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India fintech startup Velocity raises $20M Series A funding led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures
Velocity has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures. Other investors who participated in the round include Presight Capital, Utsav Somani’s iSeed, Maninder Gulati (Oyo), Zac Prince (BlockFi) and Philippe De Mota (Hedosophia). Armed with capital, the start-up has set its sights high and aims to deploy over Rs.1,000 Crores…
Chinese team wins Gordon Bell Prize for Simulation of Quantum Circuit
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, named a 14-member team, drawn from Chinese institutions, recipients of the 2021 ACM Gordon Bell Prize for their project, Closing the "Quantum Supremacy" Gap: Achieving Real-Time Simulation of a Random Quantum Circuit Using a New Sunway Supercomputer.
ORIGIN Innovation Awards 2021: Announcing the Startup Leader of the Year winners
Congratulations to the ORIGIN Innovation Awards Startup Leaders of the Year: Alodia Gosiengfiao, Co-Founder of Tier 1 Entertainment;Kamarul Muhamed, Founder and Group CEO of Aerodyne Group; Jamie Tan, Founder, Flying Cape.
UK digital payment firm raises $10M led by Inference Partners to expand to Europe and Asia
Pomelo Pay has raised $10 million in a Series A round led by Inference Partners. The investment will allow the company to expand its presence across global markets including Europe and Asia, starting with plans to double their workforce in London, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines.
Gojek and TBS Energi Utama form joint venture to accelerate the development of Indonesia’s two-wheel electric vehicle ecosystem
Gojek and PT TBS Energi Utama Tbk (TBS) has announced the formation of a joint venture to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in Indonesia. The joint venture, known as Electrum, will act as a platform through which both companies will develop infrastructure for two-wheel EVs throughout the country, both parties said in a statement.
Singapore co-working firm Deskimo raises $3M Seed Round and expands to Jakarta
Combinator-backed Deskimo closed a $3M Seed financing round and is now launching in Jakarta as its first expansion market after Singapore and Hong Kong. The Singapore-based startup sees strong demand from companies that move to a permanently hybrid workplace, a shift that is happening all around the world.
Thailand’s WHA Group invests in Thai logistics startup Giztix’s $7.75M Series B funding round
WHA Group has joined Bualuang Ventures to become the main investor in the Series B funding round of GIZTIX, a Thai startup that provides a digital platform for e-Logistics, with total funding of more than $7.75 million. GIZTIX plans to use the funds to develop services and technologies in transportation and to expand the service areas while reducing…
Singapore energy management firm Resync Technologies secures $2M Series A from GGV Capital to power an AI-driven, greener energy future
Resync Technologies (Resync) has raised $2 million in Series A funding from global venture firm GGV Capital. The investment will back the company’s plans to innovate and develop more advanced features for its energy cloud platform, while expanding to more markets across Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
Australia’s Airwallex raises additional $100M in Series E1 led by Lone Pine Capital, valuation reaches $5.5B
The funding comes just a month after Airwallex announced an oversubscribed Series E round as the company looks to accelerate its global expansion plans. This latest round takes Airwallex’s total Series E fundraising to $300 million, with $802 million raised in total.
