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Julo Raises Seed Round Led by Indonesian Venture Capital East Ventures
Julo Raises Seed Round Led by Indonesian Venture Capital East Ventures 20 July 2017 Indonesian peer-to-peer (P2P) lending startup Julo has landed an undisclosed seed funding led by Skystar Capital, with participation from East Ventures, Convergence Ventures, and other undisclosed angel investors. The capital will…
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BuzzCommerce Raises US$1 Million to Launch Own Private Label Products
BuzzCommerce Raises US$1 Million to Launch Own Private Label Products 10 July 2017 BuzzCommerce, a cross-border beauty e-commerce startup is raising up to US$1 million in its latest funding round in order to create its own private label products to serve the demand in China…
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Fintech Startup Omise Raises US$25M in ICO that Bucks “Money Grabbing” Trend
By now you’ve probably heard of ICOs. The alternative fundraising option has been used to raise more than $500 million in funding this year alone, but it has gotten a reputation for unfinished products and untested teams raising gargantuan sums. One company may have just…
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Education Startup from Indonesia Ruangguru Raises Series B Round
Education Startup from Indonesia Ruangguru Raises Series B Round 22 June 2017 Indonesian edtech startup Ruangguru has just announced it completed its series B financing round. The lead investor is UOB Venture Management, the private equity arm of Singapore-headquartered United Overseas Bank (UOB). The amount…
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The Rising Stars of Fintech in Southeast Asia
This is the gritty backdrop to Southeast Asia’s burgeoning fintech revolution: flatted factories and grunting delivery trucks in a Singaporean industrial park, where young techies work in a tiny rented office above a car showroom. No glass-sheathed and Persian-carpeted conference rooms here. Just Kelvin Lee,…
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Mercari Hires john Lagerling from Facebook’s Management Team to Guide Its US Strategy
Mercari Hires john Lagerling from Facebook’s Management Team to Guide Its US Strategy 21 June 2017 When Mercari became Japan’s first startup unicorn with a $75 million round last year, the funding was earmarked to fuel its goal of becoming the top secondhand marketplace app…
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Airfrov Secures US$500K from East Ventures
Airfrov Secures US$500K from East Ventures 19 June 2017 Airfrov, a peer-to-peer marketplace for overseas products, has received US$500,000 in pre‐Series A funding round led by existing investor leading VC firm East Ventures. Several angel investors, including Carro CEO Aaron Tan, have also contributed to…
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Google Launchpad Selects Sirclo and Cicil for Accelerator Programme
Google Launchpad Selects Sirclo and Cicil for Accelerator Programme 25 May 2017 Google has announced the fourth batch of Southeast Asian startups that will join the Launchpad Accelerator programme at Google Headquarters in Silicon Valley, California. A total of nine startups have been selected from…
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