China’s Alibaba Shrugs Off .75b Antitrust Fine, Shares Rally

China’s Alibaba Shrugs Off $2.75b Antitrust Fine, Shares Rally

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd does not expect any material impact from the antitrust crackdown in China that will push it to overhaul how it deals...
Blockchain Ride-hailing Startup MVL Lands M To Launch EV Tuk-tuk

Blockchain Ride-hailing Startup MVL Lands $15M To Launch EV Tuk-tuk

The three-wheeled colorful auto-rickshaws called “tuk-tuks” are a popular mode of public transportation in many Southeast Asian countries. They are prized for their practicality...
WhiteCoat Banks USM For Its On-demand Telemedicine Services Platform

WhiteCoat Banks US$8M For Its On-demand Telemedicine Services Platform

WhiteCoat, a Singapore-based digital healthcare platform, announced today that it raised close to SGD10.8 million (US$8 million) in a Series A round of financing,...
Indian Used Car Retailing Startup Spinny Snags M Led By General Catalyst

Indian Used Car Retailing Startup Spinny Snags $65M Led By General...

Gurugram-based used car retailing platform Spinny on Thursday announced that it has raised $65 million in Series C funding led by Silicon Valley-based venture capital...
Chinese Surgical Robot Developer EDDA Raises 0M Led By SoftBank Vision Fund 2

Chinese Surgical Robot Developer EDDA Raises $150M Led By SoftBank Vision...

EDDA Technology, a developer of intelligent robotic solutions for precision surgery, has raised $150 million in a round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. The...
Indian Online Pharmacy PharmEasy Enters Unicorn Club With 0M Series E Round

Indian Online Pharmacy PharmEasy Enters Unicorn Club With $350M Series E...

API Holdings, the parent company of online pharmacy PharmEasy, has raised $350 million in a Series E funding round led by Prosus Ventures and TPG...
East Ventures-backed Sirclo Acquires Indonesian Online Parenting Firm Orami

East Ventures-backed Sirclo Acquires Indonesian Online Parenting Firm Orami

Indonesia-based ecommerce firm Sirclo has acquired Orami, an online parenting platform backed by East Ventures, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition of Orami’s community and distribution model will...
Australia’s Canva Valued At b After M Funding Round

Australia’s Canva Valued At $15b After $71M Funding Round

Australia’s Canva, a provider of design and publishing tools, on Tuesday announced it has raised a fresh $71 million investment that values the company at...
Beenext Co-leads .5M Round In Ex-PayU Execs’ BNPL Startup

Beenext Co-leads $5.5M Round In Ex-PayU Execs’ BNPL Startup

Indian fintech startup ShopSe said it has raised US$5.5 million in funding led by Chiratae Ventures and Beenext. The round also saw participation from Pentathlon Ventures, Opus,...
China’s Abogen Biosciences Raises M In Series B Round

China’s Abogen Biosciences Raises $92M In Series B Round

Suzhou Abogen Biosciences has raised as much as 600-million yuan ($92 million) in its Series B round of funding to expand its operation, per an...
SoftBank Vision Fund 2 Puts 0M In Singapore Media Firm Iyuno-SDI Group

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 Puts $160M In Singapore Media Firm Iyuno-SDI...

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 has invested $160 million in media firm Iyuno-SDI Group, a subsidiary of the Singapore- based I-YUNO Asia Pte Ltd, according to...
TikTok-like Indian Short-video App Chingari Nets M In Funding Round

TikTok-like Indian Short-video App Chingari Nets $13M In Funding Round

Mobile entertainment firm OnMobile Global has led a US$13 million funding round into TikTok-like app Chingari.  Other investors in the Indian short-video app include Republic Labs US, Astarc...