Investments

Sequoia Capital India, Mirana Ventures lead Singapore’s EthSign $12M fundraising

EthSign, a Singapore-based Web 3 application builder, announced Wednesday a $12 million seed round led by Sequoia Capital India and Mirana Ventures (Venture Partner of BitDAO and Bybit), along with participation from Sequoia Capital and Sequoia Capital China.

Vietnam’s Jio Health raises $20M Series B investment led by Heritas Capital

Jio Health has completed a $20 million Series B investment led by Singapore-based healthcare investor Heritas Capital. Other investors in the round include Fuchsia Venture Capital (corporate venture capital of Muang Thai Group Holdings), Kasikorn Bank Group, and existing investor, Monk’s Hill Ventures. This fundraise represents the largest in the company’s…

Malaysia’s Vase.ai raises seed funding led by Indelible Ventures

Vase Technologies Sdn Bhd (Vase.ai) has raised a seven-figure ringgit investment to kick-start its 2022 expansion. This new round of funding was led by Indelible Ventures, along with their existing investors. The investment from Indelible Ventures will be poured into aggressive geographical expansion and enhancing the artificial intelligence (AI) technology…

Prosus Ventures and Tiger Global lead $50M Series C investment in India’s Captain Fresh

Captain Fresh has raised $50 million in a Series C investment round co-led by Prosus Ventures and Tiger Global, both existing investors. Other participants in this round also included existing investors Accel India, Matrix Partners India, Ankur Capital, and Incubate Fund.

Japanese space startup ElevationSpace raises $2.7M Seed funding

ElevationSpace Inc. has raised seed funding of $2.7 million from six investors, bringing its total raise to approximately $3 million. Its seed round investors included Genesia Ventures, Inc., Plug and Play Japan, Tohoku University Venture Partners Co. Ltd, Innovations and Future Creation Inc, MAKOTO Capital Co., Ltd. and Leave a Nest Capital.

Taiwanese conversation management tool Cooby raises $2.9M to date led by Sequoia India’s Surge and Pear VC

Taiwan-based conversation management tool Cooby announced Tuesday that it has raised $2.9 million to date led by Sequoia India’s Surge and Pear VC.

Indian AgriTech start-up Otipy gets $32M in Series B funding round led by Westbridge Capital

Otipy has raised Rs235 crores ($32 million) in its Series B round led by Westbridge Capital. Existing investors SIG and Omidyar Network India also participated in the round. These fresh funds have come in six months for Otipy, after its series A funding of Rs76 crores ($10.2 million). The funding will help the startup to further strengthen its supply chain,…

Singapore’s Mighty Jaxx nets $20M in Series A+ funding led by East Ventures

Mighty Jaxx announced Monday the first close of $20 million in its oversubscribed Series A+ funding round, pushing the company’s valuation to over $200 million. The funding round, fuelled by burgeoning interest in the phygital and metaverse future, was led by East Ventures (Growth Fund) and includes new strategic investor Mirana Ventures - the venture…

Taiwan data mesh solution provider Canner raises $3.5M Series Pre-A funding led by Taiwania Capital

Canner has raised a total of $3.5 million in a Series Pre-A funding round. Led by Taiwania Capital, the funding round was also participated in by global venture capital firm Hive Ventures and SparkLabs Taipei. Canner will use this funding to accelerate product development, expand local and international marketing efforts, and grow its internal teams.

Singapore voice AI start-up AI Rudder bags $50M in Series B funding to propel growth and international expansion

AI Rudder has closed a $50 million Series B funding round, bringing total funding in the last 12 months to $60 million. New investors Tiger Global, Coatue, Cathay Innovation, First Plus and VenturesLab participated and were joined by previous investors Sequoia Capital India and Huashan Capital. To power this next phase of growth, the company will use the…