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December 14, 2017 @ 10:56 am By Erin Hobey  |  

David Siemer, Co-Founder of Wavemaker Partners, a cross-border venture capital firm, dual headquartered in Los Angeles and Singapore, published his State of Crypto Global Overview. In recent months, Siemer deliberated the implications and impact of cyptocurrency on global industry and economic organization, as well as the… Read More

October 10, 2017 @ 12:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Alon Goren, a long time participant in the alternative finance sector and co-founder of the Crowd Invest Summit (CIS), announced in an email he has joined the venture capital group Wavemaker Partners. The VC firm was founded by Eric Manlunas, David Siemer and Paul Santos, Managing Partner…. Read More

June 22, 2024 @ 5:41 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Southeast Asia’s tech sector has experienced a pronounced slowdown in funding during the first half of 2024, securing only $1.6 billion—a sharp 65% decline from the $4.5 billion raised in the same period last year, according to Tracxn’s latest “Geo Semi-Annual Report: SEA Tech H1… Read More

June 15, 2024 @ 7:15 pm By Michael Wong  |  

BayaniPay, a US and Philippines-based global payments automation process provider announced that it has raised an additional $3 million in funding to expand its international payment capabilities. This capital injection, led by Wavemaker Partners, PTGB, and Talino Venture Studios, will be used to finance the… Read More

June 2, 2024 @ 6:47 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Philippines-based fintech startup Beppo has completed a pre-seed funding round, enabling the acquisition of JuanTax, a Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)-accredited tax platform, and five pioneering bookkeeping firms. The funding round, for an undisclosed amount, was led by Wavemaker Partners with participation from angel investors…. Read More

August 25, 2023 @ 12:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pi-xcels, an innovative leader in digital receipt solutions, has successfully completed its Seed funding round, raising US$1.7 million. The investment round was “led by Wavemaker Partners, with participation from other prominent venture capital firms such as Hustle Fund, Amand Ventures, and Black Kite Capital, as… Read More

February 2, 2023 @ 11:24 am By JD Alois  |  

QED Investors has appointed Melissa Ho as its lead in Southeast Asia as the Fintech VC focuses on the hot Asian market. QED is one of the leading Fintech venture capital firms in the world. Ho, based in Singapore, will be looking for Fintech firms… Read More

January 30, 2023 @ 10:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eazy Digital, a Thai insurtech startup that provides digital platforms for insurance companies, has raised US$850,000 in an oversubscribed seed funding round. The investment round was “led by Wavemaker Partners, with participation from Seedstars International Ventures, Wing Vasiksiri, and Sasin Bangkok Venture Club.” Eazy Digital… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 8:35 am By JD Alois  |  

watchTowr, a Singapore-based cybersecurity startup has raised $8 million in a pre-Series A round led by Prosus Ventures and Vulcan Capital. Previous investor Wavemaker Partners also participated in the round. Prior to this round, watchTowr raised seed funding of $2.25 million. watchTowr said it will… Read More

January 28, 2022 @ 9:04 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

KKR, a global investment firm, and GrowSari, a B2B e-commerce platform serving micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in the Philippines, this week confirmed KKR will invest US$45 million to lead GrowSari’s Series C funding round. The funds will support regional expansion and product development capabilities…. Read More

June 9, 2020 @ 10:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Philippines based Ayannah, an online financial services provider, and India’s payments firm Equity Capital Advisors (ECAPS) have merged their operations in order to provide cost-effective and more accessible financial services to South Asia and Southeast Asia’s growing middle-class population. The merged entity will aim to… Read More

May 29, 2020 @ 12:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Stackin’ has raised a $12.6 million Series B funding round led by Octopus Ventures, according to a company release. Other investors in the funding round include new and existing investors including Experian Ventures, Cherry Tree Investments, Dig Ventures, Mucker Capital, Unlock Venture Partners, TechStars and… Read More

February 20, 2020 @ 2:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OTB Ventures (OTB), a VC fund focused on making strategic investments in technology firms based in central and eastern Europe, has introduced an early-stage tech fund, which is notably the biggest venture capital fund in the region. The fund has reportedly received $100 million in… Read More

November 15, 2019 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Silent Eight, a Singapore-based regulatory technology (Regtech) company, announced on November 14 that it had raised an oversubscribed $6.2 million through a Series A investment round. The funds raised will be used to recruit new talent in order to support Silent Eight’s new clients who… Read More

May 2, 2019 @ 2:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockchain technology firm Fineqia International Inc. announced on Thursday it has invested in Wave Financial Group, LLC (Wave), a blockchain-focused company. According to Fineqia, Wave undertakes early-stage investment, asset management, treasury management and strategy consulting to enhance the adoption of blockchain technologies worldwide. “Wave draws… Read More

July 12, 2018 @ 7:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bambu, a Singapore-based robo-advisory solutions provider, announced this week it secured $3 million through its Series A financing round, which was led by Franklin Templeton Investments.  Founded in 2016 by Ned Phillips and Aki Ranin, Bambu describes itself as a leading global provider of robot-advisory technology… Read More

March 8, 2018 @ 2:35 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

DSTLD, a company seeking to disrupt the $200 billion fast fashion market with fairly priced, direct-to-consumer premium clothing (such as jeans), has exceeded $2M on its SeedInvest Series A-2 round. Nearly 2000 investors have invested over $2,132,766. Helmed by Co-CEO, Co-Founder and Creative Director Corey Epstein and… Read More

March 1, 2018 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Stellar Acquisition III, Inc. (Stellar) (NASDAQ: STLR), a blank check company formed for the purpose of acquiring, through a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, recapitalization, exchangeable share transaction or other similar business transaction with one or more operating businesses or assets, announced… Read More

January 23, 2018 @ 4:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

ICOinvestor.tv, is the first video platform dedicated solely to the fast growing Initial Coin Offering (ICO) industry.  Streaming live each Tuesday at 5PM ET, this week’s guests on “ICO Insight” will include Indiegogo co-founder Slava Rubin and Sweetbridge ICO creator Scott Nelson. Pointing to the… Read More

September 13, 2017 @ 3:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

DSTLD, a company that wants to disrupt the $200 billion fast fashion market with fairly priced, direct-to-consumer premium clothing (like jeans), has returned to SeedInvest to crowdfund their Series A-2 round. Previously, DSTLD raised $1.7 million under Reg A+ crowdfunding rules. The company has returned… Read More