- IDG Ventures India Led $1.87 Mn Funding In Financial Advisory Startup Kristal.AI Kristal.AI, an AI-powered digital asset management platform has raised $1.87 Mn in a Seed funding round led by IDG Ventures India. Angel investors including Shailesh Rao (Senior Advisor -TPG, McKinsey) and Amit Gupta (Founding Partner, Newquest Capital) also participated in this funding round. Kristal.AI currently focuses on investors (clients) in the Singapore, Hong Kong and […]
- Edtech Startup Littlemore Picks Up $3 Mn Funding From Centrum Group’s Kalpavriksh Singapore- and Chennai-based edtech startup Littlemore Innovation Labs has raised $3 Mn (INR 20 Cr) funding from Centrum Group’s PE fund Kalpavriksh. As per reports, the company is planning to use the newly-secured capital to fund research and development activities. A portion of the financing will also go into filing patents and copyrights in Singapore, […]
- As LongFin Corp Acquires Ziddu, Big B’s ‘Bitcoin’ Investments Grows 70-Fold The Bitcoin boom has just helped Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan earn 70-fold on his $250K investment in Ziddu, a startup that offers Ziddu coins for warehouse financing. On December 15, 2017, right after Ziddu got listed on Nasdaq, a global fintech company Longfin Corp announced its acquisition. LongFin stock at Nasdaq has grown by 2,500% […]
- Catering To Ecommerce Consumers In Indonesia, Fintech Startup Kredivo Raises Series A Funding From Jungle Ventures, Others Kredivo, a fintech startup catering to ecommerce consumers, has raised an undisclosed amount of Series A funding in a round led by Jungle Ventures and NSI Ventures. Although the deal was finalised a couple of months back, details of the financing have only recently been made public. Headquartered in Singapore, the company facilitates digital payments […]
- Vertex Ventures’ Southeast Asia Fund Exceeds Target Size Of $150 Mn Vertex Ventures, the venture capital arm of Singapore-based Temasek Holdings, has raised in excess of the targeted size of $150 Mn for its Southeast Asia Fund. The Vertex Ventures SEA III is now expected to close by November this year. Additionally, the Southeast Asia fund has also added Thailand’s Kasikornbank (KBank) as one of the […]
- Restaurant Solutions Provider Mobikon Raises $7 Mn Series B Funding From Sistema Asia Fund, Others Restaurant solutions provider Mobikon has raised $7 Mn in a Series B funding round led by Sistema Asia Fund, C31 Ventures and Qualgro. The Series B funding round also saw participation from existing investors, Spring Singapore and Jungle Ventures. The restaurant solutions startup will be using the funding to scale up its operations in India, […]
- VideoTap Aims To Disrupt OTT, Online Broadcasting & Ad Ecosystem With Its Smart Interactive Videos A fruit fly lives and dies in the time span of a single day. 24 hours. The earth rotates around the sun for a full 365 days for it to be considered a single year. Time span, in human terms, is measured by the pleasure, pain, and productivity of whatever task we are doing at […]
- What Hurdles To Overcome When Expanding To International Markets When I started my business, I focussed on the US market. But as I networked with people and made connections, I kept hearing about international markets. When talking about technology and mobile marketing, those conversations always led to discussions about how Asia, Europe and South America were the places where growth was happening. Since I […]
- With $40 Mn Revenues In 2016 – Deskera Looks To Build The Perfect ERP SaaS Platform For Asian SMBs “I don’t consider Deskera a startup anymore.” So begins Shashank Dixit, founder of global ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solutions platform, Deskera. The company was formally founded in 2008 and has been in operation since 2005 when Shashank and the three co-founders Somesh Misra, Brajesh Sachan, and Paritosh Mahana ran the venture from their college dorm. This […]
- ID Capital Launches Future Food Asia Award – Open to Pre-Series A Startups In Asia Investment and consulting firm, ID Capital has launched the 2017 ‘Future Food Asia Award (FFAA).’ Supported by the Economic Development Board (EDB) of Singapore, the award is dedicated to Agriculture (agritech) and Food technology (foodtech) startups in the Asia Pacific region. The FFAA will select the most-promising startups in the region who place sustainable development […]
- With An Aim To Reach 10 Mn Children, Edtech Startup XSEED Education Secures An Undisclosed Amount From Verlinvest Edtech startup, XSEED Education, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding in Series B round led by Verlinvest, a Belgium-based international venture firm. The startup plans to use this round to scale its footprint to reach 10 Mn children by strengthening its technology platform, its international footprint, and brand in the K-8 elementary education space. […]
- CreditSeva Raises $360K From Pix Vine Capital And Infocomm Investments Hyderabad-based Fintech startup, CreditSeva, has raised about $361K (INR 2.4 Cr) in a bridge round from investors including Pix Vine Capital and the early-stage investment arm of Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, Infocomm Investments (IIPL), reported ET Founded in 2011 by Satya Vishnubhotla, CreditSeva, offers a simplified tool which helps its users manage their credit effectively. […]