Southeast Asia Venture Capital News

April 3, 2024

SariSuki and Super8 Partner to Offer Farm Produce at Cheaper Prices

Agri-tech company SariSuki has partnered with Super8 retail grocery to offer affordable fresh produce to consumers

March 8, 2024

Openspace and IWD 2024 - “Inspiring Inclusion”

Each year on the 8th of March, we see from around the world and within Southeast Asia, how we steadily close the gender gap in traditionally male-dominated fields

March 8, 2024

Openspace participates in US $15M funding round for leading Indonesian leading proptech Rukita

Rukita has secured this significant investment in its mission to continue providing hassle-free, affordable, and long-term rental housing solutions in Indonesia

March 6, 2024

Openspace Leads Round for Thryve.Earth, to Conserve and Restore Nature through High-Quality Forestry Carbon Projects

Thyrve.Earth, a technology-enabled project developer conserving and restoring nature, today announced a $US 2.6M investment in a round led by a prominent regional venture capital firm, Openspace.

February 27, 2024

Biofourmis and GE HealthCare Forge Strategic Partnership to Elevate Patient Care

Biofourmis and GE HealthCare collaborate to revolutionize patient care by enabling safe, effective, and accessible care-at-home program.

January 23, 2024

FINNOMENA Wins Award for Empowering Thai Investors

FINNOMENA hits 9th year milestone with Socially Impactful Organization in Financial Knowledge Contribution Award from SEC

December 5, 2023

Meet the Team: Olivia Li

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

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.

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

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.

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.

October 27, 2021

Kumu raises Series C to build world's largest participatory social network 🤝

The Series C takes Kumu's total amount raised to over $100M

October 22, 2021

kumu holds first USA kumucon 🎉

The first kumu USA mini con was held in Las Vegas, Nevada, with special Kumunity appearances.

October 21, 2021

Openspace Awarded Fundraise of the Year 2021 👏

Openspace has been recognised by SVCA for the successful raise of our third fund

October 14, 2021

Openspace co-leads iSeller's $US8M Pre-Series B

iSeller, a rapidly growing Indonesia-based commerce platform providing leading-edge e-commerce and payment solutions, has announced the completion of a US$8 million Pre-Series B round of financing, co-led by Openspace and AppWorks, with participation from Mandiri Capital Indonesia and Indogen Capital.

October 13, 2021

Openspace Awarded Great Place to Work© Certification 🙌

Openspace has been recognised as a Great Place to Work© - for our focus on diversity and culture.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

October 1, 2021

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

June 1, 2021

Openspace releases first Annual Sustainability Report 2021

There are big problems to solve in Southeast Asia. The region houses 10% of the world’s population and it has the third largest labour force in the world. Its accelerating economic development is increasingly drawing global attention.

October 28, 2020

Reaping the Regional Dividend: 2020 Edition

We are very pleased to introduce Openspace Ventures’ inaugural edition of Reaping the Regional Dividend.

September 9, 2024

Openspace Sustainability Progress Report 2023

Awareness of ESG issues has grown significantly but translating this into real, deliberate action has been slow. To highlight how we are moving from awareness to action, we are pleased to release our 4th annual Sustainability Progress Report

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

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.

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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