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June 23, 2022

Openspace co-leads US$25M Series B for Finhay

Finhay, Vietnam’s leading digital investment platform has secured a US$25 million Series B round co-led by Openspace Ventures and VIG.

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June 23, 2022

Openspace leads round for fast-growing Filipino startup Lista

Lista, a fast-growing financial management platform for small business owners and individuals in the Philippines, has raised over USD 5.1 Million in its most recent funding round.

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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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May 10, 2022

The Craft: New Episode 💥 Andy Nairn On Luck

Andy Nairn, co-founder of the advertising agency Lucky Generals and author of Go Luck Yourself, is considered one of the world's leading advertisers. Famed for global Amazon Alexa spots (yes, the award-winning Super Bowl ones), they've also done work for Virgin and Yorkshire Tea.

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May 4, 2022

The Craft by Openspace: Rory Sutherland On Alchemy

In this conversation with Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman Ogilvy and author of several books, the world-renowned behavioral scientist discusses why a great leader needs to embrace alchemy in their decision-making.

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April 13, 2022

Openspace on GoTo LIVE on CNBC Squawk Box

Hian Goh of Openspace discusses the Indonesian technology group’s business prospects and why it has more to deliver to the country’s growing digital economy.

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April 11, 2022

Openspace congratulates Gojek (GoTo) on their successful IPO 🚀

Having led the Series A for Gojek back in 2014, we are so thrilled to see GoTo Group go public today, with a successful first day of trading. 🚀

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March 16, 2022

Datature raises US$2.7m from Openspace, aims to become a leading end-to-end no-code MLOps platform

The fundraising follows impressive early traction as Datature quickly establishes itself as one of the most exciting new end-to-end no-code MLOps platforms. Designed from the ground up, Datature’s full suite of solutions provides teams with the ability to annotate, augment, train and deploy computer vision models all without a single line of code.

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March 11, 2022

Ocular by Openspace announces investnment into STEPN, a move-to-earn NFT game

‍We are excited to announce that recently, Ocular, the new Web3 focused investment fund managed by Openspace made an investment into STEPN, a move-to-earn NFT game built on Solana.

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January 21, 2022

Openspace welcomes Omesh Fabiani and Johan Batubara

Today, we have a big pair of announcements: welcome to Omesh Fabiani and also to Johan Batubara–our newest additions to the senior team. Omesh joins as our Chief Financial Officer, and Johan as Executive Director, Indonesia.

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January 4, 2022

Philippines Rising: The New Startup Hotspot in 2022

Openspace recently spoke with The Ken about the opportunity we've long recognised in the Philippines, and how that led us to build on our portfolio in the country, and lead the Series A in Kumu, whose rapid growth has served as a signal to overseas investors that the country is full of entrepreneurial zest and emergent startups.

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December 21, 2021

Jessica Huang Pouleur Announced as General Partner

We are thrilled to announce the promotion of Jessica Huang Pouleur to General Partner. She is the first to join co-founders Shane Chesson and Hian Goh, who have led the firm since 2014

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November 30, 2021

Kumu: not content with just content

An article from our friends at The Ken on Kumu and its growth strategies.

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November 16, 2021

Hian Goh and Gervin Yang open #PHSW21, sharing insights on scaling

Yesterday, as Philippine Startup Week 2021 #PHSW21 kicked off, we were thrilled to have Hian Goh and Gervin Yang from Openspace deliver a keynote, addressing a large audience joining the Mainstage

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November 8, 2021

Openspace backs JIWA Group to fuel expansion and strengthen tech ☕️

JIWA Group, a leader in Indonesia’s technology-enabled food and beverage industry, has announced new funding from Openspace and Capsquare Asia Partners.

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October 28, 2021

Love, Bonito raises Series C funding to fuel international expansion 🚀

Love, Bonito has its eyes set on evolving into a purpose-driven female ecosystem that supports Asian women around the world at every life stage.

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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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December 31, 2021

Shane Chesson Reflects on 2021

Our co-founder, Shane Chesson reflects on a few surprises and key developments in the firm over the past twelve months, as well as muses over his 3 expectations for 2022.

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December 14, 2021

Kumu's soundtrack with SB19 knocks BTS off Billboard's newest chart

SB19’s “Bazinga” rockets from No. 8 to the peak position, in a very promising shift for P-pop music on the global stage.

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December 8, 2021

Openspace Awarded 10th Best Place to Work in Singapore 🏆

Openspace has been recognised by GPTW as the 10th Best Place to Work in Singapore amongst companies with <100 employees.

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October 29, 2021

Openspace meets Kumu: The Story

Hian Goh, Founding Partner, reflects on the first time Openspace met Kumu - and the early opportunity we saw in the Philippines.

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October 1, 2021

Openspace's Hian Goh on Southeast Asia's Goldilocks Moment

Openspace's Hian Goh on Southeast Asia's Goldilocks Moment

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January 12, 2022

Pluang Secures Additional $55M in Funding

Pluang, the all-in-one fractional investing app that has become one of Southeast Asia’s fastest growing fintech startups, has raised $55 million in a funding round led by Accel, with participation from Openspace.

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September 16, 2021

Openspace leads the $12M Series A for SCB Abacus, as they continue to create better access to finance in Thailand

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve led the oversubscribed $12M Series A for SCB Abacus, an alternative digital lending platform in Thailand.

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May 17, 2021

Nano, a Y-combinator-backed Vietnamese start-up, raised $3m to help employers gain an edge in the labour market

Traditional employers of blue-collar workers such as retailers, hospitality, and manufacturers (especially in textile, garment, shoes) have seen their recruiting costs gone up while employee retention rates have trended down in the past few years, putting pressure on both P&L and organizational stability for growth.

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March 12, 2021

Openspace Ventures closes third fund at hard cap of US$200m

Openspace Ventures is pleased to announce the final close of Openspace Ventures III, L.P. on 26 Feb 2021, with total subscriptions accepted at US$200 million.

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