March 17, 2020
News Roundup: Indonesia’s mPOS firm Cashlez to raise US$6M via IPO to acquire IT firm
Finance Medtech startup Biolidics plans to raise US$2.2M to fuel expansion...
January 14, 2020
Used-car trading startup Carsome appoints new CFO Juliet Zhu, looking to strengthen market position
Carsome, Southeast Asia’s used-car trading platform announces the...
December 31, 2019
From coffee to dentistry: The top 10 funding news that rocked the Southeast Asian startup ecosystem in 2019
There are many reasons why a piece of funding news can rock a startup ecosystem....
December 18, 2019
Why 2019 is a game-changing year for Southeast Asian startup ecosystem – Part 1
We tend to say that about the year, that is about to end. But this time, we mean...
December 11, 2019
Carsome raises $50M for its used-car sales platform in Southeast Asia
Carsome, a Malaysia-based marketplace for trading used cars, has closed a new...
December 11, 2019
Carsome closes US$50M Series C; aims to be operationally profitable by end-2020
Carsome, a used-car trading platform in Malaysia with a presence in several...
June 26, 2019
These 5 growth-stage startups bucked the trend to create own brand in Malaysia
These five startups have proved to the world growth-stage funding can...
June 18, 2018
How Carro co-founder Aaron Tan raised US$78M by thinking beyond the classifieds model
Aaron also originally envisioned Carro as an automotive marketplace that would...
March 8, 2018
Malaysia’s Carsome raises US$19M Series B round to strengthen presence in Indonesia and Thailand
Since January 2017, Carsome claimed to have experienced more than four-fold...
January 2, 2018
Gobi Partners expands ASEAN team, promotes Kenneth Tan and Taraec Hussein as VPs
Gobi is currently raising US$200M for its Meranti ASEAN Growth Fund, which...