SeedPlus gets US$2M from World Bank unit to support up to 20 early-stage startups in Asia

SeedPlus is focused on investing in startups in Asia across SaaS,...


Pawoon raises funding to bring cloud Point-of-Sale systems to Indonesian SMEs

Pawoon will use the newly-raised Series A capital to increase its sales and...


“Quora for fashion” platform SeenIt raises pre-Series A, will introduce new features and revenue streams

Calcutta Angels Network and Augment Ventures participated in SeenIt’s...


Homage raises US$1.2M to provide on-demand caregiving to the elderly in Singapore

Investors are 500Startups, Golden Gate Ventures, and SeedPlus Homage, an online...


Rakuten leads US$1.25M funding round for US-based “shopping keyboard” ShopChat

ShopChat is providing white-label chat-commerce solution for Viber, which...


Alibaba leads US$18M Series B round in WayRay, a holographic AR navigation startup

WayRay has partnered with Banma Technologies to develop a new AR car navigation...


Burda Principal Investments sets up Singapore office, will make Series B investments in SE Asia

Albert Shyy, former Principal of GREE Ventures, will head up the European...


Spaceship raises funding from YCH Group’s Supply Chain Angels, aims to build new features

Prior to this investment, Spaceship has raised undisclosed seed funding from...


SoftBank Korea invests in ObEN, an AI startup that lets you quickly build 3D avatars

ObEN’s technology combines a person’s voice and image to create a 3D...


WeChat official account popularising art gets valued at more than US$28M after series A

WeChat account Yiwai11 popularises fine art among Chinese people by translating...