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How Southeast Asia’s spacetech industry can truly take off
Investing in the sector is costly but potentially lucrative, while not doing so could be dangerous.
Tay Tian Wen · · 6 min read
Platform for ICOs raises $15m from prominent Japanese VC
The platform, called Comsa, is a one-stop solution for Japanese companies seeking ICO funding.
Terence Lee · · 1 min read
Singaporean adtech startup lands $12m series A round to focus on AI
The round is the largest series A round for a non-Chinese Asian adtech company.
Kylee McIntyre · · 2 min read
Less nerdy take on Slack snaps up $12.8m series B funding
If Slack is the go-to team chat app for startups and techies, ChatWork is gunning to be the leader for regular businesses.
J.T. Quigley · · 2 min read$8m looks good on you. Japanese fashion box startup AirCloset raises series B funding
AirCloset ships the latest Japanese fashion to young professionals and working mothers with little time to shop.
J.T. Quigley · · 4 min readSingapore space startup Astroscale raises $7.7M series A round
This space startup has raised some dough from some heavyweight Japanese investors.
Terence Lee · · 2 min readFablic, the maker of women-focused flea-market app Fril, raises $9M
Fablic joins Mercari as flea market services raising hefty rounds.
David Corbin · · 1 min readCapy replaces Captcha gibberish with puzzles that any human can solve – but computers can’t (#StartupAsia Arena)
Capy took the stage at Startup Arena Tokyo to pitch its safer, easier version of Captcha.
J.T. Quigley · · 2 min readJapanese market research startup gets $2.2 million in fresh funding
The funding shows VC interest in O20.
David Corbin · · 2 min readWhy leading VC firm JAFCO is not giving up on Japan
Keisuke Miyoshi of JAFCO’s investment division is optimistic about local startups. JAFCO spends an average of $80M every year searching for the best.
David Corbin · · 2 min read