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| 14.05.2026 | Circle Unleashes Arc: A $3 Billion Vision for a Tokenized Economy | Circle Internet Group secured $222 million in an ARC token presale, valuing its new Arc blockchain network at $3 billion. This significant investment signals Circle’s pivot towards a foundational operating system for institutional finance. ... |
| 12.05.2026 | Circle Internet Group Launches $222 Million ARC Token Presale | Circle Internet Group, the New York-based stablecoin and digital payments company, reported total revenue and reserve income of $694 million for the first quarter of 2026, a 20% increase year-over-year. USDC in circulation reached $77.0 bil... |
| 11.05.2026 | Circle raises $222 million from BlackRock, Apollo and others in Arc token presale valued at $3 billion | Circle Internet Group has raised $222 million in the presale of a token tied to its new Arc blockchain, giving the network a fully diluted network valuation of $3 billion.
Andreessen Horowitz led the investment. BlackRock, Apollo Funds and ... |
| 04.05.2026 | Antimatter Launches as the World's First Vertically Integrated Neocloud for AI Inference, Plans to Establish Global Headquarters in Hong Kong | Combining over 1GW of secured power capacity across distributed micro-power sites in the US, Europe and GCC, Antimatter will deploy a global network of 1,000 distributed micro data centers to serve the growing AI inference market — 5 times ... |
| 14.04.2026 | Deals in brief: Three Singapore startups raise AI funding; SC Ventures leads Keyrock’s Series C round; six China investments; and more | Muun AI raises USD 700,000 from Wavemaker Impact
Muun AI, a Singapore-based startup, has raised USD 700,000 in a pre-seed funding round from Wavemaker Impact.
The startup develops industrial intelligence systems that convert machine telemet... |
| 31.03.2026 | Belgium-headquartered crypto startup Keyrock hits unicorn status, says valuation quadrupled | European crypto investment firm Keyrock has hit unicorn status, following a new funding round, with its valuation quadrupling from its previous round, it said today.
The Belgium-based startup, founded in 2017, said it was now valued at $1.1... |
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| 26.01.2026 | Quantum Firm IonQ to Buy Chip Maker SkyWater for $1.8B | Image generated by Google Gemini
IonQ has made a purchase that would give it deeper control over the domestic manufacturing capabilities behind its quantum computing hardware.
The deal will see the firm acquire SkyWater in a cash-and-stock ... |
| 17.01.2026 | WeLab Secures $220M, Drives AI and Asia Expansion | WeLab closed a landmark $220 million Series D financing. This pivotal investment, backed by global giants like HSBC and Hong Kong Investment Corporation, propels WeLab's aggressive expansion across Southeast Asia, eyeing new markets like Th... |
| 16.01.2026 | HSBC Backs $220M WeLab Asian Fintech Deal | Image: Envato
Financial markets are buzzing after WeLab completed a $220 million Series D financing.
Global banking giant HSBC joined an impressive roster of investors that includes Prudential Hong Kong, Fubon Bank, and Hong Kong Investment... |
| 16.01.2026 | Fujitsu, SC Ventures Unveil Roadmap for Quantum Joint Venture | Image generated by Google Gemini
Fujitsu and SC Ventures have revealed the roadmap for Qubitra Technologies, a joint venture designed to accelerate the adoption of quantum computing in financial services.
The venture, which will operate in ... |
| 17.12.2025 | Olea Announces Series A Funding to Enhance Global Trade Finance | Olea Global Pte Ltd, a platform enabling global trade, announced the completion of its $30 million Series A round. The funding round was led by BBVA (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A), with participation from XDC Network, theDOCK, other... |
| 17.12.2025 | Deals in brief: Pyxis hits first close of SGD 18 million round, BBVA leads Olea’s Series A funding, latest China investments, and more | Pyxis raises SGD 13 million to drive maritime electrification
Pyxis, a Singapore-based maritime electrification startup, has raised SGD 13 million (USD 10 million) in the first close of its growth funding round, co-led by Shift4Good, Motion... |
| 16.12.2025 | Blockchain Gains Traction: J.P. Morgan & Abu Dhabi Lead Finance’s Digital Shift | Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) and a J.P. Morgan blockchain deal signal a major shift. Finance embraces digital assets. Tokenization, AI, and stablecoins are key. Abu Dhabi positions itself as a global fintech hub. Institutional investors ar... |
| 11.12.2025 | ADFW's Fintech Abu Dhabi Points to a New Era of Finance Fuelled by Innovation and Disruption | ABU DHABI, UAE, Dec. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The third day of Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) 2025, ADGM's flagship event, featured Fintech Abu Dhabi and RESOLVE, which brought together the world's most influential leaders in finance, techno... |
| 23.10.2025 | Hub71 Launches New Founder Program and Expands Its AI Ecosystem Hub71 launched Initiate, a program for early-stage founders developed with SC Ventures and VentureOne. | Hub71, Abu Dhabi's global tech ecosystem, announced new programs and partnerships at its Impact Event 2025 to advance innovation and entrepreneurship across the UAE.
The company launched Initiate, a program for early-stage founders develope... |
| 25.09.2025 | SC Ventures and Fujitsu join forces to incubate Project Quanta | Joint venture will focus on accelerating quantum capability and value by integrating quantum resources and talent on a digital platform.
SINGAPORE and TOKYO, Sept. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SC Ventures by Standard Chartered Bank, which build... |
| 04.07.2025 | [Weekly funding roundup June 28-July 4] VC inflow dips as Indian startups see fewer deals | July started on a sluggish note as venture capital (VC) investment into the Indian startup ecosystem dipped due to fewer deals, barring a single large-value transaction from Jumbotail.
In the first week of July, Indian startups raised a tot... |
| 01.07.2025 | Jumbotail Turns Unicorn Following USD 120 Mn Raise Led by SC Ventures As part of a strategic expansion, Jumbotail also announced the successful acquisition of Solv India, a B2B commerce and financial ... | Jumbotail, India's leading B2B marketplace and new retail platform for food and grocery, has raised USD 120 million in a Series D funding round led by SC Ventures, the innovation and investment arm of Standard Chartered Plc. Existing invest... |
| 30.06.2025 | Jumbotail raises $120 million in funding round led by SC Ventures | - |
| 30.06.2025 | Jumbotail turns unicorn after raising $120M in Series D round; completes acquisition of Solv | Jumbotail, a Bengaluru-based B2B ecommerce and retail platform for food and grocery, has raised $120 million in a Series D funding round led by SC Ventures, the innovation and investment arm of Standard Chartered Plc. The round saw continue... |
| 25.06.2025 | Why Should a Family Office Invest in Venture Capital? By Roberto Bonanzinga
Venture Capital: An Often Misunderstood Asset Class
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During the week of June 2nd, many Family Office CIOs will gather in Berlin for one of the industry’s most established events: SuperReturn, along with its companion conference, SuperVenture.... |
| 16.04.2025 | How CEE VCs Deployed Capital Across AI, Cybersecurity, and HealthTech in Q1 2025 | CEE ~
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A survey conducted by The Recursive in early 2025 revealed that 62% of CEE investors anticipate a more favorable investment climate compared to the previous year. Investors are particularly optimistic about opportunities in A... |
| 01.04.2025 | SplxAI: $7 Million (Seed) Raised For Helping Organizations Secure Agentic AI Systems | SplxAI, a leader in offensive security for Agentic AI, announced it has closed $7 million in seed funding led by LAUNCHub Ventures with participation from Rain Capital, Inovo, Runtime Ventures, DNV Ventures, and South Central Ventures. And ... |
| 26.03.2025 | Jumbotail to acquire Solv India for B2B marketplace expansion | E-commerce startup Jumbotail plans to acquire SC Ventures-incubated Solv India. The combined entity will be led by Jumbotail Co-founders S. Karthik Venkateswaran and Ashish Jhina, while Gautam Jain will join Jumbotail’s board as SC Ventures... |
| 26.03.2025 | B2B Marketplace Jumbotail To Acquire Solv India | SUMMARY
Solv India said that its investor Standard Chartered Bank’s venture capital arm, SC Ventures, has greenlit its acquisition by Jumbotail
The consolidated entity will be led by Jumbotail cofounders Karthik Venkateswaran and Ashish Jhi... |
| 26.01.2025 | Furaha Secures $10m in Push to Expand Education Financing in Africa | Listen to this article
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Furaha, a purpose-driven lending platform aimed at boosting financial access across sub-Saharan Africa, has raised $10 million through a joint investment by SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s... |
| 24.01.2025 | Eden acquired SC Ventures-incubated Dealcierge | The Singapore-based platform edenX will be created by Australian fintech Eden Exchange, which has acquired SC Venture’s incubated Dealcierge. The acquisition will cost A$50 million ($31.07 million).
A statement released on Monday said that ... |
| 21.01.2025 | Deals in brief: BrightChamps acquires Edjust, Aleph raises seed funding, East Ventures closes secondary transaction with Coller Capital, and more | BrightChamps acquires Edjust in cash and stock deal
Edtech platform BrightChamps has acquired Edjust, a K12 education platform, in a cash and stock transaction. Edjust uses artificial intelligence and data to streamline edtech sales by conn... |
| 19.01.2025 | Web3 Adoption: Reown Raises $13 Million to Build Onchain UX Platform | Reown (formerly known as WalletConnect) announced it has closed a $13 million Series B funding round.
Known as the builders of the WalletConnect Network, Reown is leading the charge in improving onchain UX.
The investment round was led by U... |
| 16.01.2025 | Reown: Onchain UX Platform Company Raises $13 Million (Series B) | Reown (previously known as WalletConnect) announced it has closed a $13 million Series B funding round. USV and 1kx led the funding round and it also included Global Digital Asset Holdings (a joint venture investment vehicle established by ... |
| 13.01.2025 | The Western Balkans: A Rising Star in the Venture Capital Landscape | The Western Balkans are awakening. Once overlooked, this region is now a canvas for innovation and investment. Countries like Croatia and Serbia are leading the charge, while others like Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and North Macedon... |
| 13.01.2025 | Croatia’s Tech Rebirth: From Post-War Legacy to Billion-Dollar Breakthroughs | Croatia ~
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From post-war rebuilding to a thriving tech hub, Croatia’s story is one of resilience and transformation. The Recursive had a privilege to document that – the drive to work against the odds, and to build something bigger.... |
| 15.04.2024 | SC Ventures buys stake in Algbra to enhance its Shoal service | SC Ventures, the venture arm of FTSE-100 bank Standard Chartered, has bought a stake in ethical and sharia-compliant fintech Algbra. The terms of the deal are undisclosed.
Algbra is a financial management platform that distinguishes its off... |
| 29.03.2024 | SC Ventures leads Series A funding for Hive | Singapore-based SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, led EUR 12 million (USD $13 million) Series A round for distributed cloud provider Hive. The company announced the investment on March 27, 20... |
| 27.03.2024 | €12M for Hive's distributed cloud computing |
Hive is reinventing the cloud from a centralized model that uses expensive physical servers to a distributed cloud infrastructure that aggregates individual devices’ unused hard drive and computing capacities. Hive’s model helps businesses... |
| 16.11.2023 | Deals in brief: CapitaLand announces sustainability challenge winners, BeeX closes USD 2 million bridge round, multiple China and India deals, and more | CapitaLand announces the winners of CapitaLand Sustainability X Challenge 2023
The Singapore-headquartered real estate company has announced the ten winners of the CapitaLand Sustainability X Challenge (CSXC) 2023, and will provide funding ... |
| 15.11.2023 | Deals in brief: Augmentus and Etaily secure Series A funding, SC Ventures launches Libeara, multiple China and India deals, and more | Augmentus secures USD 5 million in Series A round
The Singapore-based no-code robotics software company has secured USD 5 million in a Series A funding round led by Sierra Ventures, along with participation from existing seed investor Cocoo... |
| 09.11.2023 | Standard Chartered’s venture arm to set up crypto fund in UAE | SC Ventures, the fintech investment arm of British bank Standard Chartered, will establish a “Digital Asset Joint Venture” investment company in the United Arab Emirates in partnership with a Japanese financial conglomerate, SBI Holdings.
I... |
| 15.06.2023 | From venture building to investments: how SEA’s corporations are innovating | CommunityOpinionStartups
Ken Leaver · 15 Jun 2023 · 4 min readFrom venture building to investments: how SEA’s corporations are innovating
When you think of innovation, you would probably think of startups that are quick to roll out new solu... |
| 09.06.2023 | Meet the founder: Tawi Fresh’s Cherotich Rutto on empowering women and youth through agribusiness | Agriculture is a primary economic activity across many parts of Africa, but Cherotich Rutto, CEO and founder of a new agribusiness marketplace called Tawi Fresh, says the region’s smallholder farmers are “underserved” and “undervalued.”
“Th... |
| 20.03.2023 | CardsPal and ActivEdge Team Up to Bring ActivChallenge: The Virtual Fitness Challenge | ActivChallenge: A Brand New 7-day Home Based Fitness Challenge Catered To Every One Of All Fitness Levels
SINGAPORE, March 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CardsPal is the official ticketing partner for Singapore's first personalized 7-day home fit... |
| 13.02.2023 | SC Ventures partners with Yabx to expand access to Financial Services in Africa | 'Purpose-driven loans' centred around inclusion, education, skill development and gender are the main products being developed for African markets
This collaborative partnership leverages the expertise and global best-practices from the fin... |
| 21.12.2022 | Singapore-based lifestyle app CardsPal boosts fitness offering through partnership with AI-powered fitness coach ActivEdge | SINGAPORE, Dec. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CardsPal, the lifestyle deals discovery app, partners with ActivEdge, a technology-first fitness app powered by artificial intelligence, to lower the barriers of entry to personalised fitness program... |
| 07.11.2022 | Meet the 36 SFF Global Fintech Awards Winners | 36 companies and individuals have been selected as winners of the SFF Global Fintech Awards 2022 under the theme “Embracing Digital, Charting the New Normal”.
The winners, which were announced during the Singapore Fintech Festival’s Fintech... |
| 25.08.2022 | Standard Chartered Joins Chekk’s Financing Round to Support Growth of KYC Firm | Standard Chartered announced that it has invested funds in Hong Kong-based KYC, KYB and data management platform with the aim of “accelerating the company’s product development and boosting its sales organization – both to meet the increasi... |
| 03.06.2021 | HK’s BC Group Partners StanChart to Launch Crypto Platform for Institutional Clients | SC Ventures, the innovation and ventures unit of Standard Chartered, announced a partnership with BC Technology Group, the parent company of Hong Kong’s licensed digital asset platform OSL. |
| 21.10.2019 | Instabase Raises Massive $105M Series B, Reaches Unicorn Status | 47 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Instabase, a startup aiming to “reimagine business apps from the ground up,” announced today that it’s raised a massive $105 million Series B led by Index Ventures. The round values the San Francisc... |
| 21.10.2019 | Instabase Raises Massive $105M Series B, Reaches Unicorn Status | 64 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Instabase, a startup aiming to “reimagine business apps from the ground up,” announced today that it’s raised a massive $105 million Series B led by Index Ventures. The round values the San Francisc... |
| - | Thought Machine closes $200 million round, now at unicorn valuation | London’s fintech Thought Machine has announced the close of a $200 million Series C round, now giving the company a valuation of over $1 billion. The copy focuses on building software solutions that help banks and financial institutions tra... |
