GIC Leads ~USD100m Investment in South Korea’s RIDI

GIC led a KRW120b (~USD100m) investment in South Korea-based digital content platform RIDI Corporation at a reported KRW1.6t (~USD1.3b) valuation, with participation from NVESTOR and follow-on from Korea Development Bank and Atinum Investment. Read more… Read More

SHUAA Capital SPAC Raises USD100m on Nasdaq

SHUAA Partners Acquisition Corp 1, a SPAC formed by SHUAA Capital, raised USD100m on the Nasdaq. The SPAC will target technology and/or tech-enabled financial services businesses based out of the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey. Read more… Read More

Pantera Capital Leads USD50m Series B for South Africa’s VALR

Pantera Capital led a USD50m Series B for South Africa-based cryptocurrency exchange VALR at a reported USD240m valuation, with participation from Alameda Research, Cadenza, CMT Digital, Coinbase Ventures, Distributed Global, GSR, Third Prime and Avon Ventures, and follow-on from Bittrex and 4Di Capital. Read more… Read More

Lightspeed Leads USD100m Series B+ for Bulgaria’s Payhawk

Lightspeed led a USD100m Series B+ for Bulgaria-based payments and expense management provider Payhawk at a reported USD1b valuation, with participation from Sprints Capital, Endeavor Catalyst, HubSpot Ventures and Jigsaw VC, and follow-on from Earlybird Digital East and QED Investors. Read more… Read More



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