Investments

CapBay $20 million Series A KK Fund

Singaporean VC Firm KK Fund returns to lead Malaysian startup CapBay’s $20M Series A

The fresh capital infusion will be used to expand its market reach for new potential investors and to work on its current tech to provide financing solutions for underserved SMEs

Legal management platform Lupl raises $14M, readies for Q2 launch with new appointments

Legal management platform Lupl raises $14M, readies for Q2 launch with new appointments

Lupl is a privately-held company based in Washington, DC specializing in the management of large volumes of legal transactions. It has been increasing its presence in Asia as it recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Law of Singapore to advance the city-state’s legal sector digitalization.

Darwinbox Co-founders - Left to Right - Rohit, Jayant, Chaitanya

Salesforce leads HRTech platform Darwinbox’s $15M Series C for Southeast Asia expansion

Darwinbox plans to use this fresh capital to scale its operations within India and Southeast Asian markets, as well as expand in other emerging markets in the Middle East and Africa. 

Vietnam FinTech MoMo raises at least $100M in Series D funding round

Vietnam’s most widely used e-wallet app MoMo secures at least $100M in Series D

M-Service, the company responsible for operating Vietnam’s most popular e-wallet service MoMo, has secured at least $100 million in a Series D funding round. This is the most recent new capital infusion for the company since it closed its Series C in 2019.

Singapore FinTech Zipmex raises $6M to grow its digital assets exchange in Asia Pacific

The company plans to grow the team and work on its current product offerings and set up new offerings to further diversify. This will include working on ZipUp, Zipmex’s interest-bearing product, and ZMT, its new native token.

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Singapore’s Grab Holdings boosts its FinTech unit with a $300M funding round

This is the first time for Grab’s FinTech arm to secure money from new investors. The new investment in Grab Financial Group is substantial, but Grab Holdings Inc. continues to own the majority stake in the subsidiary.

Philippines mobile wallet GCash secures $175 million investment amid rising demand for digital payments

GCash has reportedly facilitated over $20.78 billion (PhP1 trillion) in in-app transactions in 2020 and grew its customer based to 33 million, amid increased demand for online payments and money transfer transactions during the COVID-19 pandemic