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Binance Smart Chain and Animoca Brands set up $200M investment program for blockchain gaming projects
Binance Smart Chain (BSC) and Animoca Brands are launching a $200 million investment program to accelerate and incubate early crypto gaming startups that are building on BSC.
Singapore financial technology firm Xen Capital raises $7.5M Series A led by Headline Asia
Xen Capital has raised $7.5 million in a Series A round led by Headline Asia (formerly known as Infinity Ventures) to scale its business to business to consumer (B2B2C) alternative investment platform.
Vingroup seeks to list car unit in US in 2H2022 to raise at least $3B – report
Vingroup had set up a Singapore-based holding company owning a stake in Vinfast's operations in Vietnam to fuel the IPO process.
Enterprise Singapore and Latin Leap launch first market entry program to help Singapore tech startups expand and grow in Latin American market
Latin Leap and Enterprise Singapore (ESG) have launched the first market entry programme to help tech startups in Singapore to have greater access to business and partnership opportunities in Latin America. The Leap2LatAm programme aims to connect tech startups in Singapore with potential customers, multipliers, and joint venture partners in Latin America…
South Korean online lending platform PeopleFund raises $64M Series C funding led by Bain Capital
PeopleFund will utilize the funds to hire artificial intelligence (AI) engineers and acquire alternative data to further upgrade its credit-scoring algorithm while focusing on credit scoring technology with the acquisition of MyData license set for late this year.
ORIGIN Innovation Awards 2021: Movers & Shakers – People’s Choice VC winners
We are thrilled to announce the People's Choice VC winners for the second edition of the ORIGIN Innovation Awards.
Japan’s Space BD raises $9.2M from Temasek arm and others
Space BD has raised a total of 1.04 billion JPY ($9.2 million) through a third-party allotment of new shares to the existing shareholders Incubate Fund, Anniversaire Holdings, SMBC Venture Capital, Mizuho Capital, and the new shareholder Pavilion Capital, wholly owned by Temasek Holdings, a Singapore government-affiliated investment company.
India fintech platform Simpl raises $40M Series B funding led by Valar Ventures and IA Ventures
Simpl, has raised a $40 million Series B round led by Valar Ventures and IA Ventures with participation from LFH Ventures and other internal investors. The investment brings the total capital raised by the company to $83 million.
ORIGIN Innovation Awards 2021: Best Corporate Innovation winners
We are thrilled to announce the Best Corporate Innovation for the second edition of the ORIGIN Innovation Awards.
