Investments

Amanda Tay, Head of Marketing and PR, along with Co-Founders Ken Tan and Charmaine Lim

Singapore-based travel-optimization platform Navisteps secures $1M in pre-Seed round

The travel startup plans to use this fund to expand and add new partner integrations onto its platform and look further into its current expense analytics model

Skuad raises $4M Seed round to ramp up global payroll platform

Skuad plans to use this fresh capital by investing in the growth team who will be located in different regions geographically and continue working on developing their remote working infrastructure.

Logistics technology startup Zeek raises $10M investment for Southeast Asia expansion

Logistics technology startup Zeek secures $10M pre-Series A for Southeast Asia expansion

Zeek intends to use the funds to further its  expansion in Southeast Asia markets, enhance and refineme its logistics management technology, and in data analytics applications

24/7 medical care startup Speedoc raises $5M Series A led by Vertex Ventures

24/7 HealthTech startup Speedoc raises $5M Series A led by Vertex Ventures

Speedoc plans to use the fresh capital infusion to accelerate the adoption of its digital health services in Singapore by pursuing technological advancement initiatives

Singapore-based SME digital financing platform Funding Societies gets financial backing from Samsung

Funding Societies, an SME crowdfunding and alternative investment platform based in Singapore, became a recipient of an undisclosed amount of funding support from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation (SVIC), the venture capital arm of Samsung Group

E-commerce marketing startup Epsilo raises $2M from a funding round led by Sequoia’s Surge 4

End-to-end e-commerce marketing company Epsilo recently completed a $2 million funding round. Almost all of this new capital injection was provided by Surge, Sequoia India’s scale-up program established to help startups in India and Southeast Asia.

Philippine digital payment startup SquidPay raises $4.16M in Series A round funding and credit line

SquidPay closed Php 100 Million in Series A and Php 100 Million ($2.08 million each) line of credit arranged by Eastern Securities Development Corporation (ESDC)

Startup specializing in lifetime learning secures six-digit Seed funding, aims to ‘help managers become leaders’

C-suite, a lifetime learning platform designed for executives, has launched its official web application to help professionals improve their knowledge, skills, and credentials.

Booming Australian logistics startup Shippit secures $22.3M Series B for Southeast Asia Expansion

The logistics startup has just finished its $22.3 million (A$30 million) Series B equity round led by Jason Lenga of Tiger Global, an American technology investment firm.