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SIG Venture Capital Leads USD210m Round for Philippines’ Voyager Innovations
SIG Venture Capital led a USD210m round for Philippines-based fintech Voyager Innovations at a reported USD1.4b valuation, with participation from EDBI and First Pacific, and follow-on from PLDT, KKR, Tencent, IFC and IFC AMC. Read More
KKR To Acquire 9.99% Stake in India’s Shriram General Insurance for USD237m
KKR agreed to acquire a 9.99% stake in India-based insurance company Shriram General Insurance for USD237m. Read More
Indonesia’s GoTo Raises USD1.1b in IDX IPO
Indonesia-based superapp GoTo raised USD1.1b in its IPO on the Indonesia Stock Exchange at a market capitalization of USD30b. Read More
Binance Leads USD150m Round for Vietnam’s Sky Mavis
Binance led a USD150m in Sky Mavis, a Vietnam-based crypto video game developer, with participation from Animoca Brands, a16z, Dialectic, Paradigm and Accel. The funds will be used to refund users after Sky Mavis’s Ronin network suffered a USD620m hack. Read More
Union Square Ventures, Algebra Ventures and Wamda Invest Series A for Egypt’s Shift EV
Egypt-based electric mobility startup Shift EV raised an undisclosed Series A from existing investors Union Square Ventures, Algebra Ventures and Wamda, with participation from otf Jasoor Ventures. Read More
Hummingbird Ventures, FJ Labs and 500 Istanbul Invest in Turkey’s Layer
Hummingbird Ventures, FJ Labs and 500 Istanbul invested an undisclosed amount in Turkey-based machine learning technology company Layer. Read More
Elevation Capital Reaches USD670m Final Close for Early-Stage India Fund
Elevation Capital reached a USD670m final close for Elevation Fund VIII which targets early-stage investments in India. Read More
COTU Ventures and Colle Capital Lead USD3m Round for UAE’s Qureos
COTU Ventures and Colle Capital led a USD3m round for Qureos, a UAE-based career upskilling startup, with participation from Globivest, Plutus21 Capital, Dubai Angel Investors, AlZayani Venture Capital and angels. Read More
General Atlantic Leads USD152m Series B for Mexico’s Jüsto
General Altantic led a USD152m Series B for Jüsto, a Mexico-based grocery delivery platform, with participation from Tarsadia Capital, Arago Capital, Citius, Quiet Capital and follow-on from Foundation Capital. Read More
Novator Ventures Leads USD100m Round for Lithuania’s Nord Security
Novator Ventures led a USD100m round for Nord Security, a Lithuania-based VPN technology company, at a reported USD1.6b valuation, with participation from Burda Principal Investments, General Catalyst and angels. Read More
East Ventures Leads a USD22m Round for Singapore’s The Parentinc
East Ventures led a USD22m equity and debt round for The Parentinc, a Singapore-based online parenting community and DTC product line, with participation from Central Retail Corp. and WHG Holdings. DBS provided the debt. Read More
General Atlantic Leads USD152m Series B for Mexican Grocery Delivery Platform Jüsto
General Atlantic led a USD152m Series B for Jüsto, a Mexican grocery delivery platform, with participation from Tarsadia Capital, Arago Capital, Citius, Quiet Capital and follow-on from Foundation Capital. Read More