Venture Capital

There have been lots of winners and losers from the pandemic. Initially, service sectors such as retail, real estate, hospitality, and travel took the initial blows. But I think it’s interesting the hardest hit industries are now at the forefront of innovation given they were facing existential events.

Orca Security will leverage Temasek’s investment portfolio and global network to deepen its penetration into the Asia Pacific (APAC) region and beyond, and into key industries such as telecom, financial services, transportation, consumer goods, and more.

The Hibiscus Fund is targeting a final close at $80 million to $100 million.

The Jakarta-based startup has reached a valuation of $1 billion after raising $153 million in a financing round led by DST Global.

The new funds will boost Techxila Fund I’s investments in early-stage tech companies across Pakistan.

Forge Ventures said it will build a concentrated portfolio of just 15 companies over the next three years with a focus on Singapore and Indonesia.

Victor Chua is a founding and managing partner of Vynn Capital, a Southeast Asia-based VC firm with a core focus on value creation for institutional investors as well as founders of innovative startups through strategic investments into early-stage technology-driven startups.

Startup Studio Indonesia has selected 15 early-stage startups - out of a total of 5,723 registrants - to take part in Startup Studio Indonesia's third batch of incubation training.

Led by Insights Partners, Spenmo has clinched one of Singapore’s largest Series A funding rounds to date.

The fresh funds will be used to expand the leadership and growth teams, to enter new geographies and to deepen technology development.