From backend to bedtime

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Hello reader,

There’s a startup for just about every aspect of your daily life.

This week’s biggest deals have got us covered from backend to bedtime – from Supabase keeping apps running in the background and Terra Charge keeping electric vehicles topped up to Lumio having the entertainment sorted once we’re finally home.

And when it’s time to call it a night? There’s Romansive, which caught my attention for a slightly more personal reason.

Now that I’m, ahem, older, I seem to need a supplement for everything: joints, stress, sleep – you name it. I might just have to look into its “nighttime energy drink.”

Build, move, sleep, repeat.

You can find all other important investment deals from the last few days in our weekly funding news wrap-up.

Let’s dive into the biggest deals and M&As that have recently taken place.

— Lilian

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The biggest deals by market

🇸🇬🇺🇸 Based in Singapore and the US, Supabase runs an open-source backend platform for building applications on Postgres. The firm has raised US$150 million in series E money from CapitalG, GIC, IronArc Ventures, and Square Peg.

🇯🇵 Terra Charge is a Japan-based company focusing on EV charging infrastructure. It has bagged approximately US$64 million in debt funding from Minato Bank, Mizuho Bank, Resona Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.

🇸🇬 OneByZero is a Singapore-headquartered firm that helps enterprises integrate AI into existing systems and workflows. It has raised US$20 million in a series A round from Jungle Ventures.

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