Investments

Indian healthcare platform GOQii raises $50M Series C funding from Sumeru Ventures, Modality and others

GOQii Inc announced Wednesday its Series C funding round of $50 million led by Sumeru Ventures. Modality (Digality) also participated the round. Other investors included 9 Unicorns, Venture Catalysts, funds advised by MegaDelta, Mitsui, The Times Group, Ascendo, Akbar Khan and Sanjay Narang. The venture debt funding was led by Blacksoil Capital and Trifecta…

Australia’s Protecht to accelerate growth with $30M Series A investment from Arrowroot Capital

Protecht Group Holdings Pty Ltd has secured an A$42 million ($30.13 million) investment from Arrowroot Capital to accelerate its product and growth strategies. The Series A investment will enable it to execute on its key growth initiatives – accelerate the delivery of new and exciting features in its products, maintain and expand a high level of service to…

India conversational automation firm Uniphore bags $400M Series E funding, valuation climbs to $2.5B

Uniphore nnounced Wednesday its Series E funding round of $400 million. The round, which brings its total funding to more than half a billion ($610 million) is led by American-based venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and raises the company’s valuation to $2.5 billion, March Capital and other existing Uniphore investors along with new…

Singapore SaaS firm RIMM Sustainability raises $3M in Pre-Series A funding led by BEENEXT and others

Real Impact Matters Most (RIMM) Sustainability has raised a total of $3 million in its pre- series A round on its quest to make sustainability accessible and actionable to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The funding round was led by venture capital fund BEENEXT and one of Japan’s most successful tech investors Mamoru Taniya. Other key investors…

Singapore health data verification platform Riverr bags $1M seed round from KSL Maritime Ventures and SEEDS Capital

Riverr has raised a $1 million seed round led by KSL Maritime Ventures. Enterprise Singapore’s SEEDS Capital also participated in the round. The fresh capital from maritime industry leaders will enable Riverr to accelerate its go-to-market roadmap with healthcare providers across Singapore, Philippines, India and Indonesia as it introduces its platform to…

Singapore consumer internet firm Glance gets $200M from Reliance Industries’ Jio Platforms

Glance has agreed to raise $200 million from Reliance Industries Limited's subsidiary Jio Platforms Limited (Jio) in its Series D round of funding. The proposed investment by Jio is aimed at accelerating Glance’s launch in several key international markets outside of Asia such as the United States, Brazil, Mexico and Russia.The company is aiming to create…

Animoca Brands Japan begins operations, bags seed round of $10M

Animoca Brands announced Tuesday it has begun operations in Japan with the launch of its strategic subsidiary Animoca Brands KK (Animoca Brands Japan), which has completed a raise of ¥1.1 billion ($10 million) of funding in its seed round. Animoca Brands Japan will use the new capital to expand its business in Japan with the goal to enhance the reach of…

Singapore health and wellness platform MindFi raises $2M to bring mind fitness to Asia Pacific workplaces

MindFi announced Tuesday an oversubscribed $2 million seed funding round that saw participation from existing investor M Venture Partners and Global Founders Capital fund. Carousell Co-Founder Marcus Tan, Carro Executive Kenji Narushima and Spin Co-Founder Derrick Ko also joined the round, among other prominent angel investors in United States and Asia. The…

Singapore foodtech firm ProfilePrint closes Series A funding round at a valuation over three times its pre-series A round last year

ProfilePrint, nnounced Tuesday the closing of its Series A funding round at a valuation over three times its pre-series A round last year. Backing this funding round are some of the world’s largest food ingredient conglomerates, namely Louis Dreyfus Company (Netherlands), Olam Food Ingredients (ofi – an operating group of Olam International Limited,…

Singapore insurtech provider Cyber Sierra raises $4.3M seed fund led by Leo Capital

Cyber Sierra announced Tuesday the completion of a $4.3 million seed round of financing led by Leo Capital, with participation from AppWorks, Credit Saison, as well as angel investors including prominent founders and leaders in the cloud and insurance sectors.With this round of financing, It plans to launch and grow its business offerings to include more…