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| 20.12.2024 | Southeast Asia VC in 2025: Is a breakthrough ahead? | Premium Content
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| 13.09.2023 | Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India completes final close of Fund V at $541M | Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India has concluded its fifth funding round, raising $541 million. This new fund, VVSEAI Fund V, surpasses its predecessor, VVSEAI Fund IV, raised in 2019 by a significant 80%.
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| 13.09.2023 | Deals in brief: Hukumku, Parallax, and HN Novatech secure funding, Singapore institutions launch SGD 75 million deeptech pilot program, and more | Hukumku scores funding in East Ventures-led round to democratize legal access in Indonesia
The Indonesia-based legal tech startup has completed a funding round led by Southeast Asian venture capital firm East Ventures.
Hukumku will use the ... |
| 12.09.2023 | Deals in brief: Protégé Ventures launches fund to support student-led startups, Vertex Ventures closes USD 541 million fund, and more | Protégé Ventures launches SGD 500,000 fund to support student-led startups in Singapore
The student-run venture fund program, initiated by the Singapore Management University Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (SMU IIE), has unv... |
| 12.09.2023 | Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India Partnership completes Final Close of Fund V at USD 541 Million exceeding its target fund size of USD 450 Million | SINGAPORE, Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India ("VVSEAI") is pleased to announce that it has completed the fund raising for its fifth and newest fund with commitments of USD 541 million. VVSEAI ... |
| 12.09.2023 | Vertex Ventures SEA, India raises $541m for 5th fund (Update) | InvestmentsNews
Miguel Cordon · 12 Sep 2023 · 2 min readVertex Ventures SEA, India raises $541m for 5th fund (Update)
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Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India (VVSEAI), an early-stage VC firm, has closed its fi... |
| 19.04.2023 | Deconstructing the Evolution of the Fintech Sector in Asia | Since the term ‘fintech’ was first coined in the early 2010s, the financial technology sector and the ecosystem around it has undergone a massive evolution. A fluctuating economic climate has seen some startups go public, while others have ... |
| 25.08.2022 | Surviving the Valley of Death in Southeast Asia | After a 13-year bull run culminating in a record-breaking funding year in 2021, investors have turned more cautious with their investment strategies.
While exponential growth was what most investors previously looked for in startups, the cu... |
| 14.07.2022 | East Ventures, Vertex back Indonesian blue-collar jobs platform’s $8m raise | AcquisitionsInvestmentsNewsStartups
Qishin Tariq · 19 Jul 2022 · 2 min readEast Ventures, Vertex back Indonesian blue-collar jobs platform’s $8m raise
Pintarnya, an Indonesia-based job platform focused on blue-collar workers, has raised US$... |
| 05.04.2022 | Recap of AsiaForward Startup Day 2022’s Open Office Hours | As part of the AsiaForward Startup Day, KrASIA organized five Open Office Hours sessions on March 24, 2022. It was a chance for the operators of Southeast Asian startups to seek advice from VC investors who operate in the region and beyond,... |
| 27.01.2022 | Prosus N : Aruna raises US$30 million in follow-on Series A funding, with participation from Prosus Ventures | Aruna raises US$30 million in follow-on Series A funding, with participation from Prosus Ventures
JAKARTA, INDONESIA, 27 January 2022 - Aruna, Indonesia's leading fishery and marine platform, has announced a US$30 million Series A follow-on... |
| 22.11.2021 | Pace raises USD40 million Series A funding from Pan-Asian group of investors from Singapore, Japan, Korea, China Taiwan and Indonesia | Series A investors include Japan's Marubeni Ventures, South Korea's Atinum Partners, China Taiwan's AppWorks, Indonesia's Alpha JWC, and Singapore's UOB Venture Management, Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia, and Genesis Alternative Ventures
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| 21.10.2021 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Biomilq banks $21m; AeroFarms scraps SPAC | Bio-breastmilk maker Biomilq, coffee innovator Cometeer, and farm produce platform WayCool were among the startups raising big-ticket rounds this week; while vertical ag company AeroFarms announced an end to its SPAC intentions – for now, a... |
| 19.10.2021 | Onato scores seed funding to digitalize India’s fruit & veg supply chain | Onato, a B2B online platform for fresh produce, has raised $2.2 million in seed funding.
The round was led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India — an affiliate of Singaporean sovereign fund Temasek — with participation from local ag... |
| 05.10.2021 | Licious turns unicorn, raises $52 million at a valuation of $1 billion | (Image: Shutterstock)
Online meat delivery company Licious said on October 5 it raised $52 million in a round led by IIFL AMC's late-stage tech fund at a valuation of a billion dollars, making it one of the first unicorns in India's thrivin... |
| 21.09.2021 | Siam Commercial Bank Public : MoneyThunder | SCB Abacus closes a $12M Series A round led by Openspace Ventures to create better access to finance in Thailand
The $12 million Series A funding round was led by Openspace Ventures and saw participation from Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia ... |
| 16.06.2021 | DTC Brand Builder RPG Commerce Bags Series A from Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia, Hires ex-Uber and Cloud Kitchen Exec to Propel Growth | RPG Commerce will be directing the funds raised towards regional expansion across Southeast Asia, talent acquisition, brand building, and research and development efforts
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, June 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- RPG Commerce, a... |
| 12.09.2020 | Sunday raises US$ 9M in Series B funding | Cindy Kua and Joanne Ying Fei Kua founded the startup in 2017. Sunday offers customized digital insurance products and services that cater to the needs of all kinds of individual and business risks. It uses artificial intelligence and machi... |
| 09.09.2020 | Vertex Ventures China closes $438m RMB fund | Premium
Vertex Ventures China, a part of Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings-backed Vertex Ventures, has fully closed its latest RMB-denominated fund at 3 billion yuan ($438 million), it announced in a WeChat post on September 7.
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| 06.02.2020 | Vertex Ventures lead USD 5.5 million Series A round in vernacular content startup Kuku FM | Online audio content startup Kuku FM said Thursday it has raised USD 5.5 million in its Series A round of funding led by Vertex Ventures, the venture capital arm of Temasek Holdings, and with participation from existing investors Shunwei Ca... |
| 12.09.2019 | Vertex Ventures raises $290 mn fund for India, Southeast Asia bets | Singapore-based Vertex Venture Holdings, the first main backer of Southeast Asia’s ride-hailing giant Grab, has added a new $290 million venture capital fund targeting investments in high-growth technology firms, a senior company official s... |
| 03.06.2019 | Vertex Ventures launches $770m fund, secures commitments from Japanese LPs | Premium
Vertex Ventures, a venture capital firm backed by Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, is launching a $770-million fund, 20 per cent of which will be contributed by Japanese investors.
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| 16.05.2019 | Vertex Ventures secures USD 230 million for its fourth Southeast Asia fund | Vertex Ventures, a subsidiary of Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, made the first close of its fourth Southeast Asia fund, raising another USD 230 million. The VC firm says it will finalize this fourth fund in the coming months.
The company pre... |
| 12.09.2018 | Vertex Ventures, Sistema lead $30 Mn series C round in digital lender Kissht | Digital lending startup Kissht has raised around $30 million in its Series C round led by Singapore’s Vertex Ventures (SEA and India) and Russia’s Sistema Asia Fund.
The Mumbai-based fintech platform’s existing investors Fosun RZ Capital, V... |
| 05.04.2018 | Vertex Ventures US co-leads $3m seed round in cybersecurity firm Fyde | Premium
Vertex Ventures US has co-led a $3-million seed funding round in cybersecurity firm Fyde, which recently launched its app that intercepts phishing, smishing, and online account takeover attacks.
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| 04.04.2018 | Vertex Ventures Israel co-leads $10m seed round in Meta Networks | Premium
Vertex Ventures Israel has co-led a $10-million seed funding round in tech startup Meta Networks Ltd, which recently launched its flagship technology platform Meta NaaS.
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| 09.10.2017 | Vertex Ventures raises biggest fund for Southeast Asia, India tech deals at $210m | Premium
Vertex Ventures, the venture capital arm of Temasek Holdings Pte, has completed its biggest fundraising for Southeast Asian and Indian technology deals.
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| 06.10.2017 | Vertex Ventures joins $47.6m Series A round in US-based Palleon Pharma | Premium
Temasek’s venture capital arm Vertex Ventures has participated in a $47.6 million Series A financing round in Palleon Pharmaceuticals, a US-based biotechnology firm that focuses on developing glycoimmune checkpoint inhibitors to tre... |
| 23.08.2016 | Ratan Tata’s VC fund to invest $300 million in start-ups in India, SouthEast Asia and US | RNT Capital, the VC fund set up by Ratan Tata, the Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons, is reportedly considering deploying $300 million across several start-ups based in India, Southeast Asia and the US.
The VC fund is headquartered jointly in ... |
| 23.08.2016 | Ratan Tata’s VC fund to invest $300 million in start-ups in India, SouthEast Asia and US | Advertisement
RNT Capital, the VC fund set up by Ratan Tata, the Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons, is reportedly considering deploying $300 million across several start-ups based in India, Southeast Asia and the US.
The VC fund is headquarter... |
| 28.12.2015 | Infy-backed Vertex Ventures raises $151M in debut VC fund | California-based Vertex Ventures (not the same as Temasek's VC arm that also operates under a similar name) has raised $151 million in its debut early-stage fund named Vertex Ventures US Fund I, LP, according to a disclosure filed with the ... |
| 08.05.2015 | Vertex Ventures participates in Moximed $33m Series B round | Premium
Vertex Ventures , the venture capital arm of Temasek Holdings, has participated in venture funding round organised by medical device company Moximed. This round raised $33 million in private equity investments, with the aim of devel... |
| - | Licious Raises $192 Mn in Series F Round Led By Temasek & Others | Bengaluru-based gourmet meat startup Licious has raised $192 Mn in its Series F funding round led by Singapore-headquartered investment company Temasek, and other private equity investors.
Brunei Investment Agency and other existing investo... |
| - | Indonesia’s seafood farming industry faces a ‘technology gap’ — and startups are raising big bucks to fill it | Investors and startups CNBC spoke to said that Indonesia has huge potential for seafood farming, but it’s not realizing its full potential.
“Indonesia’s fisheries industry has a lot of old-style players that have passed on conventional busi... |
| - | Temasek fund leads $80m round of Indian lending firm | FintechInvestmentsNewsStartups
Budi Sutrisno · 2d ago · 1 min readTemasek fund leads $80m round of Indian lending firm
Kissht, an India-based payments and credit lending company, has raised US$80 million in a funding round led by Vertex Gro... |
