Investments

Vietnam’s Trusting Social raises $65M Series C round from Sherpa

Vietnamese FinTech firm Trusting Social announced Thursday an investment of $65 million in the group from The Sherpa Company Limited (Sherpa), a subsidiary of Masan Group Corporation, for the initial close of its Series C round. It also announced a strategic collaboration between Trusting Social and Masan intends to develop an artificial intelligence…

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Singapore Finbots.AI raises $3M from Accel in Series A round

Finbots.AI, a Singapore-based FinTech firm, announced Thursday it has raised $3 million in a Series A round from Accel. The funds will be used towards accelerating product enhancement, marketing and sales, and customer support besides recruiting of senior talent and team expansion across its offices.

Vietnamese electric motorbike startup Dat Bike raises $5.3M in Series A led by Jungle Ventures

Dat Bike, a Vietnamese electric motorbike startup, announced Thursday a $5.3 million Series A fundraise led by Jungle Ventures with participation from existing investor Wavemaker Partners, bringing the total fundraise by the company since inception to $10 million.

US-based MassMutual Ventures announces new $300M fund for Europe & APAC

United States-based MassMutual Ventures (MMV) announced Wednesday that its Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Europe team has launched a new fund of $300 million to invest in early and growth-stage companies in digital health, financial technology, enterprise software as a service (SaaS), and cybersecurity.

Singapore’s healthtech startup Biofourmis turns unicorn after raising $300 million Series D investment

Biofourmis, a global leader in virtual care and digital medicine, announced Tuesday it has surpassed unicorn status with a $300 million Series D investment led by leading global growth equity firm General Atlantic. CVS Health and existing investors also participated in the round, which will help fuel the company's next phase of growth.

Singapore social music creation platform BandLab raises $65M Series B funding

BandLab, a Singapore-based social music platform, announced Tuesday the close of its Series B round totaling $65 million with a post-money valuation of $315 million. The company welcomed Prosus Ventures, the venture investing arm of Netherlands-listed Prosus, which is majority-owned by Naspers (the largest shareholder of Tencent), to its list of investors.

Hong Kong’s Omnichat raises $1.8M Pre-A round funding to expand business to Southeast Asia

Omnichat, a Hong Kong-based omni-channel chat commerce solution provider, said Wednesday it has raised $1.8 million in Pre-A round funding and announced its business expansion plan to Southeast Asia. The funding will be used to finance Omnichat to further expand the business to Southeast Asia (SEA) markets, and the first stop will be Singapore, Malaysia and…

Vietnam sustainability firm EQUO raises $1.3M seed funding led by NextGen Ventures

Vietnam-based sustainability company EQUO said Tuesday it has raised $1.3 million seed funding led by NextGen Ventures with participation from Techstars and East Ventures. Prominent angel investors Luke Vigeant of Shed Capital; Jeff Hohner of Tecumseh Capital; Jack Tai, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of OneClass; Mark Groves, Founder of Create The…

Singapore’s Ordinary Folk raises $5M pre-series A round from Monk’s Hill Ventures

Ordinary Folk, a digital health technology startup based in Singapore, announced Thursday its Pre-Series A funding of $5 million by Monk's Hill Ventures. The funding will be used to accelerate hiring talent to build a differentiated CX in healthcare using tech, expand in new markets (Hong Kong and other Asian cities), while continuing to scale in Singapore.