Katrina Bianca Cuaresma / DealStreetAsia: Singapore-based wealth management platform Endowus raised $70M+, bringing its total funding to $130M+, and says the new capital will boost its AI advisory tools — Singapore-based wealth management platform Endowus has raised over $70 million in fresh funding to finance expansion and AI-driven capabilities …
DealStreetAsia: Shanghai-based AI chipmaker Enflame raised a ~$273.7M Series D from state capital operator Shanghai International Group's funds, Tencent, Meitu, and others — Enflame Technology, a Tencent-backed Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) chip maker, announced on Thursday the completion …
Rachel Chitra / DealStreetAsia: Singapore- and NY-based Holmusk, which offers real-world clinical data and analytics for the behavioral health industry, raised a $45M Series B led by Veradigm — Editor's note: This story was updated on Jan 12 to incorporate details from Holmusk's regulatory filings in Singapore.
Vibhuti Sharma / DealStreetAsia: Bengaluru-based BetterPlace, which offers a SaaS for blue-collar workforce management, raised a $40M Series C extension, bringing its total funding to $90M+ — BetterPlace, a SaaS platform for workforce management, said on Tuesday that it has raised $40 million as part of an extended Series C round …
Eudora Wang / DealStreetAsia: Shanghai-based eRoad, which offers a cloud-based HR management service with a focus on payroll, raised a ~$140M Series D, after raising an ~$84M Series C — Chinese human resource technology firm eRoad on Tuesday announced the completion of its Series D funding round at 1 billion yuan …
Mars W. Mosqueda Jr / DealStreetAsia: Jakarta-based Privy, which offers digital signature and identity verification services, raised a $48M Series C led by KKR, bringing its total funding to $71.6M — Privy, a Jakarta-based startup that provides universal identity and digital signature services, has raised $48 million …
Eudora Wang / DealStreetAsia: Beijing-based autonomous driving startup Haomo.AI raises a $157M Series A at a $1B+ valuation from GL Ventures, Meituan, Qualcomm Ventures, and others — Beijing-based autonomous driving startup Haomo.AI has raised nearly 1 billion yuan ($156.9 million) in a Series A round of financing …
Liya Su / DealStreetAsia: Chinese GPU maker Moore Threads raises a $313M Series A co-led by Source Code Capital, Shanghai Guosheng Group, and Bohai Sheng Industrial Fund Management — Moore Threads, a Chinese semiconductor player which provides graphics processing units (GPUs), announced on Thursday that it has raked …
Eudora Wang / DealStreetAsia: Qupital, a Hong Kong-based startup offering cross-border e-commerce financing, raises a $150M Series B, including a credit securitization facility from Citi — Qupital, a Hong Kong-based fintech startup that offers cross-border e-commerce financing, has secured $150 million to expand …
Eudora Wang / DealStreetAsia: Beijing-based Huice, a SaaS provider that helps e-commerce businesses manage orders and more, raises a $312M Series D led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 — Huice, which develops software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions to enable smart retail, has raised $312 million in a Series D round led by SoftBank Group Corp's Vision Fund 2.
Liya Su / DealStreetAsia: Chinese smart home devices maker Aqara raises a $155M Series C from investors including state-backed Shenzhen Capital and China Telecom — Chinese smart home devices maker Aqara, which is owned by Xiaomi-backed Lumi United Technology, has raked in an aggregate of 1 billion yuan ($155 million) in its Series C round of financing.
Liya Su / DealStreetAsia: Chinese chipmaker Clounix, which focuses on network chips, raises $63M across angel and seed, the latter led by China Internet Investment Fund — Software solutions firm Hangzhou Clounix Technology has raised approximately 400 million yuan ($63 million) in angel and pre-Series A funding, it said in an announcement.
Rachel Phua / DealStreetAsia: Orca Security, which provides tools for protecting cloud-based assets, extends Series C to $550M led by Temasek at a $1.8B valuation, up from $1.2B in March — Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings has led a $550 million extended Series C round for Los Angeles-based Orca Security …
Quynh Nguyen / DealStreetAsia: Vietnamese startup KiotViet, which provides cloud-based POS software for SMBs, raises $45M Series B led by KKR, after raising a $6M Series A in 2019 — Vietnamese B2B startup KiotViet, a merchant platform for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), has raised $45 million …
Mars W. Mosqueda Jr / DealStreetAsia: Netstars, a payments aggregator and fintech company, raises $60.6M led by KKR; Netstars' StarPay is used by 280K+ merchants in Japan — Netstars Co Ltd, the operator of Japan's largest QR code payment gateway, has raised 6.6 billion yen ($60.6 million) in its latest funding round led …
Eudora Wang / DealStreetAsia: Longcheer, a China-based ODM that serves clients like Xiaomi, Lenovo, and Huawei, raises $100M Series B to invest in technologies like 5G and AI-powered IoT — Chinese mobile intelligent terminal solutions provider Shanghai Longcheer Technology has raked in $100 million in a Series B round …
Eudora Wang / DealStreetAsia: Uniontech Software, a Chinese startup that makes Linux-based operating systems, raises $168.2M Series A led by state-owned investment firm Beijing E-Town — Chinese operating system (OS) startup Uniontech Software Technology has garnered 1.1 billion yuan ($168.2 million) …
Eudora Wang / DealStreetAsia: Tencent-backed Meishubao Education, a Chinese startup providing online art classes to users aged 3 to 18, has raised $210M Series D led by TPG's The Rise Fund — Meishubao Education, a Tencent-backed Chinese online art education platform, announced on Thursday the completion of a Series D round …