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Singaporean beauty social commerce startup Raena raises $9m in series A round
The funds from this round will be used to expand its team from 15 employees to over 100 people within the next three months.
Vietnam’s Sendo banks $61m in series C funding
New investors including EV Growth and Kasikornbank participated in the round.
Google, Amazon alum pockets funding to create personal care products with influencers
Sreejita Deb gets the backing of early Tokopedia and Bukalapak investors.
Vietnamese C2C portal Sendo nets $51m from SoftBank, SBI, and others
It will use the funding to launch a B2C platform and expand its digital payments services.
Financial comparison site Cermati raises $1.9m from existing investors
Cermati lets Indonesians find, compare, and apply for financial products like credits and loans.
Why Japanese venture capital is fuelling Indonesia’s tech boom
Japanese firms were among the first to place bets on Indonesian tech startups. In this Tech in Asia conference panel, three VCs explain why.
Beenos founder Teruhide Sato launches new fund for young startups in India, SE Asia
Teruhide Sato is the founder of Beenext which has backing from Beenos as well as individual investors who have built companies in Japan, Southeast Asia, and the US.
8-month-old Indian automobile estore bags $15.6M to take on rivals
From super bikes and budget cars like Tata Nano and Maruti Alto to Lamborghinis, Droom has a wide range of vehicles for sale.
Singapore startup gets series B funding to do mobile payments in Africa and more emerging markets
Singapore-based Nearex will use the new resources to further develop and launch its cashless payments platform.
An app by a doctor for doctors: Daily Rounds bags seed funding to curate clinical cases
This Bangalore-based startup, founded by a doctor, is building an app-based academic support system for doctors, and it just got seed funding from Kae Capital, Teruhide Sato, and GSF.




