Southeast Asia Venture Capital News

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.

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.

October 5, 2021

Zenius helps solve the teacher talent crunch tech 👩‍💻

Edtech is growing really fast in Indonesia. And online teaching has emerged as a viable profession in its own right. Edtech platforms are investing in strengthening this new class of workers as it becomes clear platforms need a steady stream of quality teachers to further prop up their growth.

May 4, 2023

Founding Partner Shane Chesson is elected Vice-Chairman of SVCA

Openspace is glad to be an active participant in the Singapore Venture & Private Capital Association (“SVCA”), spearheaded by Founding Partner, Shane Chesson, who has been on the Board since 2020 and is now helping to shape the agenda after his recent election as Vice-Chairman. We extend our congrats to Shane, Sunil Mishra as Chairman and the other board members elected

May 3, 2023

Meet The Team: Dennis

In this week's Meet The Team, Dennis from our investment team shares more about himself as well as his experience at Openspace, from his passion for mathematics to his prior work experience.

April 26, 2023

Portfolio Company Feature: Janji Jiwa

Today we're featuring Janji Jiwa, a coffee chain from Indonesia that has made a name for itself not just for its delicious food and beverages, but also for its exceptional hospitality

April 21, 2023

Recommendation: the Unthinkable podcast

The Unthinkable podcast is a show that explores the unexpected events and circumstances that can turn our lives upside down

April 14, 2023

Recommendation: the Hidden Brain Podcast

We're recommending Hidden Brain as a podcast to listen to this week

April 13, 2023

Capabilities Focus: Nicole on Investor Relations

At Openspace, we like to shine a spotlight on various members of our team to highlight their strengths, as well as showcase various aspects of what we do on a day-to-day basis. This week, we ask Nicole, who handles investor relations, for several pieces of advice when it comes to the subject.

April 11, 2023

Portfolio Company Feature: Love Bonito

We're featuring our portfolio company, Love, Bonito, on the Openspace blog today, being a case study of a highly successful womenswear company from Singapore which has achieved notable global recognition.

April 6, 2023

The Craft Revisited: Tom Wright on Investigation

In this episode of The Craft Revisited, our Ocular fund lead, Amy talks to the investigative journalist Tom Wright, author of Billion Dollar Whale and co-founder of Project Brazen, producer of the captivating Fat Leonard podcast. ‍It's a rich conversation about the art of investigation - and how we might apply some of the techniques to our own diligence processes. Here are some of our key takeaways:‍

October 31, 2024

Fano Wins 2024 Emerging Enterprise Award by The Business Times and OCBC

Fano, formerly known as Fano Labs, has been awarded 2024 Emerging Enterprise Award jointly organzied by The Business Times and OCBC.

September 4, 2024

Closing Southeast Asia's Growth Stage Climate Funding Gap

Southeast Asia's climate tech is booming, but a gap still exists. Discover how we navigate the highs, lows, and regulatory twist shaping SEA's climate revolution.

August 5, 2024

Envisso: Turning Merchant Risk Into a Growth Strategy

We're excited to spotlight Envisso, one of our recent addition to our portfolio companies. Envisso is making risk rewarding as an innovative provider of credit solutions and risk management for payment companies.

July 17, 2024

Love, Bonito Opens First Permanent Store in Makati, Philippines

Love, Bonito, one of our portfolio companies has officially opened its first brick-and-mortar store in the Philippines

June 20, 2024

Accelerating Venture Climate Investments in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia's climate tech is booming, but a gap still exists. Discover how we navigate the highs, lows, and regulatory twist shaping SEA's climate revolution.

June 3, 2024

Unveiling Southeast Asia's Digital Startup Landscape: Opportunities and Challenges

Southeast Asia's tech landscape is evolving rapidly and emerging as an investable region. Discover on how we seize the opportunities and navigate the challenges.

May 3, 2024

Openspace Leads Fano Labs' Series B Funding, Sets to Expand into APAC Market

Openspace led the Series B round for Fano Labs with participation from HSBC, Greater Good Investment, the family office of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lo, and existing shareholders.

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

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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