Egypt’s Ordera Raises Six-Figure Seed for Its Order-Ahead Food And Coffee...
Cairo-based food ordering startup Ordera has raised six-figure (USD) investment in a seed funding round, it announced in a statement today, without disclosing the...
Chinese Huawei Launches Its Accelerator Program for Deep Tech Startups
China’s tech giant Huawei today launched its Spark accelerator program in Singapore. It aims to incubate and accelerate deep tech startup growth in the...
India’s EV Battery Startup Grinntech Raises $2M from HNIs
Grinntech, a startup specialising in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage systems, on Thursday announced it has closed a round of...
India Edtech Startup Univ.AI Raises Investment from Biocon Founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Univ.AI, the Bengaluru-based edtech startup with a focus on teaching artificial intelligence and data science online, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from...
Indonesian SaaS Startup Sirclo Bags USD 6 Million from Big-Name Investors
The Indonesian e-commerce enabler Sirclo has secured USD 6 million in Series B funding, the company announced on Friday. Among the investors participating in...
Vietnam’s Galaxy Media Acquires Local Edtech Startup Hocmai
Vietnamese media group Galaxy Media and Entertainment announced on Thursday that it has acquired a majority stake in local edtech startup Hocmai for an...
Chinese Alibaba-Backed AISpeech Closes Pre-IPO Round
Voice interaction startup AISpeech has closed a pre-IPO round, bagging “several hundreds of millions of RMB” from investors including real estate developer Zhuhai Da...
Indonesian Communication Ministry Introduces Startup Studio Indonesia
As a way to accelerate digital transformation, the Ministry of Communication and Information of Indonesia (Kemenkominfo) will host Startup Studio Indonesia, an intensive programme...
Delivery Hero Acquires Dubai-Based Grocery Startup InstaShop for $360 Million
Global food and grocery delivery giant Delivery Hero has acquired Dubai-based on-demand grocery delivery marketplace InstaShop for $360 million, it announced in a statement...
India TrueFan Raises $4.3M in Seed from Mayfield India, Saama Capital,...
Mumbai-based celebrity-fan engagement startup TrueFan on Thursday announced it has raised $4.3 million in a Seed round of funding by prominent investors like Ronnie...
KKR Leads $150m Series E1 Round in Chinese Edtech Firm Huohua...
Huohua Siwei, a Chinese online K12 mathematics and science education platform, has collected $150 million in a Series E1 round of financing led by...
Pakistan’s Byte Receives Y Combinator’s Backing to Make Food Delivery Affordable...
Lahore-based food delivery platform Byte is one of the two Pakistani startups to have graduated from Y Combinator’s latest (Summer 2020) batch. Byte that...



















