Ant Financial acquires sizeable minority stake in Vietnam’s e-wallet eMonkey

Ant Financial, an affiliate of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, has acquired a...


Tiger Global leads US$25M Series A in Vietnamese B2B e-commerce app Telio

Hanoi-based B2B e-commerce platform Telio has raised a US$25 million Series A...


Fintechs often encounter issues translating a POC into a production order, finds study

Financial institutions (FIs) and fintech companies are caught in a procedural...


Why 2020 will be the best year for Japanese unicorns

  When Mercari raised US$75 million in Series D, it finally looked like...


2020 ready: Smart investments to help your business grow

At a time when cash is tight, the only smart option which would make sense to...


Glee Trees raises funding from 500 Startups to take its robotic process automation tech to Indonesia, Vietnam

Singapore-based Robotic Process Automation startup, Glee Trees, has closed an...


Singapore’s plastic-free home goods brand Bambooloo raises seed funding

The Nurturing Co (TNC), a sustainable products company, has closed an initial...


Alpha JWC Ventures closes second fund at US$123M, claiming oversubscription

Jakarta-based venture capital firm Alpha JWC Ventures announced the closing of...


India-based foodtech startup HungerBox raises US$12M to expand to Southeast Asia

Bangalore-based foodtech startup HungerBox has closed US$12 million in funding...


Solve, the startup creating an interactive ‘Law & Order’ for social media, raises $20 million

When “Law & Order” ended its 20-year run in 2010, it had already...