Corporate services “super app” Osome lands $16M Series A
Osome, a startup that combines multiple corporate services for SMEs into one “super app,” has... Read more »
Category: Asia
Chinese lidar maker Hesai lands $300M led by Hillhouse, Xiaomi, Meituan
The rush to back lidar companies continues as more automakers and robotaxi startups include the... Read more »
Apple’s new encrypted browsing feature won’t be available in China, Saudi Arabia and more: report
Apple announced a handful of privacy-focused updates at its annual software developer conference on Monday.... Read more »
Alibaba is making its cloud OS compatible with multiple chip architectures
Alibaba’s cloud computing unit is making its Apsara operating system compatible with processors based on... Read more »
Indonesian agritech platform TaniHub Group harvests a $65.5M Series B round
TaniHub Group, an Indonesian startup that helps farmers get better prices and more customers for... Read more »
Telkomsel invests an additional $300 million in Gojek
Telkomsel, a unit of Indonesia’s largest telecom operator Telkom, has invested an additional $300 million... Read more »
Super, an Indonesian hyperlocal social commerce startup, raises $28M led by SoftBank Ventures Asia
Super’s founding team on Mount Bromo in East Java In Indonesia, daily necessities often cost... Read more »
India orders Twitter to take down tweets critical of its coronavirus handling
Twitter has taken down dozens of tweets in India, some of which were critical of... Read more »
Tiger Global backs Indian crypto startup Coinswitch Kuber at over $500M valuation
Coinswitch Kuber, a startup that allows young users in India to invest in cryptocurrencies, said... Read more »
SmartNews’ COVID-19 vaccine alert reaches 1M users in Japan a week after launching
SmartNews’ Vaccine Alert and Map features for its Japanese app SmartNews announced today that its... Read more »
Indonesian edtech CoLearn gets $10M Series A led by Alpha Wave Incubation and GSV Ventures
A Zoom screenshot with CoLearn’s founding team: Marc Irawan, Abhay Saboo and Sandeep Devaram Indonesian... Read more »
India’s Razorpay raises funds at $3 billion valuation ahead of Southeast Asia launch
Six-year-old Bangalore-based fintech Razorpay topped a $1 billion valuation late last year, becoming the first... Read more »
Grab to go public in the US following $40 billion SPAC deal
Ride-hailing and delivery company Grab has announced plans to go public in the U.S. Based... Read more »
China gets serious about antitrust, fines Alibaba $2.75B
Chinese regulators have hit Alibaba with a record fine of 18 billion yuan (about $2.75... Read more »
What Silicon Valley could learn from China’s Q&A platform Zhihu
China’s largest question and answer platform Zhihu began trading in New York at $9.5 per... Read more »
Jeff raises $1M to build alternative credit scoring and other fintech products for Southeast Asia
According to the World Bank, more than one billion people in South and East Asia... Read more »