In addition, Paytm invested US $ 12 million in Series C financing of HungerBox, an Indian “work meal” supplier; Vertex Ventures led an Indian O2O meat and seafood supplier, Licious, with US $ 30 million in financing
Southeast Asia
Indonesia venture capital Alpha JWC completed its second fundraising and raised a total of US $ 123 million. According to KrASIA, Alpha JWC’s second fund has been oversubscribed by investors from Southeast Asia, South Korea, China, Japan and Europe. It is reported that the second fund was launched in 2018 and has invested in 14 companies so far.
Singaporean fashion platform Zilingo acquires Sri Lankan SaaS startup nCinga for $ 15.5 million. According to TechCrunch, Zilingo has acquired Sri Lankan SaaS startup nCinga for a cash and stock transaction of $ 15.5. nCinga was founded in 2014 and provides an IoT platform for implementation monitoring. Zilingo said it will deploy the Sri Lankan startup’s Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software across its network of 6,000 factories and 75,000 companies.
Gojek acquires a 5% stake in Indonesian taxi operator Blue Bird for $ 30 million. According to DealStreetAsia, the deal builds on the existing partnership between the two parties and Gojek has provided taxi booking capabilities for Blue Bird taxis on its app.
Lu Jinsuo and Xinye Technology have obtained the Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK) regulatory license. The Indonesian Regulatory Authority OJK will issue a number of P2P licenses recently. The shareholders of the winning companies include Xinye Technology (original auction loan) and Lujin Institute under Ping An of China. This is the fourth time that OJK has issued P2P licenses to mutual gold companies. It is expected that the licenses will be officially issued before the end of this year. (Golden world)
India
Vertex Ventures, a subsidiary of Temasek, Singapore, led a $ 30 million funding round for Indian L2O meat and seafood supplier Licious. According to KrASIA, Licious said on Monday that the company is already in the Vertex Growth Fund, which is owned by Vertex Ventures.Leading E round of financing raised $ 30 million, and existing investors 3one4 Capital, Bertelsmann India Investment Corporation and Sistema Asia Fund also participated in the financing. It is reported that the funds raised this time Licious will be used for business expansion.
Sequoia Capital plans to invest $ 30 million in India’s SaaS startup Whatfix. According to Livemint, two people familiar with the matter said that Sequoia Capital is negotiating with Whatfix for this round of financing. It is reported that if the transaction is completed, Whatfix’s valuation will reach $ 150 million. Founded in 2013, Whatfix is an employee performance review platform based on SaaS services. The company can help companies provide modern one-stop services such as onboarding and training for employees.
Paytm and NPTK lead a $ 12 million Series C funding round for HungerBox, an Indian “work meal” supplier. It is learned that according to foreign media reports, HungerBox has raised US $ 12 million in Series C financing, led by Paytm and NPTK, and already has investors Sabre Partners and Neoplux participating. HungerBox founder Mitra said that the funding for the Series C financing will be used to expand in 10 other Indian cities and Southeast Asian markets. HungerBox is a company that provides meals for corporate employees. The company digitally manages restaurants and suppliers to meet corporate catering needs.
Latin America
Brazilian Canary raised funds for its Canary Fund II, raising a total of $ 75 million. According to Contxto, Canary was founded in 2017 and focuses on Brazilian start-ups. It is reported that as of now, the company has invested in 6 enterprises and plans to invest in 50 enterprises in the next two years.
Mimic, a Brazilian cloud kitchen startup, has completed a $ 9 million seed round. According to Contxto, this round of financing was led by Brazil’s established venture capital Monashees. It is reported that with the growing demand of Brazilian diners for take-out, cloud kitchen companies in the Brazilian market have also received more and more attention from investors.
Others
Israel radar chipset solutionArbe, a solution provider, received a $ 32 million investment. It is learnt that Arbe, Israel’s next-generation 4D imaging radar chipset solution provider, announced the completion of a $ 32 million Series B financing. Investors participating in this round of financing include new investors such as Light Control Catalyst China Israel Fund, Beijing Automotive Group Industrial Investment Co., Ltd., Yuanqing Capital, and early investors and industrial investors such as Canaan partners, iAngels, 360 Capital Partners. Arbe will invest this money in the full-scale production of the radar chipset.
Netflix’s overseas revenue report: 90% of membership growth comes from outside the United States. According to foreign media, a regulatory report submitted by Netflix on December 16th shows that the company ’s current 90% increase in video membership comes from outside the United States, and the Asia-Pacific region has the smallest business scale from Q3 2017 to 2019 In Q3, the number of members increased by 148%. Europe, the Middle East, and Africa increased membership by 132% from the past three years, and member income increased by 105%. In Latin America, the company claims that it covers 33% of broadband households, and online video revenue has increased by 71% in the past three years. During this period, the number of video members has grown by 61%. (Tencent Technology)
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