Investments

Declout Ventures leads $4.5M investment in Charged Indonesia

Singapore-headquartered DeClout Ventures Pte. Ltd. has led a $4.5 million investment in Indonesia-focused e-mobility scale up Charged Indonesia, as part of their inaugural funding round.

Singapore’s Starboard raises $3.5M pre-series A funding led by Monk’s Hill Ventures

Starboard, a Singapore-based platform for founders to start and run their companies globally, announced Thursday its $3.5 million Pre-Series A funding round led by Monk’s Hill Ventures. Other investors for the round include Actium Partners, Iterative Capital, Bruno Poh (General Counsel, Lyte Ventures), Lelaina Lim (CFO, Eu Yang Sang International Limited),…

Singapore’s Silence Laboratories raises $1.7M seed funding led by Pi Ventures

Silence Laboratories, a web3 focused cybersecurity startup headquartered in Singapore, said Thursday it has closed a $1.7 million round in a seed funding, led by Pi Ventures. The round also included participation from web3 centric funds such as imToken ventures and prominent angels like Daniel Ari Friedman, Mahin Gupta, CK Vishwakarma, Priyeshu Garg, Ashish…

Indonesia’s KLAR Smile bags $4.55M pre-series A funding co-led by AC Ventures and East Ventures

Klar Smile, an oral wellness startup in Indonesia, announced Tuesday that it raised a $4.5 million pre-series A funding round co-led by AC Ventures and East Ventures. Other participating investors included Venturra Discovery, and several angel investors.

Singapore’s iPiD secures $3.3M seed funding to grow industry support and senior hire

Singaporean FinTech start-up iPiD announced Tuesday a $3.3 million seed funding round by strategic investors Rapyd Ventures, Jungle Ventures, 1982 Ventures, Resolution Ventures, Saison Capital, the XA Network and Wing Vasiksiri.

Singapore’s Lightnet receives $50M capital commitment from LDA Capital

Singapore FinTech firm the Lightnet Group (Lightnet) has secured a $50 million capital commitment from LDA Capital Ltd (LDA) to grow its infrastructure, operations, and expand its technological partner's (Velo Labs Technology) blockchain technology.

Singapore FinTech firm banco raises $6.7M Series A round led by SBI Group

Singapore-based FinTech company banco announced Tuesday the successful raise of $6.7 million in Series A funding led by Japan-based leading financial group SBI Group. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), R3, Savills, KZM & Company, and others also joined the round.

Singapore’s Glints raises $50M co-led by DCM Ventures, Lavender Hill Capital, and PERSOL Holdings

Glints, a Singapore=based end-to-end regional talent ecosystem for career development and recruitment, said Tuesday it has raised $50 million in a Series D oversubscribed round co-led by DCM Ventures, Lavender Hill Capital, and returning investor PERSOL Holdings.

Indonesia’s ESB raises $29M Series B funding led by Northstar Group and Alpha JWC Ventures

ESB, an Indonesia-based fully-integrated restaurant management software as a service (SaaS) platform, announced Monday its $29 million Series B funding round led by Northstar Group and Alpha JWC Ventures. The round also saw participation from existing investors including BEENEXT, Vulcan Capital and AC Ventures.

Malaysia’s Creador backs Philippine digital bank operator UnoAsia

Malaysian private equity firm Creador has led a pre-Series A round of $11 million for UnoAsia, operator of Uno Digital Bank, one of only six licensed digital banks in the Philippines.UnoAsia had already raised $33.5 million in pre-seed and seed funding, of which $21 million came from Creador.