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Slime Royale has announced a strategic investment and incubation support from Appota Group. The Appota Group's investment and companionship would help Slime Royale access Appota Group's ecosystem of more than 50 million users.Additionally, with their experience in game publishing, Appota Group will provide appropriate strategic advice to make Slime Royale…

The VinFuture Prize rewards breakthrough scientific research and technological innovations with humanitarian outcomes. The VinFuture Prize is aligned with one or more of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is grounded in recognizing proven, real-life impact. Winners demonstrated breakthrough innovations in science and technology focused on…

Ancient8 announced the completion of a $4 million round of seed financing led by Dragonfly Capital, Pantera Capital, and Hashed. The round also saw the participation from strategic backers including Mechanism Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Alameda Research, 3Twelve Capital, Coin98 Ventures, Kyros Ventures, Raydium, Jump Capital, GuildFi, Impossible Finance,…

Funtap's unit Funverse Capital has launched its first $10 million-sized investment fund for blockchain-focused tech startups capable of driving profound impact on the fintech and gaming industry. In addition to capital funding ticket size of up to $1 million for each qualified project, Funverse Capital offers mentorship and accelerator programs which take…

Mio has raised $8 million in Series A funding led by Jungle Ventures, Patamar Capital, and noted angel investor Oliver Jung. The round also saw participation from existing investors GGV, Venturra, Hustle Fund, iSEED SEA and Gokul Rajaram. This brings the total capital raised by the company since inception to $9.1 million. The company will use the fresh…

Validus Vietnam, the Vietnam entity of Singapore-based small and medium enterprises (SME) growth financing platform Validus, TTC Group, a multi-industry conglomerate in Vietnam and Indochina, and Do Ventures, an early-stage venture investment fund in Vietnam announced Friday a joint venture (JV) to drive financial inclusion and empower the growth of…

Zeek is closing the year on the back of strong momentum in Southeast Asia. Following its foray into Ho Chi Minh City in the fourth quarter of 2020 and its successful partnership with Circle K Vietnam, one of Vietnam’s largest local convenience store chains, Zeek has expanded its footprint in Vietnam with its launch in Hanoi in November 2021.

Timo has raised $20 million fresh funding led by Square Peg. .Other participants are Jungle Ventures, Granite Oak, FinAccel, Phoenix Holdings (existing investor) and other super angels.

StoreDot has announced the first close of its Series D funding round of up to $80 million led by flagship Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer VinFast. Other investors included StoreDot bp ventures, and Golden Energy Global Investment Ltd., a wholly owned company by EVE Energy’s Founder Liu Jincheng. The funds raised by this round will be used to…

Anfin has raised $1.2 million in a seed round led by Goodwater Capital and Global Founders Capital (GFC). New investor XA Network as well as existing investor First Check Ventures also joined the round . The fresh injection will be channelled into doubling down efforts to further develop Anfin’s platform to provide its retail investors real-time fractional…