Facebook Co-founder Eduardo Saverin Leads Investment In Qwiki
Singapore-based Facebook co-founder, Eduardo Saverin has led a Series A USD 8 million (SGD 10.2 million) investment round into US-based startup Qwiki. This follows its previous seed round of USD 1.5...
View ArticleFotobook iPhone App is a Facebook Photo Mobile Network
Singapore-based Anideo has shipped yet another iPhone app. This time around it is FotoBook, an iPhone app that stores your Facebook photos with one simple tap. After logging in with your Facebook...
View ArticleMaiplay’s CEO Talks About Beating Groupon in Indonesia
Seeing Indonesia oozing with potential, group-buying service Maiplay, launched its service two weeks ago in the country. Maiplay originates from Hawaii as PlayHawaii. Much like other group-buying...
View ArticleSaverin-backed ADZ aims to reshape advertising industry
Marshaling a whole slew of online tools, CEO and founder Reza Behnam wants to equip enterprises to become leaner, meaner, marketing machines.
View ArticlePerx launches sponsored chops, sketches grand plans during Echelon 2012
After a trial run that lasted for months, Perx officially launched its sponsored chops feature at Echelon 2012. It is a new marketing concept in which merchants pay to give users free digital stamps...
View ArticleSingapore startup Nitrous.IO raises USD 1M round from Silicon Valley investors
Nitrous.IO (formerly Action.IO), a Singapore-based startup that makes setting up an Integrated Development Environment a snap, has just announced a USD 1M round led by Silicon Valley based Bessemer...
View ArticleSingapore online grocery store RedMart gets $23M from star-studded investors
Investors in this round include Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, Garena, SoftBank Ventures, and Visionnaire Ventures.
View ArticleSingapore’s hot online grocer RedMart sets foot in India
Japanese ecommerce giant Rakuten opened a development center in Bangalore in June. Now, so has Redmart from Singapore.
View ArticleTech in Asia raises $4M from SB ISAT Fund, Facebook’s Saverin and more
Vanessa Tan (Community manager at Tech in Asia)’s note: Hi guys! Willis will be taking questions pertaining to this story. Fire away! Since Tech in Asia began in 2011, our vision – the end-goal that...
View ArticleAfter 25 investments in Southeast Asia, Golden Gate Ventures ups the ante...
The Singapore-based venture capital firm will use the new fund for seed and series A investments in consumer-facing internet and mobile startups.
View ArticleSoutheast Asia’s 15 richest entrepreneurs in tech (INFOGRAPHIC)
Did you know a lot of the region’s billionaires from other industries are moving into tech? Find out who they are!
View ArticleSingapore’s Perx raises series A to become more than just a loyalty app
Investors Golden Gate Ventures and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin are betting on the startup’s new vision.
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Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin is coming to TIA SG 2016
If Facebook were a country, it would be the most populous nation in the world. And if you count as one of the 1.39 billion citizens in that hypothetical nation, we’re sure you’ll be as excited as we...
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What day 1 of Tech in Asia Singapore 2016 looked like (PHOTOS)
The rain and grey skies on day 1 of Tech in Asia Singapore 2016 did nothing to dampen the spirits of all 4,000 conference attendees. Trickling in as early as 8.30 am, everyone came excited to start...
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Eduardo Saverin changed the world with Facebook. Now he wants to help you do it
To people outside the startup world, Eduardo Saverin’s name isn’t as instantly recognizable as Mark Zuckerberg’s. And that’s to be expected; Facebook’s other famous co-founder doesn’t monopolize the...
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Facebook co-founder’s new $143m fund wants to close funding gap in Asia
Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin has closed US$143 million in funding for his venture capital firm B Capital, according to US regulatory filings. It’s targeting a fund size of US$250 million....
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Singapore-based cloud coding tool Nitrous.io shuts down despite having...
Nitrous.IO co-founders Nitrous.io, a Singapore and San Francisco-based startup that aimed to reduce the hassle of setting up a computer for programming through a “cloud IDE”, announced in a blog post...
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AI-enabled customer insight app Perx enters Malaysia with fresh funding
Singapore-based customer loyalty startup Perx has raised a strategic round of funding from Malaysia-based RHL Ventures, it was announced today. The amount is undisclosed. Perx started out as a...
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Eduardo Saverin in $25m funding for insurance and wellness marketplace
Rosaline Koo. Photo credit: CXA. Rosaline Koo made a huge bet with CXA. Not long after she started up the healthcare products marketplace, it acquired Singapore’s third-largest homegrown insurance...
View ArticleHow Eduardo Saverin’s new $360m fund addresses the series B gap
The fund has 11 investments so far and plans to fund 25 companies in total around the world.
View ArticleHow Asian startups can capture the interest of Facebook co-founder Eduardo...
Hear the Brazilian billionaire’s plans for investing in the region at the Tech In Asia conference 2016.
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