From Blacklist to Venture Track: Why Korea’s Crypto Policy U-Turn Matters
South Korea has taken a major step toward legitimizing its cryptocurrency sector by lifting a seven-year restriction that kept digital ...
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VentureSouq’s $200M FinTech Fund II: Betting Big on MENA’s Next-Gen Startups
With top regional backers on board, VentureSouq aims to fuel early-stage fintech and SaaS innovation across the Middle East and ...
AJVC Secures 18.7 M for First Fund to Back India’s Early-Stage Startups
A Junior VC (AJVC), the venture capital firm has completed the final close of its debut fund at over Rs ...
Saudi Fintech Orbii Raises $3.6M to Expand SME Credit Infrastructure
Riyadh-headquartered fintech Orbii has raised $3.6 million in seed funding to scale its embedded credit infrastructure platform. The round saw ...
Sora Ventures Launches Asia’s First $1B Bitcoin Treasury Fund
Taiwan’s Sora Ventures has launched what it describes as Asia’s first Bitcoin treasury fund, aiming to purchase $1 billion in ...
Tokyo’s LayerX Secures $100M to Tackle Enterprise Workflows with AI
Tokyo-based startup LayerX has secured ¥15 billion ($100 million) in a Series B funding round to accelerate the adoption of ...
Chinese Humanoid Robot Maker Unitree Plans Fourth-Quarter IPO
Chinese robotics company Unitree Robotics said it plans to submit its initial public offering (IPO) application in the fourth quarter ...
Gobi Partners and HKIC Back $10M Series A for RushOwl’s Regional Growth
Singaporean mobility startup RushOwl has secured US$10 million in Series A funding to scale its ride-sharing platform and extend its ...
Venturi Partners’ $150M Fund II First Close Signals Renewed Momentum in India and Southeast Asia’s Consumer Startups
The growth-stage investor targets high-potential, purpose-driven consumer brands as the region sees a resurgence in venture capital activity Singapore-based growth ...
Bluente Secures $1.5M Seed Plus to Scale AI-Powered Document Translation
Singapore-based Bluente, an artificial intelligence (AI) platform that automates document translation, has raised $1.5 million in a Seed Plus funding ...
ZUZU Hospitality Secures $5.9M to Bring AI-Powered Revenue Tools to Independent Hotels
Singapore-based ZUZU Hospitality, a revenue management and distribution platform for independent hotels, has secured US$5.9 million in a Series B ...
Rachel Lau’s Iris Capital to Raise $200M for Private Credit and Equity Expansion
Malaysia-based Iris Capital Partners is looking to raise $200 million from institutional investors for a new private credit and private ...
BlueFive Teams Up with CICC Capital to Back Chinese Companies in the Gulf
CICC Capital, the private equity arm of China International Capital Corporation Limited, has partnered with Abu Dhabi-based BlueFive Capital to ...
Singapore’s BOM BOM Raises $2.7M to Scale AI-Driven Precision Pet Nutrition
Singapore-based BOM BOM, a startup specializing in precision pet nutrition, has raised S$3.5 million (US$2.7 million) in a Series Pre-A ...
PAC Review Spurs Khazanah to Sharpen Venture Capital Approach After FashionValet Loss
Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, Khazanah Nasional Bhd, has acknowledged lessons from its unsuccessful investment in e-commerce firm FashionValet Sdn Bhd, ...
Korea’s Upstage Lands $45M from KDB, Amazon, AMD to Scale Enterprise-Focused AI
Upstage, a South Korea-founded AI company with operations in San Jose, has raised $45 million in a Series B bridge ...