Vietnam-based healthcare booking app Docosan gets $1M seed funding led by...
Based in Ho Chi Minh City, Docosan helps patients avoid long waits by letting them search and book doctors through its app. The company announced today it has raised more than $1 million in seed...
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Philippines ‘buy now, pay later’ startup Plentina raises $2.2M seed round
Plentina co-founders Kevin Gabayan and Earl Valencia. Image Credits: Plentina E-wallets are rapidly gaining popularity in the Philippines, overtaking credit cards, which have a penetration rate of less...
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Andela begins global expansion in 37 countries months after going remote...
More than a year after the pandemic began, remote work shows no signs of going away. While it has its cons, it remains top of mind for potential employees around the world before joining a new company....
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Indonesian edtech CoLearn gets $10M Series A led by Alpha Wave Incubation and...
A Zoom screenshot with CoLearn’s founding team: Marc Irawan, Abhay Saboo and Sandeep Devaram Indonesian startup CoLearn started as a chain of physical tutoring centers and was in the process of...
View ArticleSingapore-based fintech STACS raises $3.6M to develop blockchain platforms...
Singapore-based fintech Hashstacs Pte Ltd (STACS) announced today it has raised $3.6 million USD in pre-Series A funding. The company develops blockchain platforms that can work with financial...
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Qapita, a developer of equity management software for startups, raises $5M...
Qapita’s co-founders. Fom left to right: Vamsee Mohan, Ravi Ravulaparthi and Lakshman Gupta. Image Credits: Qapita Qapita, a Singapore-based fintech that provides capitalization table and employee...
View ArticleRobo-advisor StashAway gets $25M Series D led by Sequoia Capital India
Investment app StashAway has raised a $25 million Series D led by Sequoia Capital India, with participation from returning investors Eight Roads Ventures and Square Peg. After regulatory approvals for...
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Super, an Indonesian hyperlocal social commerce startup, raises $28M led by...
Super’s founding team on Mount Bromo in East Java. Image Credits: Super In Indonesia, daily necessities often cost more in smaller cities and rural areas. Super co-founder and chief executive officer...
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Indonesian consumer research startup Populix gets $1.2M in pre-Series A funding
Indonesia is one of the fastest-growing consumer markets in the world, but consumer data is still hard to find for many businesses, especially smaller ones. Populix wants to make research easier for...
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How UK-based Lendable is powering fintechs across emerging markets
What moves the needle for digital lenders is serving loans to their respective customers. But where does this money come from? The pool is usually equity or debt. While some lenders use the former, it...
View ArticleBibit raises another growth round led by Sequoia Capital India, this time for...
Four months after leading a $30 million growth round in Bibit, Sequoia Capital India has doubled down on its investment in the Indonesian robo-advisor app. Bibit announced today that the firm led a new...
View ArticleHangry, an Indonesian cloud kitchen startup with plans to become a global F&B...
Hangry, an Indonesian cloud kitchen startup that wants to become a global food and beverage company, has raised a $13 million Series A. The round was led by returning investor Alpha JWC Ventures and...
View ArticleFewcents raises $1.6M to help publishers take payments for individual...
Many publishers are focused on converting visitors to subscribers, but there’s another important bracket: people who want to view a premium article or video, but not enough to sign up for a...
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Una Brands launches with $40M to roll up brands on multiple Asia-Pacific...
Una Brands’ co-founders (from left to right): Tobias Heusch, Kiren Tanna and Kushal Patel. Image Credits: Una Brands One of the biggest funding trends of the past year is companies that consolidate...
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Founded by former Carousell and Fave execs, Rainforest gets $36M to...
From left to right: Rainforest business operations and strategy director Elita Subaja; co-founder and CEO J.J. Chai and brand manager Jerry Ng Singapore-based Rainforest is one of the newest entrants...
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GajiGesa, a fintech focused on Indonesian workers, adds strategic investors...
GajiGesa, a fintech startup that provides earned wage access (EWA) and other services for workers in Indonesia, has added strategic investors to help it launch new services and expand its user base....
View ArticleAspire’s business accounts reach $1B in annualized transaction volume one...
Singapore-based Aspire, which wants to become the financial services “one-stop shop” for SMEs, announced that its business accounts have reached $1 billion in annualized transaction volume one year...
View ArticleVietnamese flexible pay startup Nano raises $3M seed round
Nano Technologies, a startup that lets workers in Vietnam access their earned wages immediately through an app called VUI, has raised $3 million in seed funding. The oversubscribed round was led by...
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Gojek and Tokopedia merge to form GoTo Group
Ride-hailing giant Gojek and marketplace Tokopedia, Indonesia’s two biggest startups, said on Monday they have combined their businesses to form GoTo Group, the largest technology group in the...
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BukuKas gets $50M from investors including DoorDash’s Gokul Rajaram and...
BukuKas co-founders Krishnan Menon (left) and Lorenzo Peracchione (right) with a BukuKas user BukuKas, a startup focused on digitizing Indonesia’s small businesses, has raised $50 million in Series B...
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