Egyptian Beauty Services Booking Glamera Secures Six-Figure Seed Funding

Egyptian Beauty Services Booking Glamera Secures Six-Figure Seed Funding

Glamera, the Middle East’s leading beauty services booking company, successfully obtained six-figure as seed funding from Saudi Arabia's Dual Gate Investment Holding to expand...
India’s Health Wellness Startup Fitspire Raises 0K in Pre-Seed Round

India’s Health Wellness Startup Fitspire Raises $220K in Pre-Seed Round

Delhi-based health and wellness brand Fitspire has raised $200,000 in its pre-seed round led by Nikhil Parmar and Priyanka Madnani, Founders, EasytoPitch, along with...
Israel’s Bank Leumi Leads 0 Million Round in Medtech Fund ALIVE as An Anchor Investor

Israel’s Bank Leumi Leads $150 Million Round in Medtech Fund ALIVE...

Leumi Partners, the Investment arm of Bank Leumi, one of Israel’s two largest banks, has led a $150 million round for a medtech investment...
Chinese Grocery Chain Yipien Fresh Closes USD 359 Million Series C Round Led by Tencent And Today Capital

Chinese Grocery Chain Yipien Fresh Closes USD 359 Million Series C...

Grocery retailer Yipien Fresh (Yipin Shengxian) has scored RMB 2.5 billion (USD 359 million) in its Series C round, led by Tencent as well...
Wahyoo Raises USM Series A Led by Intudo to Digitise Small Eateries in Indonesia

Wahyoo Raises US$5M Series A Led by Intudo to Digitise Small...

Wahyoo, a startup that provides digital solutions to 'warung makan' (small eateries) in Indonesia, has announced the closing of its US$5 million Series A...
Indonesian Fintech Startup Ayoconnect Raises USM in Pre-Series B, Names New CFO

Indonesian Fintech Startup Ayoconnect Raises US$5M in Pre-Series B, Names New...

Indonesian fintech startup Ayoconnect today announced that it has raised a US$5 million in Pre-Series B funding round from BRI Ventures, Kakaku, and Brama...
Singapore’s Blockchain-Based Ride-Hailing Firm TADA Raises USM to Manufacture E-Vehicles for SEA Market

Singapore’s Blockchain-Based Ride-Hailing Firm TADA Raises US$5M to Manufacture E-Vehicles for...

MVLLABS, the company behind TADA, a blockchain-based zero-commission ride-hailing service headquartered in Singapore, has secured US$5 million in fresh funding led by Central, a...
Chinese Tencent Pushes USD 10 Billion Merger of Game-Streaming Units

Chinese Tencent Pushes USD 10 Billion Merger of Game-Streaming Units

Tencent Holdings ((HKG: 0700) is facilitating a tie-up between two US-listed companies in which it is invested, a move to help the Chinese entertainment...
Egyptian Fintech ElGameya Raises Six-Figure Pre-Seed to Help People Save Money

Egyptian Fintech ElGameya Raises Six-Figure Pre-Seed to Help People Save Money

Cairo-based fintech ElGameya has raised a six-figure pre-seed investment led by AUC Angels, the startup announced in a statement today to MENAbytes, without disclosing...
India’s Spinny Acquires Truebil to Challenge Auto Giants in Used Cars Segment

India’s Spinny Acquires Truebil to Challenge Auto Giants in Used Cars...

Gurugram-based online used car platform Spinny, on Thursday (August 6), announced that it has acquired rival Truebil for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition comes...
Southeast Asia to See 310m Digital Consumers by End-2020

Southeast Asia to See 310m Digital Consumers by End-2020

Southeast Asia will be home to 310 million digital consumers by the end of this year, reaching a number previously forecast for 2025, as...
RBI to Roll Out Offline-Based Digital Payments through Cards, Wallets

RBI to Roll Out Offline-Based Digital Payments through Cards, Wallets

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Thursday (August 6), announced a host of measures to boost digital payments in the country. Among the...