Series A
Cradle Seed Ventures announces first investment, in Involve Asia
Cradle Seed Ventures has announced its investment in Malaysian startup Involve Asia, in a co-investment deal with 500 Startups.
KL startup Kaodim raises US$4mil Series A
KL-based services marketplace Kaodim has announced a US$4-million Series A round of financing led by Venturra Capital, which it said would fuel its regional expansion.
Carsome to expand into Australia, Singapore
Malaysian startup Carsome plans to go live in Australia and Singapore later this month, and is in the midst of raising US$2mil Series A funding to strengthen its regional expansion.
For gridComm, it’s all about power … saving it, that is
Singapore-based startup gridComm believes that the best way for cities to control streetlights would be to use the power lines as a network, and many cities certainly agree with its approach, writes Benjamin Cher.
myWebRoom: A virtual room of your own, eyes on Asia
Young San Francisco startup myWebRoom is eyeing Asia Pacific, which accounts for 25% of the world’s social media activity, for its content discovery and organisation platform. A. Asohan speaks to one of its founders.
Singapore’s Easybook close to finalising US$3mil Series A: Sources
Easybook.com Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based company that operates what it claims is the largest land, sea travel and tours booking website in South-East Asia, is believed to be in the final stages of closing a Series A round worth US$3 million.
Fintech startup MoneySmart.sg secures US$1.9mil Series A
Personal finance portal MoneySmart.sg has secured US$1.9 million in Series A funding, and plans to expand its team and enter one more country in Asia.
Dapat suntikan dana dari Lippo Digital Ventures, Telunjuk.com akan ‘Go Internasional’
Layanan rekomendasi dan perbandingan harga produk online Telunjuk.com secara resmi mengumumkan telah menerima suntikan dana dari Lippo Digital Ventures. Pendanaan Serie-A ini merupakan buah kerja keras selama dua tahun terakhir.
Jakarta’s HappyFresh raises US$12mil in Series A
Jakarta-based online grocery company HappyFresh said it has completed a Series A funding round led by Vertex Ventures, the venture arm of Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, and Sinar Mas Digital Ventures, the venture arm of Sinar Mas Group of Indonesia.
NUS spins off data analytics startup 6Estates
The National University of Singapore (NUS) said it has spun off a new startup called 6Estates from the NUS-Tsinghua Extreme Search Centre (NExT), the research centre it jointly established with Tsinghua University of China.
