Investments

Oyo, Ritesh Agarwal

Oyo’s Ritesh Agarwal starts VC firm in Singapore

With Aroa Ventures, he’s investing up to $5 million in startups.

plane, travel, holiday

Fighting for survival, Southeast Asia’s Traveloka gets a funding lifeline

Trouble is, summer is cancelled and the travel market is still far from normal.

Wall Street, finance, wealth, economy

Robo-advisor app StashAway gets funding for expansion

Singapore’s StashAway is available in Malaysia, and it’s seeking new countries too.

New VC focuses on Southeast Asia’s women-led startups

Her Capital launched its first fund this week.

With over $1.3b, Sequoia has two new funds for region

Aimed at Southeast Asia and India.

Billionaire Li Ka-shing behind ambitious new Southeast Asia digital bank

The upcoming digital bank is busy making acquisitions.

Payfazz gets $53m funding for network of mobile money agents

It's like Venmo, but with an Indonesian twist.

Nextbillion

Ex-Grab employees get series A funding for 4-month-old AI startup

The AI startup is serving up localized data to major clients.

Phone users in Mandalay, Myanmar

Myanmar startup fund ready to roll with $80m

The first ever fund from Ascent Capital just made its debut investment.