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India’s Vegrow raises $25M Series B funding led by Prosus Ventures
Vegrow, India’s leading business to business (B2B) marketplace for fruits announced Monday it has secured funding of a $25 million Series B round led by Prosus Ventures. Marquee investors Matrix Partners India, Elevation Capital, Lightspeed and Ankur Capital participated in the round while prominent angel and agri veteran Sanjiv Rangrass continues to back…
FoodTech startups pitched game-changing solutions at SPACE-F Batch 3 Accelerator Demo Day
SPACE-F program is dedicated to supporting the accelerator and incubator startups in the Food Tech industry to transform their innovative ideas into winning businesses that will impact the future of food. With the collaboration of the NIA, Thai Union Group PCL, Mahidol University, Thai Beverage PLC, and Deloitte Thailand.
Binance secures virtual asset service provider registration in Spain
Binance, the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, announced that its Spanish subsidiary, Moon Tech Spain, S.L., has been granted registration as a virtual asset services provider(VASP) by the Bank of Spain. This registration will allow Binance to offer crypto asset exchange and custody services in Spain in…
OCBC partners J&T to offer “last mile” delivery for over 1500 couriers in Malaysia
OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad (OCBC Bank) and delivery company J&T Express (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (J&T) are collaborating to make “last mile” delivery safer and more convenient for over 1,500 couriers in Malaysia through the use of the bank’s digital collection solution OCBC OneCollect.
A deep dive into the DeFi Space with Sooho.io’s Jisu Park [Q&A]
Founded in 2018, Sooho.io is a leading DeFi infrastructure service provider trusted by Fortune 500s including Samsung SDS, LG CNS and more. Headquartered in South Korea, the company aims to become the SWIFT for Web3.0 and connect the Korean DeFi ecosystem with the rest of the world.
Thailand’s Robinhood teams up with Accenture to accelerate super app ambitions
Robinhood, Thailand-based food delivery app and all-in-one travel service platform, said Thursday it is collaborating with Accenture to drive advertising creativity and enhance brand experiences for advertisers on the platform.
Singapore’s Panthera Growth leads $45M Series D fund raise by Innoviti
Innoviti Payment Solutions Pvt Ltd, India-based collaborative commerce platform said Friday that it has raised a $45 million combination Series D fund led by Singapore-based growth equity firm Panthera Growth Partners (PGP). PGP has invested $15 million in the company from its recently announced Fund II, along with new investors including Alumni Ventures,…
ESR partners with Enerbank to provide renewable energy certificates in Japan
ESR Group Limited (“ESR” or the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries as the “Group”; SEHK Stock Code: 1821), APAC’s largest real asset manager powered by the New Economy, is the first real asset manager to partner with Enerbank, one of the major green certificate operators in Japan, to participate in the Green Energy Certificate system.
Indonesian property and construction startup AMODA raises pre-seed funding led by East Ventures
AMODA, a property and construction startup in Indonesia, announced Friday that it has secured an undisclosed amount of pre-seed funding from East Ventures, the leading sector-agnostic venture capital firm in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. The firm will allocate the fund to scale up the manufacturing facilities, expand its team, and invest in its research and…
ScaleUp Malaysia seeks to invest $1 million in ten startups
Growth stage accelerator ScaleUp Malaysia said Thursday it will invest a total of $1 million in ten startups in its 2022 Cohort which will officially start in the fourth quarter of 2022. It has increased its investment in its startups to $100,000 per company, making it one of the largest cheque sizes from an accelerator in Southeast Asia.
