| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.09.2021 | Pluang, an Indonesia-based leading wealth-tech company, clos... | We’re excited to continue actively backing Pluang as it announces its latest funding close of $55M, ... |
| 25.06.2021 | FinAccel doubles its debt facility from Victory Park Capital... | As reported on TechCrunch, FinAccel has raised a larger debt facility from Victory Park Capital. Thi... |
| 01.06.2021 | Openspace Ventures 2020 Annual Sustainability Report | There are big problems to solve in Southeast Asia. The region houses 10% of the world’s population a... |
| 31.05.2021 | Openspace Ventures 2020 Annual Sustainability Report | There are big problems to solve in Southeast Asia. The region houses 10% of the world’s population a... |
| 31.05.2021 | Openspace Ventures Annual Sustainability Report 2020 | There are big problems to solve in Southeast Asia. The region houses 10% of the world’s population a... |
| 25.05.2021 | Indonesian agritech platform TaniHub Group harvests a $65.5M... | As written by Catherine Shu, TechCrunch (Found here)
TaniHub Group, an Indonesian startup that help... |
| 18.05.2021 | Indonesia's Gojek, Tokopedia to create biggest local tech gr... | As written by Anshuman Daga, Fanny Potkin in Reuters (Found here)
Indonesian ride-hailing and pay... |
| 17.05.2021 | Nano, a YCombinator-backed Vietnamese start-up, raised $3m t... |
Traditional employers of blue-collar workers such as retailers, hospitality, and manufacturers (es... |
| 22.04.2021 | Indonesian health tech startup Halodoc nets USD 80 million f... | As written by Ursula Florene in KrAsia (Found here)
Health tech platform Halodoc said on Wednesday ... |
| 22.03.2021 | Indonesian savings and investment app Pluang gets $20M in pr... | As written by Catherine Shu in TechCrunch (Found here)
Indonesia-based fintech Pluang announced tod... |
| 12.03.2021 | OPENSPACE VENTURES CLOSES THIRD FUND AT HARD CAP OF US$200M | This brings the Southeast Asian venture firm’s total committed capital managed to US$425M
Openspa... |
| 09.03.2021 | Nutrition Technologies raises US$5m, opens insect protein fa... | As written by Claudia Chong in The Business Times (Found here)
SINGAPORE-BASED agrifoodtech startup... |
| 24.02.2021 | The Healthcare Revolution at Home | As written by Kate Jennings in Forbes (found here):
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated a movemen... |
| 22.02.2021 | TikTok, The Level Playing Field | Moderated by: Yiliang Zhao & Amy Zhao
The Openspace Ventures team consists of 24 members from 1... |
| 02.02.2021 | Wealth management platform Finnomena, Franklin Templeton to ... | As reported by Rachel Mui in BusinessTimes, Singapore (found here):
THAILAND-BASED digital wealth m... |
| 05.01.2021 | Indonesian EdTech Zenius nabs funding from Openspace | As reported by Ursula Florene in KrAsia (found here):
Indonesia-based EdTech startup Zenius on Tues... |
| 31.12.2020 | Our 2020 in Review | As the end of tumultuous 2020, Openspace is already getting nostalgic. We humbly recognize a strong ... |
| 16.11.2020 | The value of formal education now and in the future | Moderated by Wenbo Zong & Jaclyn Seow
At Openspace we are always attentive to what makes for a ... |
| 10.11.2020 | Indonesia’s iSeller bags series A round from Openspace Ventu... | As reported by Doris Yu in TechInAsia (found here):
Indonesia-based iSeller, an omnichannel sales s... |
| 02.11.2020 | Openspace awarded SVCA VC Deal of the Year 2020 | (SVCA Press Release)
SVCA ANNOUNCES 2020 AWARD WINNERS
The Singapore Venture Capital and Private E... |
| 28.10.2020 | Reaping the Regional Dividend: 2020 Edition | We are very pleased to introduce Openspace Ventures’ inaugural edition of Reaping the Regional Divid... |
| 22.10.2020 | Venture Capital Investment - Is It Art or Science? | VC investment has traditionally been more art than science. Recently, a paper titled: “How Do Ventur... |
| 12.10.2020 | The Singaporean startup that ran a cloud kitchen before they... | Written by Vulcan Post. Original Post here
“We were one of the very first few cloud kitchens that s... |
| 08.10.2020 | Television is dead. Long live television. | Moderated by: Gervin Yang & Ian Sikora
It has been an eventful year for media in Southeast Asia... |
| 01.10.2020 | Using MBTI to foster teamwork and collaboration | The Openspace Ventures team consists of 24 members from 12 different nationalities. Before venture c... |
| 22.09.2020 | Openspace Ventures Welcomes New Team Members and Announces F... | Openspace Ventures, focused on investing in technology opportunities in Southeast Asia since 2014, i... |
| 15.09.2020 | Race, Nation, Region or Species – To Whom Do You Feel More L... | The Openspace Ventures Team consists of 25 team members from 11 different nationalities. Before vent... |
| 14.09.2020 | What We Look For In Founders | It is difficult to make metric-based investment decisions in respect of every potential portfolio co... |
| 08.09.2020 | Freshket lands $3 million Series A led by Openspace to strea... | Reported by Catherine Shu, TechCrunch (found here)
Based in Bangkok, Freshket simplifies the proc... |
| 04.09.2020 | SoftBank Vision Fund 2 leads $100 million Series C in digita... | As reported by Catherine Shu, TechCrunch (found here)
Biofourmis, which combines AI-based data anal... |
| 04.09.2020 | Love, Bonito Opens Its Fourth Store At VivoCity, And It’s Th... | As reported by Celine Tan, 8 Days (found here)
Expect kid-centric features and a pram-friendly spac... |
| 25.08.2020 | Hiring and Team dynamics in the new normal | As the world emerges from lockdowns, business practices need to be reviewed and re-interpreted in th... |
| 05.08.2020 | Intuit QuickBooks Adds Omni-channel Commerce Capabilities by... | As reported by Intuit Blog Team
Intuit is excited to announce that we have entered into an agreemen... |
| 31.07.2020 | Singapore is latest to deploy Biofourmis tech for COVID-19 m... | As reported by Michelle Teo, DealStreetAsia (found here)
Over the last three months, thousands of C... |
| 30.07.2020 | US, China & the Southeast Asia Opportunity | Similar to other companies across the world, we, at Openspace (“OSV”), are finding our own ways to a... |
| 21.07.2020 | Our Chance to Reshape Responsible Capitalism | OUR CHANCE TO RESHAPE RESPONSIBLE CAPITALISM
The last global crisis didn’t change the world. Will t... |
| 24.06.2020 | The Disneyland of Social Media | As reported by Vittoria Elliott on Rest of World (found here).
On our app, we do not allow politica... |
| 17.06.2020 | More demand for telemedicine as Indonesians stay away from h... | As reported by Nivell Rayda, Channel News Asia, here:
JAKARTA: As soon as Indonesia announced its f... |
| 15.06.2020 | A leader never lets a crisis go to waste | As reported by Helmi Yusof in The Business Times, here:
WHAT CAN CHOPE, a restaurant reservation pl... |
| 11.06.2020 | Digital Marketplace Keeps Indonesian Farmers in Business | As featured by the International Finance Corporation, here:
“People are at home and markets are emp... |
| 08.06.2020 | SensorFlow wins in IoT-Energy category at the SBR Technology... | As reported in Singapore Business Review, here:
As the city state gradually reopens, Singapore Busi... |
| 08.06.2020 | Gojek streaming service GoPlay bags funding to deepen Indone... | As reported by Sharanya Pillai in The Business Times, here:
GOPLAY, the video streaming service und... |
| 26.05.2020 | Whispir platform a valuable tool in response to COVID-19 | As reported by Patrick Durkin in The Australian Financial Review, here:
Jeromy Wells, the chief exe... |
| 16.04.2020 | Biofourmis acquires Gaido Health, expands capabilities to in... | As reported by Olivia Poh in The Business Times, here:
DIGITAL therapeutics startup Biofourmis on T... |
| 14.04.2020 | Filipino live streaming app Kumu raises $5 million Series A ... | As reported in TechCrunch (found here):
Kumu Holdings, a live streaming startup based in the Philip... |
| 25.03.2020 | Text message system 'Whispir' to monitor close contacts in V... | - |
| 25.03.2020 | Gojek bosses give up 25% of annual salary for drivers, partn... | As reported by Esther Samboh in The Jakarta Post, here:
Local tech giant Gojek has announced it wil... |
| 24.03.2020 | Welcome to the New Normal. Now Let’s Get to Work. | (Photo credit: AP / Ee Ming Toh)
By now, there is no question that COVID-19 is having a material im... |
| 23.03.2020 | Chope can play role in transforming F&B sector, says CEO | As reported by Sue-Ann Tan in the Straits Times, here:
Chope has made its name as a reservations mo... |
| 23.03.2020 | Gojek, Halodoc launch telemedicine service "Check COVID... | As reported by Arnidhya Nur, Azis K (editor Yuni Arisandy Sinaga) in Antara News, here:
Jakarta (AN... |
| 18.03.2020 | Teaching technology stands to be rare winner from coronaviru... | As written by James Crabtree in Nikkei Asian Review (found here):
It is hard to see many upsides fr... |
| 06.03.2020 | Biofourmis to remotely monitor Covid-19 patients in world’s ... | As reported by Eric Ng in the South China Morning Post, here:
Hong Kong is set to become the world’... |
| 05.03.2020 | Startup Biofourmis Using AI-Based System to Battle Coronavir... | As reported by Brian Gormley in Wall Street Journal (found here):
Doctors and researchers in Hong K... |
| 10.01.2020 | Openspace Makes First Thailand Investment | As reported by Justin Niessner in AVCJ (found here with login wall)
Southeast Asia-focused Openspac... |
| 03.12.2019 | FinAccel Banks $90m in series C round, Scores $500 Million V... | As reported by Manish Singh in TechCrunch (found here):
Singapore-headquartered FinAccel has secure... |
| 29.08.2019 | Singapore InsurTech Firm Axinan Collaborates with Bukalapak ... | As reported by Cindy Silviana in KrAsia (found here):
Singapore-based insurtech firm Axinan and Ind... |
| 29.08.2019 | Indonesia’s Sorabel confirms pre-Series C investment from Ko... | As reported by Ardi Wirdana in DealStreetAsia (found here):
Korean early stage VC firm Ncore Ventur... |
| 06.08.2019 | Singaporean Car Marketplace Carro Buys Indonesia’s Jualo | As reported by Zhixin Tan in KrAsia (found here):
Carro, a Singapore-based wholesale automotive mar... |
| 29.07.2019 | Nutrition Technologies closes Series A led by Openspace, SEE... | As reported by Kristie Neo in DealStreetAsia (found here):
Nutrition Technologies, a Singapore-base... |
| 25.07.2019 | Bill Gates Foundation Invests in Halodoc | As reported by Dafizeck Bin Daud in TechInAsia (found here):
Halodoc, an online healthcare platform... |
| 19.07.2019 | Fashion Brand Love, Bonito Opens Third Singapore Store at Fu... | As reported by Reta Lee on Yahoo (found here):
With over 6,000 square feet, Love, Bonito’s third st... |
| 02.07.2019 | Indonesian Photography Startup SweetEscape Raises $6m Series... | As reported by Ardi Wirdana in DealStreetAsia (found here):
Indonesia-headquartered on-demand photo... |
| 01.07.2019 | Grab Helps Agritech Start-Up TaniGroup to Benefit from Its E... | As reported by Norman Harsono in the Jakarta Post (found here):
Singapore-based Grab has recently s... |
| 03.06.2019 | Tanigroup and Agritech - The Openspace View | We were pleased to announce this week Openspace Ventures‘ investment in Tanigroup, as lead for its $... |
| 30.05.2019 | Agritech startup TaniGroup raises $10M to help Indonesia’s f... | As reported by Jon Russell in TechCrunch (found here):
In 2016, former World Bank analyst Eka Pamit... |
| 24.05.2019 | Whispir secures funds for IPO, to list June 19 | As reported by Sarah Thompson and Anthony Macdonald in Financial Review (found here):
Software comp... |
| 22.05.2019 | Biofourmis raises $35M to develop smarter treatments for chr... | As reported by Jon Russell in TechCrunch (found here):
Biofourmis, a Singapore-based startup pionee... |
| 13.03.2019 | CXA Raises $25 million Convertible Debt, Takes Step Toward $... | As reported by Straits Times (found here):
Insurtech start-up CXA Group has raised US$25 million (S... |
| 04.03.2019 | Indonesia's Halodoc raises $65m to expand hi-tech healthcare... | As reported by Kentaro Iwamoto in Nikkei (found here):
Indonesia’s largest telemedicine platform, H... |
| 27.02.2019 | Restaurant platform Chope partners with Meituan-Dianping to ... | As reported by Robin Moh in KrAsia (found here):
Chope, a platform for making restaurant reservatio... |
| 25.02.2019 | SME lender Validus Capital raises $15M for expansion in Sout... | As reported by Jon Russell in TechCrunch (found here):
SME lending was a hot topic in Southeast Asi... |
| 21.01.2019 | Indonesia’s Sale Stock rebrands as Sorabel | As reported by Jack Ellis in Tech in Asia (found here):
Indonesian fashion e-tailer Sale Stock is r... |
| 04.12.2018 | How Telehealth is Transforming Healthcare in Indonesia | The BBC recently produced a video highlighting how HaloDoc’s telemedicine service has enabled access... |
| 28.11.2018 | TOPICA raises $50M for its online learning services in South... | As reported by Jon Russel in TechCrunch (found here):
One of the country’s elder statesmen of start... |
| 23.11.2018 | Biofourmis collaborates with Brigham and Women’s Hospital to... | As reported by Dean Koh (found here):
Biofourmis, a Singapore-based health analytics platform, has ... |
| 01.11.2018 | Pathao Tong and Pathao’s Path To One App For All Your Needs... | As reported by Ruhul Kader at Future Startup (found here):
Pathao has been experimenting with a ser... |
| 31.10.2018 | CXA Group Wins Two Asia Insurance Industry Awards | Fifteen insurance champions took centre stage at the glittering 22nd Asia Insurance Industry Awards ... |
| 29.10.2018 | Thousands of drivers in Singapore registered for Go-Jek afte... | As reported by Cheow Sue-Ann and Kok Yufeng in Straits Times (found here):
After months of eager an... |
| 18.10.2018 | Openspace Ventures Bullish on Fintech, Marketplace Sectors | Hian was recently interviewed by Ka Kay Lum from DEALSTREETASIA. Excerpts from the interview can be ... |
| 12.09.2018 | Telehealth Apps Like Halodoc on Rise in Southeast Asia | As reported in the Nikkei Asia Review (found here):
Bayu Surya is a 28-year-old editor based in Jak... |
| 11.09.2018 | Pathao to Launch in Nepal | As reported by Future Startup (found here):
Pathao, the Dhaka-based fast growing logistics + ride-h... |
| 06.09.2018 | Go-Jek, Axinan among latest Google Launchpad Entrants | As reported by Jack Ellis (found here):
Google has unveiled the latest cohort of startups for its L... |
| 04.09.2018 | Chope Almost Doubles its Revenue to $10.4 million | As published by The Straits Times (found here):
Chope, a platform for reservations and deals relate... |
| 31.08.2018 | IDC Indonesia Announces FinAccel a Winner of an IDC Digital ... | As reported in the IDC press release (found here):
IDC announced today the Indonesia winners of the... |
| 14.08.2018 | Openspace Ventures Closes Fund II at Hard Cap of US$135mm | PRESS RELEASE
Openspace Ventures (previously NSI Ventures) is pleased to announce the final close o... |
| 01.08.2018 | Go-Jek kicks off Southeast Asia expansion with Vietnam launc... | As reported by Jon Russel in TechCrunch (found here):
Go-Jek, the Indonesia-based ride-sharing comp... |
| 25.07.2018 | Kredivo Raises $30M to Build a Digital Credit Card for South... | As reported by Jon Russell in TechCrunch (found here):
FinAccel, a Southeast Asia-based startup tha... |
| 24.07.2018 | Openspace Ventures-backed TradeGecko gobbles up $10m Series ... | As reported by Ka Kay Lum (found here):
Singapore-based software-as-a-service startup TradeGecko ha... |
| 12.06.2018 | The Story Behind Pathao’s Explosive Growth | As reported by Rahul Kader (found here):
Pathao Founder and CEO Hussain M Elius on the early days o... |
| 24.05.2018 | Indonesia's Go-Jek to Invest $500 million in Four New Market... | Indonesia's Go-Jek expands into four new markets from CNBC.
As reported by Saheli Roy Choudhury on ... |
| 27.04.2018 | Bangladesh’s Pathao Raises over $10M in a Round led by Go-Je... | As reported by Jon Russell in TechCrunch (found here):
$4.5 billion-valued ride-sharing startup Go-... |
| 26.04.2018 | Early Go-Jek investor NSI Ventures Goes independent and Rebr... | As reported by Jon Russell in TechCrunch (found here):
NSI Ventures, the Singapore-based VC firm af... |
| 18.04.2018 | Zimplistic Raises S$39.3m in Series C | As reported in Channel News Asia (found here):
The company behind the fully automated flatbread mak... |
| 12.04.2018 | Oway Raises $14.7m from IFC, Daiwa, Others | As reported by Juliet Shwe Gaung (found here):
Travel company Oway has raised $14.7 million from in... |
| 17.02.2018 | Gamechanger in the Transport Industry | As reported by Rasmia Rahman Amreen (found here):
Hussain M Elius is the current CEO of Pathao, the... |
| 13.02.2018 | Ex-Grab CTO's Startup Axinan Raises Series A Funding from NS... | As reported by Yon Heong Tung (found here):
Singapore insurtech startup Axinan has raised an undisc... |
| 09.02.2018 | Grain raises pre-Series B funding from Majuven, others after... | As reported by Sainul Abudheen (found here):
Singapore-based online restaurant, Grain, has raised a... |
| 01.02.2018 | Kakaku leads $13m Series B in NSI Ventures portfolio company... | As reported by Shiwen Yap, (found here):
Singapore-based Love Bonito, a digital-first womenswear la... |
| 29.01.2018 | Google announces investment in Indonesia’s Go-Jek | As reported by Jon Russell (found here):
Google is back investing in ride-hailing companies. The U.... |
| 30.11.2017 | Singapore Government's SGInnovate Partners with NSI Ventures... | As reported by Jacquelyn Cheok (found here):
A government-owned innovation platform will invest mil... |
