Southeast Asia Venture Capital News

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 🚀

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.

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

October 13, 2023

Meet the Team: Alessia Soh

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

August 14, 2023

Halodoc Raises $100 Million Series D Funding Joined by Openspace

Indonesia's leading health-tech platform, Halodoc, recently secured $100 million in Series D funding with participation from Openspace.

August 4, 2023

Beleaf Raises $6.8 Series A Round Joined by Openspace

Beleaf has announced a $6.8 million Series A on Tuesday. This round is led by Alpha JWC Ventures and joined by Openspace.

July 25, 2023

Ignite by Igloo Celebrates One-year Milestone with A New Branding

Celebrating its first anniversary, Ignite by Igloo is unveiling a new branding and introducing new features.

July 21, 2023

Amy Zhao at IVS Crypto 2023 Kyoto

Amy Zhao, our Executive Director, had the privilege of taking part in a panel discussion that sparked inspiration and empowerment–"Rise of Women in Web3."

July 18, 2023

Panel on Credible Carbon: Accounting and Markets

Openspace partnered with KPMG and WISE to bring together heavyweights in the carbon industry through a panel joined by key drivers within the carbon space..

July 13, 2023

Igloo's New Insurance Products: Safeguarding Businesses and Consumers in Southeast Asia

Igloo, a Singapore-based insurtech firm, is on a mission to revolutionize the insurance industry by making it accessible and affordable for everyone. By identifying emerging risks and underserved needs, Igloo has recently launched a range of innovative insurance products tailored to consumers and businesses in Southeast Asia (SEA).

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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