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BerryBenka Founder Jason Lamuda has launched Grow Commerce
Carsome completes acquisition of ASX-listed content automotive platform iCar Asia
Carsome and iCar Asia will expand a suite of digital products and services that enable an end-to-end, super-app experience for more used car dealers and consumers; Carsome has bought 19.9% of AX-listed iCar Asia for US$200M in July 2021.
How Carb0n.fi aims to establish a carbon-zero world for the people by the people
Carb0n.fi builds an online platform to allow people to put their crypto-assets to work and get rewarded with carbon offset NFTs and its native $ZRO token.
Jason Lamuda launches Grow Commerce, raises US$7M seed funding
Investors include AC Ventures, East Ventures and Irongrey; Grow Commerce is an online-first house of brands or brand aggregator focusing on acquiring Southeast Asian DTC and marketplace brands.
AI-powered food fingerprint platform ProfilePrint closes Series A
Investors include Louis Dreyfus Company, ofi, Sucafina, Greenwillow Capital, and Real Tech Global; Instead of packaging labels, reports or QR codes, ProfilePrint analyses the samples directly at the molecular level and can be used by stakeholders in the supply chain
Cyber Sierra raises US$4.3M seed funding
Investors include Leo Capital, AppWorks, Credit Saison, and angels; Cyber Sierra offers cyber risk, compliance and insurance products; It delivers cybersecurity and technology insurance offerings to SMEs with a presence on the cloud.
Animoca Brands, Brinc launch new US$30M startup programme P2E startups
New Guild Accelerator aims to enable millions of people around the world to generate income by participating in P2E gaming via crypto gaming guilds; It will invest up to US$500K each in startups.
Digital freight forwarder Andalin raises US$4M
Investors include Intudo Ventures, Cardig Group, Beenext, and strategic investors; The startup also plans to create an end-to-end one-stop solution for international trade activity by providing additional services such as trade financing, cargo insurance, and a SaaS-based freight management system.
GoZayaan enters Pakistan with FindMyAdventure acquisition
GoZayaan is an OTA booking solution for flight, hotel, inter-city bus and tour booking; Focused on Bangaldesh, GoZayaan is backed by Nordstar Partners, Wavemaker Partners, Ratio Ventures, and 1982 Ventures.
SaaS platform BiteSpeed raises US$1.9M seed funding
Investors are Sequoia Surge, First Cheque, Whiteboard Capital and angels; It builds a conversational commerce stack for D2C brands; It enables online brands to interact with their customers and sell their products on WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.
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Digital wallet HolyWally raises US$1.4M in funding
Investors include M-Daq, Finmirai, and Creitive; HolyWally is a white-label solution that offers digital wallets for banks, fintech firms, and retailers; It has a no-code approach to building wallets.
Monk’s Hill Ventures names Susli Lie as new partner
She is set to build the firm’s business in Indonesia, spearhead its Environmental, Social, and Governance programme, and support the VC’s portfolio companies on the ground; Previously, she co-founded education financing firm ErudiFi.
PasarPolis names former Amazon, Expedia exec as CTO
Kumar was a software development manager at Amazon and Expedia before joining PasarPolis. He also led the engineering team of Indian online travel firm MakeMyTrip.
AC Ventures appoints ex-GGV Capital exec as venture partner
Before joining AC Ventures, Wong served as a partner in prominent VC firms such as GGV Capital and Qiming Venture Partners; She led investments in fintech firm Akulaku and hospitality startup RedDoorz.
Circles Life hires ex-GoBear exec as VP of growth
Nelson Allen was previously the chief growth officer at GoBear (acquired by Australian fintech firm Finder); He previously spent over 20 years in various roles at Expedia Group, Microsoft, and Samsung Electronics.
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