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Singapore-based healthtech startup Hummingbird Bioscience had successfully secured US$19 million in a funding round co-led by Mirae Asset Venture Investment, a South Korea-based venture capital firm specializing in buyout, growth, incubation and cross-border investments, and GNTech Venture Capital, which is the corporate venture investment arm of Kooksoondang Brewery that has…Continue Reading

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Singapore-based mobility ecosystem startup MVL, the company that created the blockchain-powered ride-hailing app TADA, recently announced that it had secured US$5 million for its Series A funding round, which was led by SV Investment, a venture capital firm headquartered in South Korea. The startup’s funding round also saw the participation…Continue Reading

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Singapore’s first government-backed blockchain accelerator, Tribe Accelerator, announced recently that it had raised US$15.7 million in funds for the purpose of boosting blockchain technology among its participating startups and partners as part of an initiative to spearhead innovation and growth of the blockchain ecosystem across the region of Southeast Asia….Continue Reading

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Singapore-headquartered healthtech company Lucence announced on Wednesday that it had successfully secured US$20 million in a IHH Healthcare-led funding round. Besides IHH Healthcare – Asia’s largest private healthcare provider with a focus on upmarket health services – other participants of the startup’s Series A funding round include Singapore government-owned investment…Continue Reading

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Coda Payments, a Singapore-based fintech startup, recently announced that it had successfully closed an Apis Partners-led funding round of US$20 million on Tuesday. As well, Toivo Annus – an angel investor that has backed Coda Payments – and Apis Partners, a financial services-focused private equity asset management company based in…Continue Reading

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Singapore-based on-demand staffing platform startup Workmate, formerly known as Helpster, announced that it has secured US$5.2 million in a Series A funding round led by Atlas Ventures, an early stage VC fund based in Singapore. The funding round also saw the participation of Beacon Venture Capital, the corporate venture capital…Continue Reading

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Vietnamese digital entertainment startup POPS Worldwide announced that it has secured US$30 million in an investment round led by Mirae Asset-Naver Asia Growth Fund and South Korean independent private equity firm Eastbridge Partners. Both investors are looking to invest in Southeast Asia’s burgeoning digital entertainment market, and with the funding…Continue Reading

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Indonesia-based micro-warehousing solutions startup Crewdible announced that they have raised US$1.5 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by Berlin-based Global Founders Capital (GFC), a stage agnostic, globally oriented seed and growth venture capital firm. In a press statement, Crewdible chief executive officer and founder Dhana Galindra said that…Continue Reading