Although telehealth startups have thrown a lifeline to the Vietnamese patients amid lockdown, systemic challenges still hinder the sector’s development. Vietnam is slammed with its fourth wave of COVID-19 infections. The country’s healthcare system is utilizing every resource possible to care for every person who requires care. An array of telehealth platforms have pitched in […]
Singapore-based venture capitalist KK Fund is in the process of raising its third investment vehicle and aims to make the first close by the end of this year, its co-founder and general partner Koichi Saito told DealStreetAsia. The fund will invest in around 30 companies, said Saito, declining to disclose the corpus it is targeting […]
Car aftersales services firm Autopair announced that it has raised an undisclosed sum from manufacturer Summit Auto Body Industry as part of its pre-series A funding round. Autopair CEO Santi Vajanapanich / Photo credit: Autopair The Thai startup will use the fresh funds to bankroll the launch of its new digital business management platform, aiming […]
EXPLORING various opportunities in esports and connecting various stakeholders in Asia are at the center of an online summit happening next month. KK Fund, a venture capital fund investing in seed stage Internet and mobile start-ups across Southeast Asia, will be holding the eSports X Business Asia Summit (EXB Asia Summit) on April 21-22. The […]
Listen to podcast Rise of Stage: Startup investing from Japan to Singapore with KK Fund About The RISE Offstage podcast with Casey Lau highlights chats with community leaders, startup founders and investors across Asia about their startup ecosystems and how they are facing new challenges and new opportunities.On this episode I welcome Koichi Saito and […]
Introduces the Venture Capital (VC) Office Hours – A platform for aspiring entrepreneurs to connect with senior VCs Attracts entries from over 850 start-ups from 60 countries SINGAPORE, 2 March 2021 – Singapore Management University’s (SMU) Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE) today announced the finals of the 10th edition of the Lee Kuan Yew […]
By NUR HAZIQAH A MALEK A SINGAPORE-BASED venture capital (VC) firm KK Fund plans to focus on digital transformation in South-East Asia and tap into underserved markets following its funding for a homegrown peer-to-peer (P2P) financing platform. KK Fund founder and general partner Koichi Saito said moving forward in the pandemic era, digital adoption and […]
With the new funds, the company plans to enhance its software and technological systems, as well as expand to new markets in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore Thailand-based online car rental platform Drivehub announced on Thursday that it has raised an undisclosed amount in its Series A funding round led by investors Toyota Tsusho, CAC Capital, […]
CapBay, a Malaysian multibank supply chain finance company and peer-to-peer (P2P) financing platform, announced that it has secured US$20 million in a series A round from existing investor KK Fund, a Singapore-based VC firm. Several angel investors with expertise in finance, technology, and growing startup companies, also participated in the round. CapBay co-founders (from left): […]
The multi-bank supply chain finance and peer-to-peer financing (P2P) platform CapBay on Monday announced to have raised $20 million in its Series A funding round led by Singapore-based venture capital firm KK Fund that invests in startups across Southeast Asia with a strong foothold in Malaysia since 2015. The company aims to use the funds […]