Venture Capital

IdeaSpace, the Philippines-based startup accelerator and early-stage venture investment arm of the MVP Group of Companies, has on Monday announced the appointment of Alwyn Rosel, a startup ecosystem veteran, as the new Executive Director of IdeaSpace and QBO Innovation, succeeding Jay Fajardo.

The Southeast Asia (SEA) Monthly Funding Tracker for February 2025 indicates that funding activity slowed during the month. Total funding amounted to $92.9 million across 18 rounds, marking a decline of 86.56 percent compared with January 2025 and a 69.03 percent decline from February 2024.

Women-led tech startups in Southeast Asia (SEA) secured $198 million in total funding in 2024, accounting for 6 percent of the region’s overall $3.09 billion tech startup funding, Tracxn said Tuesday.

Vectr Fintech Partners (VFP), a Hong Kong-based early-stage venture capital firm, has on Tuesday announced it has rebranded as OMVC, short for OM Venture Capital.

None of eFishery’s PondTag sensors that were supposed to help remotely judge water quality and automate fish and shrimp feeders had been deployed. The limited data collection meant fish feed predictions were wrong almost half the time, the document said.

The Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) and the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) have jointly launched the Strategic Co-Investment Fund (CoSIF) under the New Industrial Master Plan 2030 (NIMP 2030) on Tuesday.

Golden Gate Ventures, a Singapore-based early-stage investment firm, has announced a strategic partnership with Oman Investment Authority (OIA) through its technology investment arm, Innovation Development Oman (IDO).

Australia’s flagship impact investment fund Australian Development Investments (ADI) has announced a strategic partnership with Indonesian venture capital firm AC Ventures under the KINETIK initiative.

We talked to Dan Siazon, Founder and Managing Partner of Kickstart Ventures to learn more about the company’s achievements in 2024, its plans and priorities in 2025. He also shared her views on the outlook of the tech ecosystem in the Philippines for the new year.

We talked to James Tan, Managing Partner at Quest Ventures, to learn more about the firm’s achievements in 2024, its plans and priorities in 2025. He also shared his views on the outlook of the tech ecosystem in Southeast Asia for the new year.