We’ve a few new additions to our Tech in Asia family in the past week: David Corbin who will cover Japan, Leighton Cosseboom in Indonesia , and Ezra Ferraz in the Philippines.
Top winners in terms of funding last week include Gumi from Japan and Gewara from China.
Indian travel startup TripHobo has secured series A funding of over US$1 million from Kalaari Capital. The two-year-old portal lets travelers share itineraries and plan their tours better. TripHobo currently has more than 25,500 curated and verified itineraries written by travelers, covering about 10,000 tourist hotspots in 170 cities around the globe.
Femto Global Ventures announced an investment of nearly ten percent of its US$16 million fund into Plaid, a real-time web analytics firm still in closed beta testing. Plaid claims it will enable online merchants to approach potential customers in much the same way as how a real store manager can observe customers before making contact to entice a sale.
3. Gumi | Japan
Tokyo-based mobile game developer Gumi secured a JPY 5 billion (US$49 million) fundraising round led by Silicon Valley VC World Innovation Lab (WiL). Sega Networks also took part in the latest investment and will reportedly aid Gumi with further expansion into US and international markets. JAFCO, B Dash Ventures, Shinsei Business Investment, GREE, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, and DBJ Capital also participated.
China’s online ticketing service Gewara secured a RMB 200 million (US$32 million) series C funding from China Media Capital. The new funding will be used to improve and expand its services into third and fourth-tier cities.
Xiaohongshu, an app for smarter overseas shopping, revealed a seven-digit series A funding led by an existing angel investor from Silicon Valley, with follow-on funding from ZhenFund.
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