Quadria Capital injects US$90M into Con Cung to build super app for Vietnamese mothers
Con Cung, a retail network for mom and baby products in Vietnam, has secured US$90 million in a financing round…
Ecosystem Roundup: Is decentralisation the panacea for everything?; Moladin closes US$42M Series A
Used cars platform Moladin closes US$42M Series A round Lead investors are Northstar Group and Sequoia India; Started in 2017…
M&A roundup: boAt buys SG startup KaHa, DeClout acquires Ascent Solutions
SG IoT startup KaHa snapped up by Indian wearables brand boAt India-based Imagine Marketing, the parent of wearables brand boAt, has…
Fintech startup Fraction bags US$3M to turn real estate to fractional NFTs
[L-R] Fraction Co-Founders Shaun Sales (CTO) and Eka Nirapathpongporn (CEO) Hongkong- and Thailand-based fintech startup Fraction has bagged US$3 million in…
Temasek unit Heliconia leads digital container haulage platform Haulio’s US$7M Series A round
Haulio Co-Founders CEO Alvin Ea (R) and CPO Sebastian Shen Singapore-headquartered digital container haulage platform Haulio has secured US$7 million…
ErudiFi raises US$15M debt funding from Helicap to provide affordable tuition instalment plans to students
ErudiFi Co-Founder and CEO Naga Tan ErudiFi, a startup offering tech-enabled education financing solutions in Southeast Asia, has secured a…
The best new year resolutions for startup founders: Offerring ESOPs that actually work
Since we launched ‘The State of ESOPs in Southeast Asia’ in mid-December 2021, I have been encouraged by the buzz…
Validus, TTC Group, Do Ventures form JV to boost lending for Vietnam’s SMEs
Do Ventures General Partners Vy Le (left) and Dzung Nguyen SME growth financing platform Validus Vietnam, early-stage VC firm Do…
Japan’s soccer star Keisuke Honda launches AngelList-like platform for Asia’s startup community
PROTOCOL Executive Chairman Keisuke Honda Japanese soccer star Keisuke Honda has launched a new global platform to connect startups, angel…
‘Absolute decentralisation is unlikely to be the panacea for everything’: Chris Sirisereepaph of Saison Capital
Chris Sirisereepaph says Southeast Asia is one of the best markets for Web3 to take off Although Web3 is gaining…