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ALIAVIA Ventures, the California-based venture capital firm investing exclusively in female tech founded startups across Australia and the United States, has on Tuesday announced the close of its first fund, raising AUD 13.5 million ($8.7 million).

Asia-focused venture capital firm Gobi Partners has become the lead investor in Malaysian reseller digital ecosystem Ejen2u's Pre-Series A funding round, alongside Artem Ventures. This investment was made possible through the Khazanah Nasional Bhd (Khazanah)-backed Gobi Dana Impak Ventures (GDIV) fund.

South Korean digital bank KakaoBank and Indonesian lender Superbank have announced a strategic partnership to drive digital banking innovation in Indonesia. In this strategic partnership, KakaoBank will acquire a 10 percent stake in Superbank through the issuance of new shares.

Southeast Asia consumer confidence on track for rebound as value-seekers embrace new “needs”, according to a report launched by Meta, Bain & Company, DSG Consumer Partners on Tuesday.

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Circular, a Y Combinator-backed Singaporean subscription service focused on high end consumer electronics, has closed its seed funding round of $7.6 million. Led by AirTree Ventures, the funding round also saw participation from investors at YC Continuity Fund, Global Founders Capital, Partech Ventures and January Capital.

Germany-based investment manager PATRIZIA and Japan's trading an investment firm Mitsui have committed to invest up to AUD 70 million ($44.53 million) in a major solar and battery development program in Australia through the Asia Pacific (APAC) Sustainable Infrastructure Fund (A-SIF).

The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) has on Monday announced the launch of new funding facilitation initiatives aimed at catalyzing Malaysia’s industrial growth and fostering economic development. These initiatives include the Domestic Investment Accelerator Fund (DIAF), the MADANI Smart Automation Grant (SAG MADANI) and the Foreign…

Carrots&Cake is a parental control learning app, focusing on the science behind how kids interact with tech in order to try and change their behavior and build healthy habits.

1982 Ventures, the early stage venture capital firm focused on fintech and tech infrastructure in Southeast Asia, has announced the key hire of Amiyandra Suratman as Regional Venture Capital Ecosystem and Platform Lead based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Her responsibilities will be to support the fund with strategic stakeholder relations including portfolio…