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Privately-held companies headquartered in Greater China raised nearly $11.3 billion in the second quarter of this year, registering a sharp 33.5% year-on-year decline, finds our latest report. A drop in the number of megadeals — these are transactions worth $100 million and more — meant that the market’s record 605…

Edition #199, 16 Aug 2022 Share Dear Reader, Secretive venture capital firm Hedosophia was the unnamed lead investor in Indonesian SaaS startup majoo’s $10 million Series A round announced on Monday, regulatory filings showed. The London-based investment firm, whose name is rarely mentioned in its portfolio companies’…

Edition #198, 11 Aug 2022 Share Dear Reader, Singapore’s carbon exchange and marketplace Climate Impact X (CIX) has received a major capital boost from its shareholders in its efforts to tackle climate change. The company’s parents, which include Temasek Holdings (Pieter Investments), SGX (Asian Gateway Investments), DBS…

Edition #197, 9 Aug 2022 Share Dear Reader, Vietnam-based e-commerce enabler OnPoint received $35 million from investment firm SeaTown Holdings, an indirect subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, last week, according to regulatory filings. The capital injection is part of a $50 million Series B funding round announced in…

Edition #196, 4 Aug 2022 Share Dear Reader, Singapore-based live streaming and social media platform Bigo Live had a banner year in 2021 as its revenue grew 42.8% to $2.07 billion as Asians consumed more online content during the pandemic. Its revenue growth translated to $258.7 million…

Edition #195, 2 Aug 2022 Share Dear Reader, Axcynsis Therapeutics, a Singapore-based biotech startup that develops antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for cancer therapy and was formerly known as Tetris Therapeutics, received $10 million last week as part of a $15 million seed round announced in May. ADCs, one…

Edition #194, 28 July 2022 Share Dear Reader, Healthtech unicorn Biofourmis received nearly $20 million this week from Intel Capital as part of a $300 million Series D round announced in April. The startup had received $20 million from venture capital firm Openspace Ventures earlier this year…

Edition #193, 26 July 2022 Share Dear Reader, A dozen Singapore-registered tech startups managed to record a positive bottom line despite a challenging market environment last year, according to their latest financial filings reviewed by DealStreetAsia — DATA VANTAGE. One of them is e-commerce enabler AnyMind Group…