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Jungle launches Southeast Asia, India seed programme

Singapore-based Jungle Ventures has launched a Southeast Asia-India seed programme, claiming a first-of-its-kind investment structure to limit dilution for founders.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 13 October 2023
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India's InsuranceDekho raises $60m

Indian online insurance policy comparison and brokerage service InsuranceDekho has raised USD 60m in a Series B round featuring Goldman Sachs.

  • South Asia
  • 12 October 2023
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IFC leads $24m Series B for India's Onsurity

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has led a USD 24m Series B round for Indian employee healthcare insurance start-up Onsurity.

  • South Asia
  • 11 October 2023
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MTR Lab, Gobi back Hong Kong construction tech start-up

MTR Lab, a technology and innovation arm of Hong Kong transport operator MTR, has teamed up with Gobi Partners to invest HKD 46.8m (USD 5.9m) in local sustainable construction start-up isBIM.

  • Greater China
  • 09 October 2023
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China-US consumer brand accelerator raises $58m

SuperOrdinary, a global consumer brands accelerator that operates out of Shanghai, New York, and Los Angeles, has raised USD 58m in Series B funding at a valuation of more than USD 800m.

  • Greater China
  • 09 October 2023
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China VC: Amicable divorces

Regulatory pressures are encouraging Chinese VC firms to end longstanding US affiliations, but the impact of impending legislation – even sight unseen – cuts deeper into investor sentiment on China

  • Greater China
  • 04 October 2023
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Singapore green hydrogen player gets $115m

Singapore-based InterContinental Energy, a company developing green hydrogen fuel projects in Australia and the Middle East, has raised USD 115m from GIC and specialist investor Hy24.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 29 September 2023
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L Catterton backs beauty industry biotech supplier

L Catterton has led a CNY 200m (USD 27m) Series B round for Trautec, a China-based biotech start-up that develops synthetic proteins used in beauty and healthcare products.

  • Central Asia
  • 29 September 2023
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Australia SaaS platform Neara upsizes Series B

Australia’s Neara, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that helps power companies simulate natural disaster scenarios, has closed a USD 24m Series B round featuring Prosus Ventures.

  • Australasia
  • 28 September 2023
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Vertex leads $20m round for India D2C beauty player

Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India (VVSEAI), an affiliate of Temasek Holdings-owned Vertex Holdings, has led a USD 20m Series B round for Indian D2C beauty and personal care brand Pilgrim.

  • South Asia
  • 28 September 2023
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Matrix, HongShan back China's Qihan Biotech

Matrix Partners China and HongShan (formerly Sequioa Capital China) have joined a USD 16m pre-Series B round for Qihan Biotech, a genome editing player active in human and agricultural therapies.

  • Greater China
  • 26 September 2023
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India livestreaming platform Eloelo raises $22m

US investors Courtside Ventures and Griffin Gaming Partners have led a USD 22m pre-Series B round for Indian social gaming and livestreaming platform Eloelo.

  • South Asia
  • 25 September 2023
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Peak XV, Elevation, Andreessen back India visa platform

Peak XV Partners, formerly Sequoia Capital India, and Elevation Capital have led a USD 12m Series A round for Indian visa platform Atlys with support from Andreessen Horowitz.

  • South Asia
  • 22 September 2023
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Cybersecurity: PE urged to go post-quantum

Private equity firms with masses of information, long histories, and long futures will be vulnerable to code-cracking quantum computers perceived as lurking on an inevitable near-term horizon

  • Southeast Asia
  • 20 September 2023
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China's Canton Biologics raises $41m Series C

Chinese pharmaceutical industry services provider Canton Biologics has completed a CNY 300m (USD 41m) Series C round led by state-owned SDIC Venture Capital.

  • Greater China
  • 20 September 2023
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Hong Kong virtual insurer Bowtie gets $35m Series B

Hong Kong digital life insurance company Bowtie has closed a USD 34.9m Series B round led by the local unit of Sun Life Financial.

  • Greater China
  • 18 September 2023
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Lion X, Vickers lead Series B for Singapore's Awak

Lion X Ventures and Vickers Venture Partners have led a Series B round of approximately USD 20m for Awak Technologies, a Singaporean start-up that makes wearable dialysis treatment devices.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 15 September 2023
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China green-tech investors hunt for overlooked niches - AVCJ Forum

Investors targeting green technology in China are looking beyond saturated areas such as renewable energy projects to opportunities that target unaddressed industry pain points, the AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum China 2023 heard.

  • Greater China
  • 14 September 2023
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Fund focus: 500 Global scales up in Southeast Asia

By investing early and building a diversified portfolio, 500 Global emerged from the technology valuation corrections somewhat unscathed. This gave the firm impetus when raising its third Southeast Asia fund

  • Southeast Asia
  • 13 September 2023
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Singapore student-run VC programme launches new fund

Protégé Ventures (PV), a student-run venture fund programme set up by the Singapore Management University Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (SMU IIE) has launched a second fund of SGD 500,000 (USD 367,000).

  • Southeast Asia
  • 12 September 2023
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CICC leads $60m Series B for China's Grit Biotechnology

CICC Capital had led a USD 60m Series B round for Grit Biotechnology, a Shanghai-based drug developer that is working on pioneering cancer treatments involving tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes (LIT).

  • Greater China
  • 11 September 2023
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Global Brain, Globis lead $93m round for Japan's Josys

Global Brain and Globis Capital Partners have led a USD 93m Series B round for Josys, a Japan-based IT services provider specializing in helping companies manage devices.

  • North Asia
  • 07 September 2023
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Mitsui Sumitomo VC unit backs Israel fusion start-up

Japan’s Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital (MSIVC) has joined a Series A round for Israel-based nuclear fusion start-up NT-Tao that had raised USD 22m as of February.

  • North Asia
  • 05 September 2023
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Japanese autonomous trucking start-up raises $24m

T2, a Japanese autonomous driving start-up that focuses on trucking, has raised JPY 3.5bn (USD 24.1m) in Series A funding from a combination of financial and strategic investors.

  • North Asia
  • 04 September 2023
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