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December 5, 2023

Meet the Team: Olivia Li

This week we have Olivia, our fund accountant in the spotlight

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December 4, 2023

Openspace continues to back insurtech Igloo

We are excited to be doubling down on our support for regional insurtech Igloo, who today announced that it has closed a US$36 million Pre-Series C funding round.

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November 27, 2023

Openspace Annual General Meeting 2023: REBASE

Openspace Annual General Meeting (AGM) was successfully held in Singapore on November 10, welcoming of over a hundred global investors, entrepreneurs, and industry experts, and friends of the firm. With Rebase, we strategically position ourselves for a stronger foundation to prepare for a new era of growth in Southeast Asia.

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November 15, 2023

Openspace Wins the 2023 GPCA Environmental Sustainability Award with Octopus

We are very proud Openspace has won the 2023 GPCA Environmental Sustainability Award for our investment in Octopus Indonesia

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November 7, 2023

Igloo Partners with OPPO and realme for Affordable Smartphone Protection Plans

Igloo has secured strategic partnerships with OPPO and realme to offer smartphone protection and after-sales services

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November 2, 2023

Meet the Team: Trang Vi

Meet Trang, our investment team member steering the ship through the dynamic waters of the Vietnamese market.

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October 26, 2023

SCB Abacus Rebrands to ABACUS digital; Plans for Expansion

SCB Abacus announces rebranding to “ABACUS digital” and plans to expand its business beyond online credit service

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October 24, 2023

Openspace Portfolio Companies on Forbes Asia 100 To Watch List

6 of our portfolio companies are spotted on the Forbes Asia 100 To Watch list–Abacus Digital, Belaf, iSeller, Lucence, Nutrition Technologies, and SariSuki

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December 5, 2023

Meet the Team: Olivia Li

This week we have Olivia, our fund accountant in the spotlight

read more
December 4, 2023

Openspace continues to back insurtech Igloo

We are excited to be doubling down on our support for regional insurtech Igloo, who today announced that it has closed a US$36 million Pre-Series C funding round.

read more
November 27, 2023

Openspace Annual General Meeting 2023: REBASE

Openspace Annual General Meeting (AGM) was successfully held in Singapore on November 10, welcoming of over a hundred global investors, entrepreneurs, and industry experts, and friends of the firm. With Rebase, we strategically position ourselves for a stronger foundation to prepare for a new era of growth in Southeast Asia.

read more
November 15, 2023

Openspace Wins the 2023 GPCA Environmental Sustainability Award with Octopus

We are very proud Openspace has won the 2023 GPCA Environmental Sustainability Award for our investment in Octopus Indonesia

read more
November 7, 2023

Igloo Partners with OPPO and realme for Affordable Smartphone Protection Plans

Igloo has secured strategic partnerships with OPPO and realme to offer smartphone protection and after-sales services

read more
October 26, 2023

SCB Abacus Rebrands to ABACUS digital; Plans for Expansion

SCB Abacus announces rebranding to “ABACUS digital” and plans to expand its business beyond online credit service

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October 24, 2023

Openspace Portfolio Companies on Forbes Asia 100 To Watch List

6 of our portfolio companies are spotted on the Forbes Asia 100 To Watch list–Abacus Digital, Belaf, iSeller, Lucence, Nutrition Technologies, and SariSuki

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October 13, 2023

Meet the Team: Alessia Soh

Meet Alessia, the driving force behind our Investor Relations team!

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June 7, 2023

Meet the Team: Jonathan Chandra

In this week's edition of Meet The Team, we learn a little more about Jonathan, our Senior Analyst (OSV+), who sources, assesses and manages a number of the fund's portfolio companies.

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February 9, 2023

Capabilities Focus: Wenbo Zong on Tech & Engineering

We’re starting a new series called Capabilities Focus, which is highlighting members of our Portfolio Success team and the integral role they play at Openspace and for our portfolio companies.

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February 8, 2023

The Craft Revisited: Rory Sutherland on Alchemy

This week, we’re revisiting a previous episode of The Craft, where Hian, our General Partner, discusses behavioral psychology with Rory Sutherland - author of Alchemy and Vice Chairman of the Oglivy group. Here are 5 key takeaways we gained from their conversation:

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December 23, 2022

Happy Holidays, from us to you

From everyone at Openspace to everyone we have the heartfelt pleasure of knowing or working with.

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July 27, 2022

New Craft Episode 🔥: Nir Eyal On Habits

In this episode of The Craft, Jessica talks to Nir Eyal about habits. He's behavioural design consultant, investor, entrepreneur and author of the seminal book ‘Hooked’.

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June 14, 2022

New The Craft episode - Chris Lemons on Courage 💪

In this episode, Shane Chesson talks to Chris Lemons, a saturation diver and subject of the Netflix documentary, Last Breath.

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March 8, 2022

Stronger through diversity: Openspace on International Women’s Day 2022

At Openspace, we see diversity as both a social and business imperative. It’s because we believe that by valuing diversity, we will encourage more diverse idea exchange–a fundamental element of our firm’s Active Intelligence philosophy.

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January 20, 2022

The Flow will Grow: Why We're Excited About Vietnam

Openspace has always had a pure-play regional focus in Southeast Asia and are excited by what we are beginning to see in the start-up ecosystems in Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. To dig deeper, we recently sat down to have a conversation with the team overseeing Openspace’s activity on-the-ground in Vietnam to understand what’s going on.

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October 3, 2023

Nano: How Earned Wage Access is Improving Employee Financial Wellbeing in Vietnam

The report was conducted in early 2023 by Center for Impact Investing and Practices (CIIP), a non-profit centre established by Temasek Trust to advance the impact investing ecosystem in Asia

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August 30, 2023

Reaping the Regional Dividend: The Southeast Asia Coalesce Index

Openspace and Stripe release Reaping the Regional Dividend: The Southeast Asia Coalesce Index, which studies the extent to which the region is growing closer together, and the upside opportunities that brings.

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August 11, 2023

Openspace Releases Sustainability Progress Report 2022

We are pleased to be publishing our 2022 Sustainability Progress Report for the third year! In this report, we do a deep dive on ESG issues material to tech companies in Southeast Asia, focusing particularly on consumer protection principles, responsible AI, and cybersecurity and data governance.

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