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Asia, blockchain, cloud storage, cyberhash, distributed storage, hiring, Investments, News, Singapore, Startups

Ex-TikTok president joins $20m round in SG cloud storage firm

CyberHash will use the new capital to expand its cloud storage facility and increase operations in Asia, among others. Source…

Asia, bounceback, Grab, hangover pill, healthtech, Investments, News, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Startups, white-collar workers

Ex-Grab execs create pill to cure hangovers in Asia

While the product is available in Singapore, a pilot test is currently underway in Malaysia. The company will launch its…

Asia, buy now pay later, Fintech, Japan, M&A, Mobile, Paidy, payments, PayPal, Startups, TC

PayPal acquires Japan’s Paidy for $2.7B to crack the buy-now, pay-later market in Asia – TechCrunch

PayPal Holdings, the U.S. fintech company, announced an acquisition of Paidy, a Japanese buy now, pay later (BNPL) service platform,…

Asia, credit card, credit cards, Finance, India, payments, Slice

Indian fintech Slice launches $27 credit limit cards to tap 200 million users – TechCrunch

Even as there are hundreds of millions of Indians who have bank accounts, only about 30 million of them have…

a16z, Andreessen Horowitz, Asia, coinbase, Coinswitch Kuber, Cryptocurrency, funding, India, Sequoia Capital, TC, tiger global

Indian crypto exchange CoinSwitch Kuber in talks to raise funds at unicorn valuation – TechCrunch

Indian crypto exchange CoinSwitch Kuber is in advanced stages of talks to raise a new financing round at up to…

Asia, Bangladesh, ecommerce, funding, Prosus Ventures, ShopUp, valar ventures

Commerce platform ShopUp raises $75 million led by Valar in Bangladesh’s largest funding – TechCrunch

ShopUp, a startup that is digitizing neighborhood stores in Bangladesh, has raised $75 million in a new financing round that…

Asia, Carl Pei, Dukaan, funding, India, lightspeed, ritesh agarwal

Dukaan raises $11 million to help merchants in India set up online stores – TechCrunch

Dukaan, a one-year-old Bangalore-based startup that enables merchants to set up online stores and sell products digitally, said on Monday…

Asia, Fundings & Exits, Indonesia, insurance, insurtech, Southeast Asia, Startups, Sunday, TC, Thailand

Bangkok-based insurtech Sunday banks $45M Series B from investors like Tencent – TechCrunch

Sunday, an insurtech startup based in Bangkok, announced it has raised a $45 million Series B. Investors include Tencent, SCB…

Alibaba, Asia, EventX, funding, Gaocheng Capital, Htc, Investments, News, pwc, series b, Startups, Vr, Yahoo

Hong Kong virtual events startup snaps up $10m in series B round

EventX allows companies to host virtual events with features such as interactive exhibition halls, online registration forms, and webinars. Source…

Asia, Finance, India, phonepe

Top Indian payments app PhonePe opens its data firehose to everyone – TechCrunch

PhonePe, one of the largest digital payments services in India, on Thursday launched Pulse, a free product to offer insights…