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.

May 25, 2023

The Craft: Andy Walshe on Human Performance

In our newest episode of The Craft, Hian speaks to Andy Walsh on the topics of improving human performance, handling pressure and collecting data on human performance.

May 24, 2023

Meet The Team: Skylla

In this week's Meet The Team, our Office Administrator, Skylla, shares more about herself, from her passion for live-streaming to her goal of making a positive change on others' lives. She handles most of the day-to-day operations at Openspace and makes sure that there's always enough snacks in the pantry.

May 20, 2023

Our Recommendations: Steal Like An Artist

"Steal Like an Artist" is a compelling and thought-provoking book by Austin Kleon that presents a fresh perspective on creativity and encourages readers to embrace their own artistic potential. The book argues that creativity is not about generating entirely original ideas but rather about embracing influence, remixing existing ideas, and transforming them into something new.

May 18, 2023

Capabilities Focus: Dr Yiliang Zhao on Data in Openspace

At Openspace, we are driven by Active Intelligence, where real-time data drives the investing decisions we make. We prioritise the use of data in helping both the Openspace office as well as for our portfolio companies. As such, we'd like to shine a spotlight on the use of data here at Openspace, with help from our Director for Data Science, Dr Yiliang Zhao.

May 17, 2023

Meet The Team: Juancho

In this week's edition of Meet The Team, we learn a little more about Juancho, our Senior Associate who sources for investment opportunities and oversees our portfolio companies in the Philippines. Read on to learn more about his love for food and his experience with the Openspace family.

May 12, 2023

Our Recommendations: The Design Matters Podcast

Design Matters is a podcast that stands out as a captivating and insightful exploration of the world of design.

May 9, 2023

Portco Feature: Kumu

Today, we're sharing more about our portfolio company, Kumu. Kumu is a social entertainment app based in the Philippines, being the largest live-streaming company in the country. We're asking them more about how they support and empower their users, as we think they have valuable learning points that other startups and creators and learn from.

May 6, 2023

Recommendation: The Happiness Project

As we enter May, we'd like to recommend a read of "The Happiness Project" by Gretchen Rubin.

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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