Funding
Sumitomo Life Buys 25% Stake in Singapore Life for US$ 90 Million
Singapore Life seems to be a on a streak, as they raise yet another round funding this year. In this round, the homegrown insurtech company secure US$ 90 Million investment from Sumitomo Life Insurance company. Through this transaction Sumitomo Life
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Temasek and Tencent to Invest US$35 Million in TrueLayer
Tencent and Temasek is set to invest US$ 35 Million in UK-based open banking startup True Layer’s US$40 Million Series B round. This fresh round of funding brings the startup’s total funding to US$ 51.8 Million, according to Crunchbase. Temasek’s
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Philippine Based Crypto Startup PDAX Receives Funding Boost from BitMEX
Philippines Digital Asset Exchange (PDAX), a locally based cryptocurrency exchange platform recently received an undisclosed sum of funding from BitMEX Ventures. This news follows a recent investment by Consensys into PDAX. According to BitMEX co-founder and CEO Arthur Hayes, they
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Singapore’s tryb Invests in Indonesian Property Crowdfunding Platform Gradana
tryb announced today that it lead the pre-series A round for Gradana, a peer-to-peer property crowdfunding platform based in Indonesia. According to Gradana’s CEO Angela Oetama, one of the key challenges towards buying and renting property in Indonesia is the
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UnionBank Eyes Investing US$9.6 Million Every Year in Fintech
Philippines’ UnionBank has expressed their intention to invest around $US 9.6 Million into incubating or buying technology ventures where financial services could be wired into, and they’ll be refreshing the fund every year, according to Inquirer.net, UnionBank is among Philippines’
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Youtrip, a Multi-Currency Travel Wallet, Closed US$25.5 Mil in a Pre-Series A Funding
YouTrip, a multi-currency mobile wallet with a prepaid Mastercard, has successfully raised US$25.5 million in a pre-Series A. Participating investors include major Asian family offices and venture capital firm Insignia Ventures Partners, founded by ex-Sequoia Partner Yinglan Tan. With the
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Tryb Group Invests into Filipino Insurance Marketplace Maria Health
Maria Health, a Filipino aggregator for health insurance, has secured an undisclosed amount of seed funding from the tryb group, with participation from Gobi Ventures, Wavemaker, Hustle Fund and Grand Metro Holdings. Maria Health will use the additional funding to
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India’s Now the Top Fintech Funding Hub in Asia, but It’s Too Soon to Celebrate
India, often considered Asia’s underdog tech advancements in Asia, is finally now the top fintech funding hub in the first quarter of 2019, beating longtime rival China. At Q1’s close, India’s fintechs raised US256.8 billion to China’s US$192.1 billion. It
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Philippines’ Ayala Corp Raising US$150-M Fund for Disruptive Early-Stage Startups
The Ayala Corporation, Philippines’ oldest conglomerate, is raising a new venture capital fund worth US$150 million, dedicated towards investing into early stage startups engaged in e-commerce, as well as what the company deems as disruptive technologies; like fintech, healthtech, artificial intelligence,
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AI Driven Fintech AIDA Gets Funding Boost from Mastercard
AIDA an artificial intelligence focused fintech recently announced that they have raised an undisclosed sum in their Series A round, which includes investors like Mastercard, Kuok Ventures and SGInnovate. The startup develops machine learning solutions for the banking and insurance
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