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myfisenseSeptember 20, 2021

Real estate manager CapitaLand Investment (CLI) on Monday marked its trading debut on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) with the stock hitting a peak of S$3.02 before settling at S$2.93, or 10.7 cents higher than its S$2.82 offer price. The listing, which makes CLI one of the world’s largest listed real estate investment managers (REIMs), comes […]

myfisenseSeptember 20, 2021

FloBiz, an Indian startup that is building a neobank for small- and medium-sized businesses in the South Asian market, said on Monday it has raised $31 million in a new financing round as it works to broaden its product offerings. Sequoia Capital India and Think Investments co-led the 18-month-old startup’s Series B financing round. Existing […]

myfisenseSeptember 20, 2021

Flippa, an online marketplace to buy and sell online businesses and digital assets, announced its first venture-backed round, an $11 million Series A, as it sees over 600,000 monthly searches from investors looking to connect with business owners. OneVentures led the round and was joined by existing investors Andrew Walsh (former Hitwise CEO), Flippa co-founders […]

myfisenseSeptember 17, 2021

Aircover raised $3 million in seed funding to continue developing its real-time sales intelligence platform. Defy Partners led the round with participation from Firebolt Ventures, Flex Capital, Ridge Ventures, and a group of angel investors. The company, headquartered in the Bay Area, aims to give sales teams insights relevant to closing the sale as they are […]

myfisenseSeptember 17, 2021

San Francisco-based early-stage venture investor 500 Startups has reached the final close of its global flagship fund at $140 million, its largest to date, according to an announcement. The 11-year-old venture capital firm also rebranded as 500 Global, with assets under management of $18 billion, expanding its investment strategy beyond the accelerator and seed stage. […]

myfisenseSeptember 17, 2021

XTransfer, a Chinese cross-border financial and risk management services provider, has reached unicorn valuation after raising $138 million in a Series D round to fund its global ambitions starting from Southeast Asia. The latest round was led by Dan Sundheim’s hedge fund D1 Capital Partners with participation from the firm’s existing shareholders, according to a […]

myfisenseSeptember 16, 2021

Thai alternative digital lending platform SCB Abacus has raised $12 million in a Series A funding round led by Openspace Ventures, according to an announcement. The financing was joined by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and CAI Partners. The company plans to use the capital to expand its product offerings, strengthen its technology infrastructure and underwriting […]

myfisenseSeptember 16, 2021

SmartNews, a Japanese news aggregator that turned unicorn in 2019, announced raising $230 million in its Series F funding round, bringing the company’s total capital raised to date to more than $400 million. The latest round values SmartNews at $2 billion, the highest for a standalone news app. In 2019, the company had raised an […]

myfisenseSeptember 16, 2021

Trucking tends to be associated with highways, but it’s not uncommon to find large delivery vehicles trundling down the tightly packed streets of the world’s most populated cities. According to EV startup Volta Trucks, that’s far from ideal: in London, large commercial vehicles cause around 26% of pedestrian fatalities and around 80% of cyclist fatalities […]

myfisenseSeptember 16, 2021

Pine Labs said on Thursday it has raised an additional $100 million, just weeks after securing $600 million in a financing round, as the Asian merchant commerce platform begins to explore the public markets. The U.S.-based investment management company Invesco Developing Markets Fund made the $100 million investment, the startup said in a statement. Pine Labs, […]

Category: Venture Capital

Singapore real estate major CapitaLand Investment rises in SGX debut

FloBiz raises $31 million to scale its neobank for small businesses in India

Flippa raises $11M to match online asset and business buyers, sellers

Defy Partners leads $3M round into sales intelligence platform Aircover

US VC firm 500 Startups raises largest fund so far, rebrands as 500 Global

Cross-border Chinese fintech firm XTransfer hits unicorn valuation after $138m Series D

Openspace Ventures leads $12m funding for Thai lending platform SCB Abacus

Japanese news aggregator SmartNews raises $230m at $2b valuation

Volta Trucks raises €37 million to bring electric delivery trucks to the streets of London and Paris

Asian merchant commerce platform Pine Labs raises $100 million

Singapore real estate major CapitaLand Investment rises in SGX debut

FloBiz raises $31 million to scale its neobank for small businesses in India

Flippa raises $11M to match online asset and business buyers, sellers

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