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Singapore’s CrossFund raises additional $1.5M in funding at a $47M valuation
Singapore-based Fintech startup CrossFund has raised additional $1.5 million in funding at a $47 million valuation. The firm has raised its fourth funding round in two years from family offices in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Asia, BlockBase Ventures, UI Investments, Australian Gulf Capital, BXB Capital, and strategic angels.
Tracxn : Funding into FinTech SEA startups plunges 74 percent in third quarter
Total funding into FinTech startups in Southeast Asia (SEA) fell 74 percent to $229 million in the third quarter of 2023 from $887 million a year ago, making it the lowest funded quarter since 2020, Tracxn said Friday. The drop in funding was largely due to the absence of late-stage rounds in the third quarter of 2023.
AirAsia Cambodia partners Oriental Bank to offer innovative payment solutions for flight bookings
AirAsia Cambodia has on Thursday announced a strategic partnership with Oriental Bank Plc, a digital banking institution in the country, to offer innovative payment solutions for flight bookings tailored to the needs of Cambodian guests.
Adobe report finds Singapore firms lagging behind generative AI adoption
Adobe report finds Singapore firms lagging behind generative AI adoption. Brands in Singapore are prioritizing customer experiences to drive growth, but are challenged by reduced budgets.
Antitrust approval could be biggest hurdle for Grab’s potential acquisition of Foodpanda’s business, analysts say
Momentum Works, a venture outfit, estimated Foodpanda's Southeast Asia GMV at $3.1 billion in 2022. According to the same report, Foodpanda ranked second by market share in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines, and third in Thailand in 2022.
Tracxn : SEA tech startups witness lowest quarterly funding in five years
Southeast Asia (SEA) funding has seen a big drop of 74 percent in quarter-on-quarter in the third quarter, making it the lowest funded quarter in the last five years, said Tracxn on Thursday. the SEA tech startup ecosystem raised a total of $835 million in the third quarter, a huge 74 percent drop from $3.2 billion raised in the second quarter of 2023 and a…
Indonesia bans e-commerce transactions on social media platforms such as TikTok – report
The government said the move, which takes effect immediately, is aimed at protecting offline merchants and marketplaces, adding that predatory pricing on social media platforms is threatening small and medium-sized enterprises.
AtoZero Asean 2023 to be held in KLCC, Malaysia from Oct 4-6
AtoZero, or “Accelerate To Net Zero”, is a new series of events bringing together key decision makers and changemakers to comprehensively explore pathways, policies and business opportunities that will catalyse an acceleration of net zero pathways.
Funding Societies raises $27 million in debt funding from institutional investors
Funding Societies | Modalku, the largest unified small and medium enterprises (SME) digital finance platform in Southeast Asia, announced on Tuesday that it has successfully raised debt of $27 million. The funding was led by Asia-focused private credit financier AlteriQ Global, with multi-family office Aument Capital Partners (ACP), and…
Vietnamese Internet Platform VNG postpones US IPO – report
VNG has been exploring going public in the US since at least 2017.
