Venture Capital

Singapore’s early-stage emerging tech startups saw its total funding raised dip 8 percent to $371 million in 2024 from $402 million in 2023, SGInnovate's report showed Tuesday.

The SEA Monthly Funding Tracker for August 2025 highlighted a steep decline in funding across the region. Total funding in August stood at $84.1 million across 22 rounds, reflecting a 76.44 percent drop from July 2025 ($357 million) and a 65.04 percent fall year-on-year compared to August 2024 ($240.6 million).

Venturi Partners, a Singapore-based consumer growth fund, has announced the first close of its second fund at $150 million.

Origgin Ventures, a venture co-creation firm from Singapore, has announced the official launch of its $30 million Origgin Ventures Japan (Origgin Japan) in Fukuoka.

Vietnam’s technology startup ecosystem has crossed a major milestone, with over 5,500 startups, of which more than 4,100 remain active, and a funding inflow of $3.2 billion, Tracxn said Wednesday.

The SEA Monthly Funding Tracker for July 2025 revealed a sharp pullback in startup investment activity across the region. Total funding in July 2025 fell to $68.0 million across 12 rounds, a 77.08 percent decrease from June 2025 ($296.7 million) and a 76.68 percent drop year‐on‐year compared to July 2024 ($291.6 million).

Malaysia's property firm S P Setia Berhad has partnered with Antler Ibex, the corporate innovation arm of the early-stage investor Antler to launch of the Setia Al & PropTech Innovation Challenge.

Foxmont Capital Partners, the Philippines’ institutional early growth capital firm, announced Friday the first close of its third fund at $30 million — more than doubling its assets under management (AUM) and surpassing the combined size of its first two funds.

Dutch Good Growth Fund – Financing local SMEs (DGGF) will commit a funding of $170,000 to support Foxmont Philippine Ventures Fund III, with $150,000 allocated to their Business Development Services (BDS) facility and $20,000 dedicated to Technical Assistance (TA).

The National IT Industry Promotion Agency of Korea (NIPA), in collaboration with the ASEAN Secretariat and Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle) under Malaysia’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), is implementing the inaugural Korea-ASEAN AI Development & Startup Competition 2025.