Southeast Asia Venture Capital News

March 8, 2023

Six Guiding Principles - Gender Diversity at Openspace

In line with IWD 2023, we'd like to share six guiding principles on gender diversity at Openspace.

March 7, 2023

Openspace Mentee Experience: Fernn

Today, our OpenHours alumni Fernn Lim shares more about her experience as Nicha's mentee, as well as a short message for potential applicants.

March 6, 2023

OpenHours Mentee Experience: Valerie

We asked another OpenHours alumni, Valerie Chua, to share more about her experience at OpenHours. She currently works at EDB Singapore and is actively involved in the venture ecosystem. Here's what she had to say:

March 3, 2023

OpenHours Mentee Experience: Shan

Shan is one of our OpenHours alumni, where she was previously Ian’s mentee. We asked her several questions about her experience of the OpenHours program and here’s what she had to say:

March 2, 2023

OpenHours 2023: Further Details

OpenHours is a 4-month mentorship program targeted at female professionals in the early or mid-stages of their careers with an interest in venture capital.

March 1, 2023

Meet The Team: Nicha

In this week’s edition of Meet The Team, Nicha, our Director based out of the Thailand office, shares more about her experience at Openspace.

February 28, 2023

Portfolio Company Feature: Sarisuki

Sarisuki is one of our portfolio companies from the Philippines, where they are disrupting the food supply chain by providing high quality products to consumers at more affordable pricing, serving as an end-to-end e-grocery platform in the country.

February 24, 2023

Recommendation: The 99% Invisible Podcast

If you’re looking for a new podcast to listen to, we propose giving 99% Invisible a listen.

October 11, 2021

The Venture Capital Boom In Southeast Asia: The Best Is Yet To Come 🚀

Our co-founder and Partner, Hian Goh, sat down with Forbes to discuss what's next for venture capital boom in Southeast Asia.

September 29, 2021

Nutrition Technologies' game-changing insectmeal outcompetes fishmeal

August 15, 2021

Pluang, an Indonesia-based leadingwealth-tech company, closes US$55 million round

As a leading Indonesian wealth-tech, with a focus on investment diversification and education, Pluang is continuing its mission to help everyone experience the thrill of investing wisely.

May 25, 2021

Indonesian agritech platform TaniHub Group harvests a $65.5M Series B round

TaniHub Group, an Indonesian startup that helps farmers get better prices and more customers for their crops, has raised a $65.5 million Series B.

May 18, 2021

Indonesia’s Gojek, Tokopedia to create biggest local tech group

Indonesian ride-hailing and payments firm Gojek and e-commerce leader Tokopedia are merging to create a multi-billion dollar tech company called GoTo in the country’s largest-ever deal, as rivals bulk up in the fast-expanding sector.

April 22, 2021

Indonesian health tech startup halodoc nets USD 80 million from Astra, Temasek

Health tech platform Halodoc said on Wednesday that it raised USD 80 million in its Series C round led by Indonesian conglomerate Astra.

March 22, 2021

Indonesian savings and investment pp Pluang gets $20m in Pre-Series B funding

Indonesia-based fintech Pluang announced today it has raised $20 million in a pre-Series B round led by Openspace Ventures, with participation from Go Ventures and other returning investors.

March 9, 2021

Nutrition Technologies raises US$5m, opens insect protein factory in Malaysia

SINGAPORE-BASED agrifoodtech startup Nutrition Technologies has raised US$5 million in a pre-Series B funding led by Hera Capital, with participation from existing investors Openspace Ventures and SEEDS Capital, the investment arm of Enterprise Singapore.

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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