Financial

Match Group Inc has agreed to buy Softbank Group-backed South Korean social media firm Hyperconnect for $1.73 billion, as the owner of Tinder and Hinge...

Indian gaming and sports media startup Nazara has raised 1 billion rupees (US$13.7 million) in its latest round of funding, according to a statement.   More funding details   ...

Baidu has set up a multipurpose smart mobility service platform in Guangzhou that will make five types of autonomous vehicles available on various applications. The platform...

Toyota Motor-backed autonomous driving startup Pony.ai announced on Monday that it has pocketed $100 million in a Series C+ round of financing. The latest fundraising...

Education tech firm Cialfo announced it has extended its series A funding round to US$15 million, led by quantitative trading firm SIG and Vulcan...

Chinese education tech startup Fenbi Education announced that it has secured US$390 million in a series A round led by IDG Capital and Trustbridge Partners.  China Renaissance-backed...

Philippine-based Edutech firm Avion School has raised US$125,000 from startup accelerator Y Combinator to build a school the teaches Filipinos to become remote software engineers globally.  The...

Chinese precision medicine startup Vision Medicals has raised 200 million yuan ($31 million) in its series C funding round led by Tencent, its second funding round in...

India-based VC firm Stride Ventures said it has led a 100 million rupee (US$1.37 million) round in Progcap, a Sequoia-backed fintech startup that provides working...

Chinese electric-vehicle startup WM Motor Technology Co. has secured a 11.5 billion yuan ($1.8 billion) line of credit from local banks as it inches closer to...

Horizon Robotics, a Beijing-headquartered AI chip designer, has gathered an aggregate of $350 million in its Series C3 round of financing, the investee announced on...

IG, a global leader in online trading, has had a long commitment to South Africa which is set to increase further. The company  has...