finance to extend their reach across…

Axiom Space has on Monday announced that it has secured $350 million in its Series-C round of growth funding, lifting the total funds raised to over $505 million from investors and achieving more than $2.2 billion in customer contracts. Investments, led by Aljazira Capital and Boryung, will fuel continued growth for Houston-based space company building…

Distinguished attendees of the event encompassed a diverse spectrum, including investors, prominent figures from the tech ecosystem, representatives from government agencies, venture capital firms, corporations, family offices, startups, as well as notable presences including Khazanah Nasional Bhd, Malaysia Venture Capital Management (MAVCAP), Sunway Group,…

Jungle Ventures, the Singapore-based independent venture capital firm, has announced the addition of the HealthXCapital (HXC) team to lead the firm’s healthcare investments in Southeast Asia and India. Founded in a joint commitment of driving positive change within healthcare, this move marks a seamless and timely transition in reflection of HXC and Jungle…