Funding
Singapore Based Chatbot Startup Pand.ai Bags US$ 1 Million in Seed Funding
Pand.ai, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup which develops smart chatbots, has snagged US$1 million in seed funding – the largest such amount raised from a single angel investor by a homegrown startup. According to their statement, the unnamed angel
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Rapyd Secures $100 Million in Funding to Fuel Global Fintech-as-a-Service Expansion
Payments focused fintech Rapyd announced that they have secured US$ 100 million of financing in round led by Oak HC/FT with participation from Tiger Global, Caotue, General Catalyst, Target Global, Stripe and Entree Capital. This follows another round earlier this
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Stripe and PayPal’s Co Founder Backs PH-Based PayMongo’s US$2.3 Million Seed Round
Philippines’ fintech startup PayMongo recently announced that it has raised US$ 2.3 Million in its seed round. PayMongo’s investments round sees participation from an impressive list of investors including Stripe, PayPal’s co-founder Peter Thiel, Tinder’s co-founder Justin Mateen, Y Combinator,
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The Most Well-Funded Fintech Startups in APAC by Country in 2019
Global fintech investment witnessed a massive surge in 2018 with most of that amount going towards companies in Asia Pacific (APAC). Out of the US$55.3 billion raised by fintech companies last year, 54% of that was raised by APAC companies,
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Standard Chartered’s VC Arm Participated in AI Firm’s US$40 Million Round
Digital Reasoning, today announced a strategic investment from SC Ventures, the innovation, ventures and fintech investments unit of Standard Chartered Bank, bringing its Series D-1 funding round total to $40 million. In addition to this investment, Digital Reasoning will partner
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Indonesian P2P Lending Firm PinjamWinWin Secures Funding from SOSV MOX
PinjamWinWin, a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) lending fintech company, today announces that it has raised funding from SOSV. The P2P lending firms claims to have successfully disbursed over US$9 million in loans, PinjamWinWin aims to continue providing the 185 million unbanked Indonesians
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Indonesia-Based Lending Fintech Raises US$ 24 Million in Gobi Partners Led Round
Indonesia based SuperAtom has closed its latest funding round of US$24 million. The round was led by Gobi Partners through the Meranti ASEAN Growth Fund with NYSE-listed Cheetah Mobile as a co-investor. Founded in 2018, SuperAtom is a startup incubated
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London-Based Open Banking Platform Raises US$ 10 Million, Expands to Singapore
Railsbank an open banking and RegTech platform, announces that it has raised $10m in a Series A funding round, led by Moneta Capital and joined by CreditEase, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Singapore Life and existing investors including Firestartr. Interestingly, Railsbank is
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Asian Development Bank Report Suggests That Blockchain Can Help SMEs Gain Funding
Digital innovation and in particular blockchain technology can increase small business access to finance, according to a new study by Asian Development Bank. In a report, titled Fintech for Asian SMEs, ADB explores how technologies such as distributed ledger technology
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Experian Leads US$20M First Close of Series B1 Investment in CompareAsiaGroup
Experian, a global information services provider, is leading the US$20 million first close of Series B investment in CompareAsiaGroup, a comparison site with significant presence across Asia. Founded in 2014, CompareAsiaGroup claims to reach 60 million users across six markets
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