Series A
Capital Match raises S$1mil Series A round
Capital Match Holdings Pte Ltd, which operates a peer-to-peer online lending platform, said it has raised S$1 million (about US$713,000) in its Series A round of venture financing.
Big plans for KL-based GlassesGroupGlobal after Series A
After securing US$3 million in Series A funding recently, KL-based online eyewear retailer GlassesGroupGlobal is now eyeing other markets in South-East Asia and Europe, and aims to disrupt a global US$100bil industry.
Jakarta’s Berry Kitchen raises US$1.25mil in Series A
Jakarta-based culinary startup Berry Kitchen said it has secured US$1.25 million of Series A funding from Sovereign’s Capital, a US-based venture capital firm that is focused on early growth-stage investments in Indonesia and other select markets.
Adtech company Adskom raises undisclosed Series A
Programmatic advertising company Adskom said it has raised Series A funding of an undisclosed amount, led by Japan’s supply side platform (SSP) and advertising network Geniee.
KL startup Offpeak raises US$800K from China’s Gobi Partners
Calling itself a ‘restaurant discovery platform,’ Offpeak Hub Sdn Bhd has raised US$800,000 in Series A funding from Chinese VC Gopi Partners. Karamjit Singh has the story.
Cradle out to plug deals outflow with seed venture initiative
Some may see the recent launch of Cradle Seed Ventures Pte Ltd as an initiative to encourage public-private partnership on the domestic startup funding front, but the move has a much bigger agenda: To prevent, or at least to minimise, the number of good deals flowing out of Malaysia.
18 months later, Cradle Seed Ventures finally launches
After many months of planning, discussions and getting feedback from various stakeholders, the much-awaited Cradle Seed Ventures Pte Ltd has finally launched, with RM40mil in its coffers and 30 to 40 startups in its sights.
Why corporate VCs hate startup ‘zombies’
The corporate venture capital scene is growing and here to stay, but if there’s one thing such VCs hate it is those startups that crawl along and are too stubborn to die, Gabey Goh reports from EMC World in Las Vegas.
Fintech startup CompareAsia Group secures US$40mil Series A funding
CompareAsia Group, the Hong Kong-headquartered holding company behind Malaysia’s CompareHero.my, has announced it has received an additional US$40 million in funding.
TradeGecko raises US$6.5mil in Series A
Inventory management system startup TradeGecko has announced a US$6.5-million round of Series A financing led by NSI Ventures and Jungle Ventures.
