Startup funding

Is South-east Asia’s startup ecosystem stalling or simply maturing?

The region is not facing an exit drought. Here’s what is really happening

Moonshot backers include Alibaba Group, Tencent and 5Y Capital.

China AI startup Moonshot snags funds at US$18 billion valuation

[BEIJING] Moonshot AI is seeking to raise as much as US$1 billion in an expanded funding round that would value the startup at about US$18 billion, more than quadrupling its valuation in just three mo...

OpenAI and Amazon have struck a deal in which OpenAI will utilise two gigawatts of computing capacity powered by Amazon’s in-house Trainium chips.

OpenAI’s US$110 billion funding round draws investment from Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank

Big Tech companies and large tech investors are racing to forge partnerships with OpenAI

After securing Series A funding, TransTrack founder Anggia Meisesari moved the company's headquarters to Singapore and expanded into Malaysia.

Indonesian fleet management startup TransTrack targets Middle East expansion

It currently has over 1,200 clients across Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore

Logan Tan, Eezee's CEO and co-founder, says there is "increased inbound demand and significantly less education required" around the startup's offering.

Enterprise procurement platform Eezee raises US$5 million

Korea Investment Partners South-East Asia leads the pre-Series B funding round

Budget 2026's top-ups to equity funds are a boon to the public markets ecosystem and promising deep-tech startups, observers say.
SINGAPORE BUDGET 2026

Budget 2026: Fund top-ups position Singapore as leading centre for equity fundraising

The Equity Development Programme is getting an additional S$1.5 billion

The platform will expand its merchant network to Japan, Taiwan and Australia, said HeyMax co-founder and CEO Joe Lu.

Loyalty and rewards platform HeyMax raises a US$11 million Series A round led by Peak XV partners

Funding will be used to grow HeyMax’s partnership network in the region