Financial

Bonza, an Indonesian Big Data analytics startup, has secured US$2 million in a funding round led by early-stage VC firm East Ventures. Elev8.vc, a B2B-focused...

Fasanara Capital, an alternative asset manager from the UK, said it has teamed up with Singapore fintech firm Validus to provide S$50 million (US$37.4 million) that...

Shares of Chinese gaming giant Tencent-backed online insurance technology firm Waterdrop Inc tumbled 14.5% in their New York debut on Friday.  American depositary shares of the...

Chinese snack chain brand Snack Is Busy has secured 240 million yuan ($37 million) in a Series A round of financing co-led by Sequoia Capital...

Chinese gym chain Supermonkey, which started out in 2014 with a self-service, container-made gym box, is now near a unicorn valuation of $1 billion after...

Una Brands, a Singapore-based startup co-founded by Kiren Tanna, the founder of Foodpanda and ZEN Rooms, announced raising $40 million in a seed round backed...

Southeast Asian digital entertainment firm Pops Worldwide plans to close a US$50m series D round of funding by the third quarter of this year, its founder...

Social Bella, an Indonesian beauty-tech company, has raised approximately US$56 million (IDR 818 billion) in a round led by L Catterton.  This round also marks...

Credit cards, store cards and once-off loans will have to make room – there’s a proven, battle-hardened online retail credit option in town. It’s...

A new report from global law firm Baker McKenzie - New Dynamics: Shifting Patterns in Africa’s Infrastructure Funding - shows the state of the African...

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform Mobvista has announced that it will acquire China-based Reyun, a third-party mobile measurement and marketing technology company.  The deal is valued at about 1.5 billion...

Populix, an Indonesia-based consumer insights platform, announced today that it has raised US$1.2 million in a pre-Series A financing, led by existing investor Intudo...