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SINGAPORE JAPAN GIANT

Singapore-Based Delivery Firm Foodpanda Launches in Japan The initial rollout will cover Kobe, Yokohama, and Nagoya from September 17, and Sapporo, Fukuoka, and Hiroshima from October 1.

by KrAsia

22 hours ago

CHINA TECH GIANT TENCENT

Chinese Tencent to Set Up Singapore Office for International Business as Political Concerns Mount Tencent has been considering Singapore as a potential regional hub in addition to current offices in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand.

by KrAsia

2020-09-17

SINGAPORE Startups Carousell

SG's Carousell Inches Closer to Unicorn Status with A US$80M Investment Round Led by Naver The marketplace has a diverse range of products across a variety of categories, including cars, lifestyle, gadgets and fashion accessories.

by e27

2020-09-16

SINGAPORE VC Beacon Fund

Singapore-Based Patamar Capital Launches US$50M Beacon Fund for Female Entrepreneurs in SEA's Emerging Markets Beacon has developed a thesis around certain sectors which have a high concentration of businesses fitting its target profile — for example agri-businesses, education, healthcare and services (marketing, design or HR).

by e27

2020-09-15

SINGAPORE Startups Evo

Ex-Grabbers' Startup Evo Raises Seed Funding to Help Influencers, Live-Streamers Optimise Back-Office Ops Evo is raising its Series A round within the next six months to scale product development and operations, and expand to two other markets in the region.

by e27

2020-09-15

SINGAPORE GIANT Grab

Alibaba Said to Be in Talks to Invest $3b in SG's Grab The Chinese e-commerce giant, a sole investor in the round, will spend a portion of the funds to acquire some of the Grab stock held by Uber Technologies Inc.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-09-15

SINGAPORE Startups Thunes

SG's Thunes Nets US$60M to Accelerate Growth in Africa, Asia, Latam Thunes’s global network connects mobile wallet providers, banks, technology companies and money transfer operators, enabling cross-border payments to and from emerging economies “in a fast and secure manner”.

by e27

2020-09-09

SINGAPORE Startups Qapita

SG's Qapita Raises $1.8m Seed Funding Led by Vulcan Capital Qapita will use the seed funding proceeds to strengthen its team, accelerate product development and build its client base.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-09-07

SINGAPORE Startups Biofourmis

SG's Biofourmis Bags USD 100 Million in Series C Round Led by Softbank Its new business structure will comprise two verticals: Biofourmis Therapeutics, which focuses on producing digital therapies, and Biofourmis Health, which centers on virtual care models that allow patients to be monitored remotely.

by KrAsia

2020-09-04

SINGAPORE Startups PropertyGuru

SG's Propertyguru Raises US$220M from TPG, KKR to Accelerate Growth in Malaysia, Vietnam Over the decade, the group has expanded into multiple markets in the region with a portfolio of property portals, including Batdongsan.com.vn (Vietnam), DDproperty.com (Thailand), and Rumah.com and RumahDijual.com (both Indonesia).

by e27

2020-09-03

SINGAPORE Startups Potato Play

Singapore’s Potato Play Raises $1.75m Seed Round Led by BEENEXT Potato Play aims to use the funds to scale its sourcing and marketing operations, and invest in its technology assets.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-09-01

SINGAPORE Startups Intrepid Group

Ex-Lazada Execs’ Startup Bag Pre-Series B Round to Expand Across Southeast Asia Intrepid claims that its monthly revenue jump 4x year-on-year as it expanded across Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and more recently, Malaysia.

by techinasia

2020-09-01

SINGAPORE Startups Shopee

Shopee Becomes Singapore’s Top E-Commerce Platform as Online Shopping Surges Shopee’s performance has been driven in part by marketing initiatives during the circuit-breaker period, such as a shop-from-home campaign to push brands to sell more online, the 4.4 Flash Sale.

by KrAsia

2020-09-01

CHINA SINGAPORE TECH GIANT

Chinese Huawei Launches Its Accelerator Program for Deep Tech Startups The Spark accelerator program will offer assistance from seed stage to late stage, including cloud credits of up to US$125,000, AI development fund of up to US$100,000, and technical, training, and go-to-market support.

by huawei

2020-08-31

FRANCE Mobile Game Publisher Voodoo

Voodoo’s International Growth Continues with New Offices and Leadership in the Asia-Pacific Region On the heel of the Tencent investment into Voodoo on a disclosed 1.4Bn USD valuation, Voodoo announces the appointment of Julian Corbett to head the APAC region

by Alfred

2020-08-27

SINGAPORE Startups Evergreen Assets Management

SG's Evergreen Assets Management Looks to Raise $73m for Indochina Expansion In the past few years, Evergreen has been providing secured debt financing in the Indochina region via private equity, offering a non-bank alternative source of loans to businesses.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-08-27

SINGAPORE Startups CredoLab

Singapore-Based Credolab Raises USD 7 Million in Funding Round Led by GBG CredoLab intends to use this further investment to enhance its product features, such as by strengthening its alternative credit core scoring algorithm, CredoScore.

by KrAsia

2020-08-26

SINGAPORE Startups See-Mode

SG's Medtech Startup See-Mode Raises $7m Series A Round Led by Massmutual Ventures See-Mode said its first product, Augmented Vascular Analysis (AVA) uses AI software to analyse vascular ultrasound and detect potential strokes in patients.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-08-21

SINGAPORE Enterprise Singapore POLICY

Singapore Launches Venture-Building Program, Raises Startup SG Founder Grant to SGD 50,000 ESG has also partnered with several venture builders to provide a three-month venture building program for startups.

by KrAsia

2020-08-21

SINGAPORE Startups Hubble

Singapore’s Construction Management Startup Hubble Raises Funding Beyond Singapore and now Malaysia, Hubble is embarking on plans to enter into more markets across Southeast Asia and Australia.

by e27

2020-08-20