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Growth
- Ambi Robotics (US) released AmbiKit, a new multi robot kitting solution
- Codefresh (IL) launched a new GitOps controller and dashboard to make code deployment easier
- Desktop Metal (US) appointed James Eisenstein to its Board of Directors
- Geek+ (CN & Growth) sold 20,000 Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) globally and officially opened their new R&D center (Article in CN)
- Horizon Robotics (CN & Growth) launched Journey 5, their new-generation smart driving chip
- Validus (SEAI & Growth) exceeded SGD 1B in SME lending across the region
- 17LIVE (SEAI & Growth) launched theirsubscription-based “ARMY’ model for streamers
Investments
- Aruna (SEAI) closed a USD 35M Series A
- Dedoco (SEAI) raised a SGD 3.3M seed round
- Desktop Metal (US) acquired Aerosint, adding multi-material 3D printing to its additive manufacturing 2.0 portfolio and PhonoGraft™ biofabrication platform to support body’s natural healing and regeneration process
- Gredu (SEAI) secured a USD 4M Series A
- HappyFresh (SEAI) raised a USD 65M Series D
- Janio (SEAI) bagged a USD 8M investment from fintech Choco Up
- Licious (SEAI) raised a USD 192M Series F
- Neuspera Medical (HC) closed a USD 65M Series C
- NeiWai (CN & Growth) completed a RMB 100M Series D
- NIUM (SEAI & Growth) raised an over USD 200M Series D round joining the unicorn club and acquired Wirecard’s forex unit in India
- Ruike Biotech (CN) submitted an IPO application on HKSE
- SemiDrive (CN) raised a USD 154M Series B round
- Warung Pintar (SEAI) secured a USD 6M Series B
- Xinchi Technology (CN) closed a nearly RMB 1B round (Article in CN)
- ZenCity (IL) closed a USD 30M round
Partnerships
- Ace Turtle (SEAI) partnered with Mankind Pharma to support their omnichannel transformation
- Active.ai (SEAI) collaborated with Talisma to strengthen their technology products
- Binance (CN & SEAI) partnered with The State Hermitage Museum to auction tokenized art and teamed up with the world’s first blockchain-based Virtue Poker
- EasySend (IL) and PSCU teamed up to help digitize and enhance customer experience
- Grab (SEAI) partnered with payments platform Adyen to enable BNPL, and paired up with A.S. Watson Group to offer medication and self-care products
- NIUM (SEAI & Growth) partnered with Jordan-based currency exchange and money transfer provider, Alawneh Exchange and with Visa and Fuiou Pay to launch a new global business payment solution
- Sokowatch (US) partnered with FinX to offer informal merchants in Kigali, Rwanda access to DeFi services
- TurnKey Lender (SEAI) partnered with Peppermint Innovation to enable financial inclusion for unbanked Filipinos
- Yotpo (IL) was introduced to major Japanese socks brand online store, Tabio Online Store (Article in JP)
- ZenCity (IL) collaborated with New Orleans government on residents’ sentiment analysis towards federal relief funding
Recognition
- Ace Turtle (SEAI) CEO on accelerating the digital transformation of the retail sector
- Axonius (IL) recognized as a vendor for Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM) in Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Network Security and recognized by CRN® 2021 as emerging vendor in security
- Evisort (US) propelled BNY Mellon to win the global custodian innovation in contracting award with their provided their AI technology
- Geek+ (CN & Growth) CEO shared his perspectives on the AMRs and logistics market (Article in CN)
- Lightelligence (CN) Founder recognized as one of the Innovators under 35 by MIT
- NIUM (SEAI & Growth) shared their partnership with Travelex
- OwnBackup (IL) recognized by G2’s Summer 2021 Grid® Report for SaaS Backup
- RateS (SEAI) Co-founder on opportunities in Indonesia’s social commerce space
- Warung Pintar (SEAI) Co-founders on the product development process in their company
- 17LIVE (SEAI & Growth) CEO shared the growth factors of their live-streaming service (Article in JP)
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