Venture Capital

Singapore’s Jungle Ventures closes a $600 million fund, AUM crosses $1B

This brings their total Assets Under Management (AUM) to over $1 billion.

TSBA cohort participants raise $40M through the collaboration with Indonesian Crypto Asset Exchange, Tokocrypto and BRI Ventures

Tokocrypto, an Indonesian crypto-asset digital exchange, has partnered with the country’s leading government-owned bank’s corporate venture capital firm, BRI Ventures, for an initiative known as Tokocrypto Sembrani Blockchain Accelerator (TSBA) powered by TokoLabs. Through the accelerator program, the collaboration has helped emerging blockchain projects…

Finku secures $2.8M Seed funding led by B Capital, Trihill & Global Founders Capital to boost its Indonesian expansion

Finku, an Indonesia-based financial services application platform that streamlines and automates budgeting and expense tracking, has raised $2.8 million in its latest seed funding round. The round was led by B Capital Group, a multi-stage global investment firm and co-led by Global Founders Capital and Trihill Capital. Other participants in the round…

East Ventures raises $550M multi-stage fund to focus on Indonesia and Southeast Asia startups

Indonesia-focused venture capital firm East Ventures has raised a total of $550 million in the final close of its latest fund. Headquartered in Singapore and founded in 2009, East Ventures has transformed into a holistic platform that provides multi-stage investment, including Seed and Growth for over 200 companies in Southeast Asia.

SC Ventures and SBI Holdings sign MOU to speed up portfolio expansion and build ecosystems

SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, announced that it had entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SBI Holdings, Inc. SC Ventures aims to expand their portfolio at a business and geographic level and to explore new ecosystems through this partnership.

India’s 9Unicorns announces fifth closure of its maiden fund at $100M

9Unicorns, an India-based early-to-growth stage accelerator fund, on Sunday announced the fifth closure of its maiden fund at $100 million. The company plans to invest $500,000 to $1 million in the idea stage and, up to $2 million in high-growth stage Series C and above startups this year with a focus on DeepTech, Enterprise SaaS, Web 3.0, FinTech, Media,…

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Singapore’s Resolution Ventures announces first close of $20M Southeast Asia FinTech fund

Resolution Ventures, a Singapore-based venture capital firm, announced Wednesday the first close of its $20 million Southeast Asia-focused Fintech fund, Resolution Fintech Fund I. With its inaugural fund, Resolution Ventures is committed to backing the most promising founders in Southeast Asian Fintech, building solutions that have local, regional, and…

US-based MassMutual Ventures announces new $300M fund for Europe & APAC

United States-based MassMutual Ventures (MMV) announced Wednesday that its Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Europe team has launched a new fund of $300 million to invest in early and growth-stage companies in digital health, financial technology, enterprise software as a service (SaaS), and cybersecurity.

Singapore’s Venturi Partners hits final close of $175M in maiden fund

Venturi Partners, a Singapore-based investment platform that empowers audacious brands in India and Southeast Asia, announced Tuesday that its maiden fund has hit its final close of $175 million. The platform has raised commitments from large European Union and Asian family offices, such as Peugeot Invest, Ackermans & Van Haaren and Frederic De Mevius,…