Investments

Retail analytics platform Trax raises $640M Series E led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and BlackRock 

Trax plans to use the fresh capital to continue providing digital transformation solutions for brick-and-mortar retail companies by expanding its products.

With growing use from increased digitalization, career and recruitment platform Glints secures $22.5M Series C for APAC expansion

The company plans to use the fresh capital to support its overall mission of empowering the career development of 120 million professionals in Southeast Asia by expanding in Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Taiwan, and hiring for its product and engineering teams. 

SaaS startup Nimbly Technologies secures $4.6M pre-Series A led by Insignia Ventures Partners 

With its pre-Series A fund, the company looks to speed up its growth and gain more traction in its existing markets, as well as expand its reach across untapped markets within the region. 

Indonesian FinTech startup Pluang secures $20M in pre-Series B led by Openspace Ventures

Pluang plans to utilize its fresh capital by investing in developing unique and proprietary financial products including new asset classes.

ADB Ventures announces first two investments: an India CleanTech and an EV company with planned Southeast Asia expansion

This is the fund's first investment since being founded in early 2020. ADB Ventures’ first vehicle closed at $60 million last September 2020, $10 million over its initial target.

Indonesia last-mile delivery platform SiCepat closes $170M Series B and looks to potentially expand across Southeast Asia

The last-mile delivery startup plans to use its fresh capital to invest in working on its current services and infrastructure, and it is also entertaining the possibility of expanding in other markets within the Southeast Asian region.

Hybrid events platform Hubilo secures $23.5M Series A for product design and global expansion

Hubilo plans to use its Series A investment to continue expanding globally in both its existing market and possible new markets. It also plans to continue investing in product development as it works towards a version 2.0 that will give its clients a better overall experience for their events.

China’s Black Lake continues to digitize industrial China and APAC with $77M Series C

Black Lake plans to use its fresh capital to invest in product development, manpower, market expansion, and creating an open platform for third-party partners. The company also plans to leverage its latest partnership with the Singaporean Temasek Holdings to further penetrate the Southeast Asian market, specifically in Vietnam and Malaysia.

Max Mandias and Helga Angelina, Green Butcher Founders

More homegrown meat alternatives in Southeast Asia as Green Butcher secures $2M Seed fund for planned Q2 2021 mainstream launch

The startup plans to utilize the fresh capital by expanding its research and development team, and scaling its production capacity to launch into mainstream retailers by Q2 2021.