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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

6 hours ago

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

6 hours ago

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

SINGAPORE VC Vickers Venture Partners

Singapore’s Vickers Venture Partners raises $200m for $500m Fund VI Vickers Venture Partners, a Singapore-based venture capital (VC) firm, has raised $200 million for its $500 million sixth fund to invest in deep tech startups in Asia and globally.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-03-27

CHINA Pharmaceutical Abbisko Therapeutics

Chinese biopharma firm Abbisko closes $70m Series C round led by Temasek The new funding will allow the company to “rapidly advance our clinical programmes and continue to move forward the portfolio of novel cancer therapies in the discovery and early development stages.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-03-26

SINGAPORE ACCELERATOR Expara Ventures

Singapore VC firm Expara to invest in startups combating Covid-19 Interested startups may apply until April 30 this year.

by techinasia

2020-03-26

SINGAPORE Corporate service UNL

Singapore-based UNL raises USD 2 million to create smart addresses The firm wants to build a universal addressing system that can uniquely identify locations globally.

by kr-asia

2020-03-25

SINGAPORE Materials Blue Planet

Singapore waste management firm Blue Planet raises $25m from Nomura The proceeds will help Blue Planet further develop its technology-driven waste management solutions.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-03-25

INDONESIA RIDE-HAILING GOJEK

gojek’s senior management donates 25 per cent of annual salary to pandemic affected partners The capital in the support fund will come from 25 per cent of the senior management and co- CEOs’ annual salary

by e27

2020-03-25

SINGAPORE CUSTOMER SERVICE Grab

Grab launches grocery service GrabMart in Vietnam GrabMart allows users in the southern city to order fresh and processed food and drinks from its merchant partners, including supermarkets, convenience stores and food retailers.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-03-24

SINGAPORE LOGISTICS Elite Partners Capital

SG-based Elite Partners makes first close of $236m logistics fund Singapore-based private equity firm Elite Partners Capital has announced the first close of its pure-play Elite Logistics Fund.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-03-24

SINGAPORE Information Security Horangi

SG cybersecurity firm Horangi raises $20m Series B led by Provident Growth Horangi will use the fresh funding to expand its operations across Southeast Asia.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-03-24

SINGAPORE VC Temasek

SG state investor Temasek’s biggest shareholdings fall $23.5b in three months Temasek Holdings Pte’s biggest equity shareholdings and those of its subsidiaries have plunged almost $24 billion since January as the spreading coronavirus sends markets into spasms.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-03-24

INDIA Sports CureFit

Curefit Bags $110 Mn From Temasek, Accel Partners and Others Curefit started its grocery and healthy food delivery service Whole.Fit last month.

by Inc42

2020-03-23

SINGAPORE REAL ESTATE City Developments

SG developer City Developments leads funding in London AI startup Pupil The company captures and publishes 3D spatial data to accurately measure the build world through its patent-pending digital twin technology, Spec.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-03-23

INDONESIA E-COMMERCE Chilibeli

Social commerce platform Chilibeli bags USD 10 million Series A round Chilibeli will use its fresh funds to feed the growth of its network of users, particularly in Greater Jakarta.

by kr-asia

2020-03-23

INDIA E-COMMERCE GROFERS

SoftBank-backed Grofers raises $5.8 mn from Singapore parent The startup issued 330 equity shares, each at a rate of Rs 13,05,293, totalling the value of the investment to about Rs 43.07 crore or $5.8 million.

by techcircle.in

2020-03-20

INDONESIA EDTECH Pahamify

Indonesian edtech startup Pahamify scores Y Combinator funding The fresh funds will be used to add new learning materials for junior high students and teachers to the platform.

by techinasia

2020-03-20

THAILAND INSURANCE Thai Life

Thai Life seeks bank pitches for $700m IPO plan Thai Life Insurance Pcl has requested pitches from banks for an initial public offering that could raise as much as $700 million on the stock exchange of Southeast Asia.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-03-20