Southeast Asia Volanews

Online Travel Is Expected to Bounce Back to US$60B by 2025, Says E-Conomy SEA Report The total deal value declined slightly from US$7.7 billion to US$6.3 billion, over the same period, attributable to the slowdown in big-ticket unicorn investments.

by e27

2020-11-11

SOUTHEAST ASIA INDIA VC

Lightspeed Launches Extreme Entrepreneurs 3.0 for High Potential Startups in SEA, India Launched in 2018 with a mission to nurture industry-disrupting founders and companies, EE takes neither equity nor does it collect fees for the programme.

by e27

2020-11-09

CHINA GIANT PChome Online

Taiwan E-Commerce Group PChome Launches Service in Southeast Asia This alliance will boost the visibility of Taiwanese products, further differentiate our partners in the respective local markets, and create a mutually-benefiting Southeast Asian e-commerce ecology.

by KrAsia

2020-09-25

SOUTHEAST ASIA Digital Consumers INDUSTRY REPORT

Southeast Asia to See 310m Digital Consumers by End-2020 That means almost 70% of the region's population that are 15 years old and older will go digital by end-2020, and the average online spending per person will triple from 2019 to $429 in 2025.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-08-07

SOUTHEAST AISA Startups Q2 2020

Robust Second Quarter for Southeast Asian Startups But Speed Bump Ahead Q2 2020, the quarter saw at least 184 deals, up 26 per cent over Q1, and 63 per cent over the second quarter of last year.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-07-17

SOUTHEAST AISA VC Wavemaker Partners

Wavemaker Exceeds Initial Target to Close Its Third SEA Fund at US$111M Fund III aims to invest in 60 new companies with an initial check size of about US$500,000.

by e27

2020-07-16

Startups Myancare

Myanmar's Telemedicine Startup Myancare Secures US$600K Led by SPARX Group Investors are the SPARX Group (lead), Japanese tech company Scala and Japanese pharmacy dispensing chain AIN Holdings.

by e27

2020-07-14

Southease Asia VC

Sequoia Raises $1.35b for New India, Southeast Asia-Focused Funds Singh said the firm's limited partners have collectively committed $825 million to a growth fund and another $525 million to a venture fund.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-07-07

Southease Asia CHINA

Alibaba-Backed Courier Best Makes Further Inroads in Southeast Asia as Pandemic Boosts Delivery Orders The delivery service provider will build 12 sortation centers and around 400 service stations across these three countries over the next three years.

by KrAsia

2020-07-06

SOUTHEAST ASIA VC East Ventures

East Ventures Forms New US$88M Seed Fund for Startups Weathering COVID-19, Announces First Close The sector-agnostic fund is designed for digital companies emerging in the post-lockdown aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

by e27

2020-06-28

CHINA MYANMAR Startups

Ant Financial Invests USD 73.5 Million in Myanmar Firm Wave Money The company’s digital payment services have been used by more than one-third of the country’s population.

by KrAsia

2020-05-19

SOUTHEAST ASIA INDIA Startups

Sequoia India & SEA Announces Its Third Cohort of Early Stage Startups The programme combines $1 million to $2 million of capital for each startup, with company-building workshops and support from a community of exceptional mentors and founders from companies like Gojek, ONE Championship and Tokopedia.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-04-28

SOUTHEAST ASIA INDIA EVENT

【EVENT】India-Southeast Asia Investment Venture Summit Connecting innovators across the world.

by volanews

2020-04-22

MYANMAR DIGITAL CONTENT Bagan Innovation Technology

BIT, parent of Myanmar's e-book store Wun Zinn, nets "7-figure USD" Series B funding BIT also owns astrologer marketplace Min Thein Kha, social commerce chatbot Therapa.ai, and Frozen' and 'Bagan' mobile keyboards

by e27

2020-04-03

SINGAPORE Healthcare tech Doctor Anywhere

SG’s Doctor Anywhere raises $27m led by Square Peg Capital, EDBI, IHH Healthcare Doctor Anywhere’s fundraise comes amidst spiking interest in online healthcare as researchers, doctors and entrepreneurs from around the world scramble to produce a vaccine for the deadly COVID-19 virus.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-03-31

MYANMAR E-COMMERCE Ezay

Ezay raises US$200K for e-commerce platform The capital will be used to continue the rapid expansion of its retail and wholesale network within the region.

by e27

2020-03-31

SINGAPORE VC Xen Technologies

Singapore’s Xen Technologies hits over US$100M assets through its investment platform Xen Technologues hits over US$100M through its investment platform.

by e27

2020-03-30

VIETNAM FOOD Nafoods Group

Vietnam’s food processor Nafoods raises $5m senior loan from Finnfund The loan facility, with a six-year term, will be used to build a new value-added products processing facility at Nafoods’ Long An-based factory.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-03-30

CHINA AI MiningLamp

‘China’s Palantir’ MiningLamp raises US$300 million in funding round co-led by Temasek, Tencent Founded in 2014, MiningLamp gained initial success by offering online ad performance evaluations and fraud detection services for advertisers.

by Yahoo

2020-03-27

SINGAPORE CUSTOMER SERVICE Honestbee

Singapore’s beleaguered startup Honestbee loses court protection from creditors Between August 2019 and now, Honestbee has shut down the bulk of its delivery operations as well as Habitat

by DealStreetAsia

2020-03-27