Investments
Singapore’s Matchmove acquires Shopmatic for $200M
MatchMove, Singapore-based embedded finance firm, said Monday it has acquired e-commerce specialist Shopmatic in a $200 million deal, creating an end-to-end embedded finance and ecommerce powerhouse. The combined company will enable MatchMove to provide its Banking-as-a-Service capabilities to Shopmatic’s ecosystem of over a million e-commerce small and…
True Platform raises $3.5M seed round led by January Capital
Vietnam-based business software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup True Platform announced Monday its recently closed $3.5 million Seed funding from January Capital, Alpha JWC Ventures, BEENEXT, FPT Corporation and other angel investors. The funding round was led by January Capital, a venture capital firm in Singapore with a portfolio of 40 startups from pre-seed…
Indonesian FinTech firm Xendit raises $300M Series D funding co-led by Coatue and Insight Partners
Xendit, an Indonesia-based payments infrastructure platform, announced Thursday it closed $300 million in Series D funding, taking the total amount raised to $538 million to power the world’s fastest-growing digital economy. Coatue and Insight Partners co-led the round with additional investment from Accel, Tiger Global, Kleiner Perkins, EV Growth, Amasia,…
Singapore’s Oddle raises $5M in Pre-Series B funding
Funds from this bridge round will power product development and regional market expansion in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
TSBA cohort participants raise $40M through the collaboration with Indonesian Crypto Asset Exchange, Tokocrypto and BRI Ventures
Tokocrypto, an Indonesian crypto-asset digital exchange, has partnered with the country’s leading government-owned bank’s corporate venture capital firm, BRI Ventures, for an initiative known as Tokocrypto Sembrani Blockchain Accelerator (TSBA) powered by TokoLabs. Through the accelerator program, the collaboration has helped emerging blockchain projects…
Indonesia’s Mekari secures $50M funding led by Money Forward
Mekari, an Indonesia-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup, announced Friday its latest funding of $50 million led by Money Forward Inc, the largest SaaS provider of financial planning and accounting applications from Japan. This funding was also followed by the participation of previous investors.
Japan’s chat commerce firm Zeals raises $38.77M funding led by JIC Venture Growth Investments
Zeals Co., Ltd. (Zeals), a Japan-based Chat Commerce provider, announced Thursday that it has raised a total of ¥5 billion ($38.77 million) in funding.JIC Venture Growth Investments led the ¥3.5 billion ($27.14 million) Series E round with participation from Z Venture Capital, a venture investment arm of Z Holdings, Japan Post Capital, and Salesforce…
East Ventures raises $550M multi-stage fund to focus on Indonesia and Southeast Asia startups
Indonesia-focused venture capital firm East Ventures has raised a total of $550 million in the final close of its latest fund. Headquartered in Singapore and founded in 2009, East Ventures has transformed into a holistic platform that provides multi-stage investment, including Seed and Growth for over 200 companies in Southeast Asia.
Malaysian Prime Minister too, tries to court Tesla to invest in the country – report
Neighbouring Indonesia has been publicly wooing Tesla to invest in the country to help develop its ambitious EV and battery industry plans. Indonesian President Joko Widodo is planning to meet Tesla Founder and Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk.
Singapore’s Supabase announces $80M Series B funding led by Felicis
Supabase, a Singapore-based open-source database-as-a-service (DBaaS) company, announced Tuesday that it has raised $80 million in Series B funding led by Felicis, with participation from existing investors Coatue and Lightspeed. This latest round follows Supabase's $30 million Series A round announced in September 2021, and brings the company's total…
