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500 Startups

500 Startups, UN launch Indonesia accelerator

500 Startups has teamed up with a unit of the United Nations to launch an impact-focused start-up accelerator in Indonesia.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 14 September 2019
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Korea start-ups: The graduates

Korea’s start-ups are internationalizing and becoming more technically advanced as the ecosystem matures. A rapidly multiplying flock of local VCs will have to do the same to keep up with them

  • North Asia
  • 01 September 2019
Japanese space robot developer gets Series A round

Gitai, a Japanese start-up that is developing robots that can replace astronauts on low-orbit space missions, has raised $4.1 million in Series A funding.

  • North Asia
  • 21 August 2019
Japan's Coral Capital names new partner

Coral Capital, formerly 500 Startups Japan, has named Google Japan’s head of start-ups and strategic relations Ken Nishimura (pictured) as a partner and chief editor.

  • North Asia
  • 01 August 2019
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Portfolio company boards: Gurus wanted

Filling board seats for portfolio companies is more art than science in both private equity and venture capital. Investors must approach the challenge with flexible playbooks

  • GPs
  • 17 July 2019
Japanese cooking robot developer raises Series A

Global Brain has led a JPY8.5 billion ($7.8 million) Series A round for Connected Robotics, a Japanese robotics developer that specializes in cooking.

  • North Asia
  • 08 July 2019
500 Startups launches second Korea fund

500 Startups has launched its second Korea fund focused on early-stage technology companies in the country.

  • North Asia
  • 12 June 2019
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Asia's lower-tier cities: New horizons

PE and VC players are slowly discovering the investment and business expansion opportunities in the lower-tier cities of developing Asia. Risk-reward calculations are becoming more complex in the process

  • Greater China
  • 03 April 2019
Japan VC: Positive energy

Japan’s quiet venture capital space is booming within its own borders. Signs of a stronger exit market and an exuberant influx of corporate involvement are encouraging themes, but they will play out slowly

  • North Asia
  • 20 March 2019
500 Startups Japan rebrands, launches $45m fund

The Japan-based team of 500 Startups has spun out a separate firm called Coral Capital and announced a debut fund with about $45 million in commitments.

  • North Asia
  • 07 March 2019
AirAsia sets up venture capital fund

Malaysia’s AirAsia has launched a venture capital fund in partnership with US-based 500 Startups that will focus on digital Southeast Asian businesses in travel, logistics and financial technology.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 05 March 2019
American Express buys Japan's Pocket Concierge

American Express has acquired Pocket Concierge, a Japanese digital services provider for the restaurant industry backed by several domestic venture capital firms.

  • North Asia
  • 16 January 2019
Taiwan start-ups must think globally - AVCJ Forum

Taiwanese entrepreneurs should leverage local technology talent and use their home market as a testing ground for products and services that have global appeal, industry participants told the AVCJ Taiwan Forum.

  • Greater China
  • 06 December 2018
500 Startups closes Vietnam fund at $14m

500 Startups has closed its Vietnam-focused early-stage VC fund at $14 million, beating a target of $10 million.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 21 November 2018
Mixed impact on exits as early-stage VC heats up – AVCJ Forum

VCs face new challenges and opportunities in exit markets across Asia as later-stage investors and strategic players participate more deeply in early-stage ecosystems.

  • Greater China
  • 13 November 2018
Operational value-add: Active duty

VCs are under pressure to improve operational capacity as competition heats up in Asia’s start-up ecosystems. Methodologies filtering over from the US are finding both disciples and skeptics

  • Greater China
  • 12 November 2018
Beijing blockchain gaming platform receives $40m

Cocos-BCX, a Beijing-based blockchain game development platform, has raised $40 million from a group of strategic and VC investors to support its expansion plans.

  • Greater China
  • 16 September 2018
Square Peg leads $30m Series B for Indonesia's FinAccel

Square Peg Capital has led a $30 million Series B round for Indonesian financial technology start-up FinAccel to support its national and regional expansion.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 26 July 2018
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Japan robotics: Friendly faces

Japan’s home robotics industry is still in its early stages, and considerable work is required to create devices that can both appeal to everyday consumers and meaningfully contribute to their lives

  • North Asia
  • 15 June 2018
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Rakuten, EDBI lead $85m round for classifieds player Carousell

Rakuten Ventures and EDBI have led an $85 million Series C funding round for Singapore’s Carousell, an online flea market shopping app operator.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 15 May 2018
Indonesia VC: Levels of comfort

For all the fervor about technology opportunities in Indonesia, independent local VC firms are thin on the ground. Traditional LPs want to see more evidence of performance before getting involved

  • Southeast Asia
  • 09 May 2018
VCs should favor originality in SE Asia start-ups - AVCJ Forum

International venture capital firms are misguided in their attempts to find established parallels for Southeast Asian businesses in other markets because they could end up missing out on true innovation, industry participants told the AVCJ Indonesia Forum.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 26 April 2018
Indonesia tech: Sleeping giant

Bullishness around Indonesia’s young online economy has been encouraged by a handful of VC-backed homeruns and promising demographics. Achieving scale in new business models remains a sticking point

  • Southeast Asia
  • 20 April 2018
Q&A: 500 Startups' Khailee Ng

Khailee Ng, a managing partner with 500 Startups in Southeast Asia, discusses the rising demand for start-up exposure in Indonesia, the prospects for the country’s four unicorns, and exit opportunities

  • Southeast Asia
  • 18 April 2018
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