Investments

FundPark, a Hong Kong-based eCommerce liquidity solution and technology provider, announced Wednesday the closing of an asset-backed securitization (ABS) facility of up to $250 million with Goldman Sachs as senior facility provider. Through this ABS facility, FundPark proprietary platform will serve to bridge the working capital finance needs of small to…

Indonesian culinary multi-brand startup Hangry, announced Monday its latest equity and debt funding of $22 million, making it to $35 million in total with Series A equity funding last year. The equity funding portion was led by Hangry’s new investor–Journey Capital Partners, with participation from Orzon Ventures, Sassoon Investment Corporation (SassCorp),…

During this quarter, Indonesia’s IDX was most active by deal numbers (12 IPOs raising $219 million), while Malaysia’s exchanges led by proceeds ($362 million via 5 IPOs). In other Asean exchanges, Thailand’s exchanges saw 5 IPOs raising $228 million, the Philippines Stock Exchange had 4 IPOs raising $201 million while Singapore’s Catalist welcomed 3 IPOs…

PhableCare, an India-based chronic disease management company, said Monday it has raised Series B funding of INR187 crores ($25 million) led by Kalaari Capital with participation from Aflac Ventures, Digital Horizon, Stride Ventures. Existing investors, Omron Ventures, SOSV, Social Starts, and Fresco Capital also participated in the round.

Instoried, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based writer assistance tool in India, said Thursday it has secured a capital commitment of $200 million from Global Emerging Markets Group (GEM), an alternative investment group with operations in Paris, New York, and the Bahamas, ahead of its listing plan.

The Parentinc, a Singapore-based tech company that owned content and community platform for parents theAsianparent, announced Wednesday that it has successfully closed a $22 million round. The round comprised a mixture of primary and secondary investment alongside venture debt. The funding round was led by East Ventures as well as other undisclosed…

Indonesian textile tech platform Wifkain said Wednesday it has raised a seed round led by Insignia Ventures Partners as it builds Indonesia’s first tech-enabled textile trading platform. Prominent angels including Atome’s Wawan Salum participated in this round. The funding will go towards expanding the suite of services provided to small and medium sized…

Gotrade, a Singapore-based investing platform, said Tuesday it has raised $15.5 million in a Series A round led by Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures (Velocity). The round also saw participation from investors around the globe including Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) from Japan, BeeNext from Singapore, Kibo Ventures from Spain, Picus Capital from…

Armada Brands (Armada), a Philippine-based e-commerce aggregator, said Tuesday it has raised $1.3 million in pre-seed funding to invest in e-commerce entrepreneurs looking to scale their brands. The pre-seed funding round of $1.3 million was co-led by the venture capital firms M Venture Partners and Foxmont Capital Partners.

Hong Kong-based one-stop cryptocurrency and social investment platform Kikitrade announced Monday the company has completed a $6 million strategic round, co-led by AppWorks and Media Asia with participation from Audeo Ventures and existing shareholders. This round of funding follows a $12 million investment led by internationally renowned investors…