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Vietnamese social commerce platform Mio raises $8M in Series A funding led by Jungle Ventures

Mio has raised $8 million in Series A funding led by Jungle Ventures, Patamar Capital, and noted angel investor Oliver Jung. The round also saw participation from existing investors GGV, Venturra, Hustle Fund, iSEED SEA and Gokul Rajaram. This brings the total capital raised by the company since inception to $9.1 million. The company will use the fresh…

Building a world where the next 1,000 Pokemon GOs are built [Podcast Q&A]

Our “why” at SuperWorld is how do we build a better world? How do we leverage technologies like augmented reality and virtual reality, blockchain, artificial intelligence? How do we bring all these technologies together to actually improve the world and enhance humanity? Those are the kinds of questions that propel us forward.

Ant-backed Indonesia’s Akulaku considers SPAC merger at $2B value – report

"Both parties have signed an exclusive relationship," a person familiar with the matter told TechNode Global.

Jakob Rost on how Ayoconnect’s open finance solutions foster an ecosystem of synergy in the finance industry [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]

With the regulatory foundation that is being developed across the region, the rapidly growing internet population, and rising digital financial services adoption, we can expect a trend towards healthier competition among the players and better protection of consumers’ rights.

Singapore real estate investment platform RealVantage receives capital markets services licence from Singapore’s regulator

RealVantage is now fully regulated by Singapore’s central bank to deal in capital markets products and more critically, open the heavily-gated world of private equity real estate investments to Singapore-based retail investors, with immediate effect.

Singapore EdTech firm ErudiFi raises debt facility of $15M with Helicap

ErudiFi has secured a debt facility of $15 million from Helicap. This funding round will help support the firm in providing for the needs of students across the Philippines and Indonesia, by offering them affordable tuition installment plans.

Singapore logistics firm Haulio secures $7M investment led by Temasek’s Heliconia Capital

Haulio has raised $7 million in a Series A funding round led by Temasek unit Heliconia Capital. The round also saw participation from new and existing investors across the globe. The startup will use the funds to drive stronger haulage capabilities, enhance service quality, elevate product engineering and development, reinforce talent acquisition and scale…

US and Taiwan-based Viewabo raises $1.77M in seed round led by Hive Ventures

Viewabo has raised $1.77 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by Hive Ventures. The round also saw participation from 500 Global, Draper Associates and other investors. Viewabo will use the funds to focus on product development and expand beyond real-time use cases, penetrate new markets in the US and the Asia-Pacific – especially for small-…

Indian electric commercial vehicle startup EVage raises $28M seed round led by RedBlue Capital

EVage has raised $28 million seed round led by US-based venture capital firm RedBlue Capital. This is among the largest seed rounds for any Indian start-up and will allow EVage to complete its production-ready factory outside of Delhi in financial year 2022 to 2023 and scale up production.

AirAsia aims to become Asia’s largest food delivery, ride hailing company – report

AirAsia has been aggressively building its digital businesses and its Asean Super App over the last two years as most of its planes were grounded due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.