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Temasek-backed Zilingo seeks to raise $150M-$200M – report

Zilingo will be joining a number of companies in Southeast Asia raising funds.

Singapore foodtech firm Next Gen Foods raises a record-breaking $100M Series A funding round

Next Gen Foods has raised a $100 million Series A funding round – the largest Series A to date for a plant-based meat company. Participating in the Series A round are Alpha JWC, EDBI and MPL Ventures. Returning from previous rounds are Temasek through its newly established Asia Sustainable Food Platform, GGV Capital, K3 Ventures and Bits x Bites.

Indian healthcare platform GOQii raises $50M Series C funding from Sumeru Ventures, Modality and others

GOQii Inc announced Wednesday its Series C funding round of $50 million led by Sumeru Ventures. Modality (Digality) also participated the round. Other investors included 9 Unicorns, Venture Catalysts, funds advised by MegaDelta, Mitsui, The Times Group, Ascendo, Akbar Khan and Sanjay Narang. The venture debt funding was led by Blacksoil Capital and Trifecta…

Tencent Cloud partners with KinderWorld to develop smart Campus in Southeast Asia

China's Tencent Cloud announced Thursday its collaboration with KinderWorld International Group (KinderWorld) in the areas of smart campus development, innovation and digitalization, as well as training development in the education sector in Southeast Asia. The strategic cooperation agreement marks both parties’ intention to leverage the technologies…

Australia’s Protecht to accelerate growth with $30M Series A investment from Arrowroot Capital

Protecht Group Holdings Pty Ltd has secured an A$42 million ($30.13 million) investment from Arrowroot Capital to accelerate its product and growth strategies. The Series A investment will enable it to execute on its key growth initiatives – accelerate the delivery of new and exciting features in its products, maintain and expand a high level of service to…

India conversational automation firm Uniphore bags $400M Series E funding, valuation climbs to $2.5B

Uniphore nnounced Wednesday its Series E funding round of $400 million. The round, which brings its total funding to more than half a billion ($610 million) is led by American-based venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and raises the company’s valuation to $2.5 billion, March Capital and other existing Uniphore investors along with new…

Singapore SaaS firm RIMM Sustainability raises $3M in Pre-Series A funding led by BEENEXT and others

Real Impact Matters Most (RIMM) Sustainability has raised a total of $3 million in its pre- series A round on its quest to make sustainability accessible and actionable to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The funding round was led by venture capital fund BEENEXT and one of Japan’s most successful tech investors Mamoru Taniya. Other key investors…

Indonesia’s NOBI lands $4M in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by AC Ventures

NOBI announced Thursday a $4 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by AC Ventures, with participation from Appworks, Skystar Capital, Cakra Ventures, Global Founders Capital (GFC), and angel investors. The funding will be used to further enhance its product, grow its Honest Token (HNST) utility and expand the team.

Metaverse will play a key role in HealthTech, patient care & collaboration, says 8chili’s Aravind Upadhyaya [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]

With the onset of pandemic, Digital Health has gained significant momentum both in terms of investment and adoption across the healthcare spectrum. Be it the use of immersive technologies like AR/VR for healthcare training, education, or collaboration to remote patient monitoring through wearables and digital therapeutics. Each of these areas has a…

Singapore health data verification platform Riverr bags $1M seed round from KSL Maritime Ventures and SEEDS Capital

Riverr has raised a $1 million seed round led by KSL Maritime Ventures. Enterprise Singapore’s SEEDS Capital also participated in the round. The fresh capital from maritime industry leaders will enable Riverr to accelerate its go-to-market roadmap with healthcare providers across Singapore, Philippines, India and Indonesia as it introduces its platform to…