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Josys, a SaaS management platform, raises $93M
Josys, a startup offering a SaaS platform to automate corporate IT software application management, has raised a $93 million Series B round. → Read More
Robot software firm Mujin raises $85M
An increasing number of companies are looking to automate as a shortage of skilled workers is expected to take a toll on manufacturers through 2030. Mujin, a Japan-based robotics platform developing company, has raised $85 million in its Series C round for product development and global expansions. → Read More
QuantHealth brings its AI-informed clinical drug trials to the US with $15M round
QuantHealth, a Tel Aviv-based startup that develops an AI-powered platform to help drug makers avoid clinical failures, has raised a $15M round. → Read More
SoftBank backs Japanese robotics startup Telexistence in $170M funding round
Tokyo-based robot startup Telexistence raises $170M in Series B funding from investors, including SoftBank and Foxconn. → Read More
CADDi raises $89M Series C to scale its B2B supply chain marketplace for manufacturing parts
The pandemic has damaged the entire manufacturing supply chain, which is not likely to return to normal until at least 2024 due to a few challenges, including the ongoing U.S.-China tech battle. According to a recent survey by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), which surveyed more than 150 equipment manufacturing firms and 179 equipment […] → Read More
Korea's Alwayz aims to make online shopping fun again with $46M in funding
Seoul-based e-commerce startup Levit, an operator of the shopping app called Alwayz, has raised $46M in a Series B round of funding. → Read More
B Garage raises $20M for its warehouse inventory drones
B Garage, a San Jose-based starup that builds out autonomous drones to track warehouse inventory, has raised a $20 million Series A round. → Read More
Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon jailed four months in Montenegro
A court in Montenegro this week sentenced Terraform Lab founder DoKwon to four months in prison for forging travel documents. → Read More
Singapore’s ride-hailing firm Grab lays off over 1,100 employees
Southeast Asian supper app ride-hailing and food delivery app operator Grab laid off more than a thousand people, or about 11% of its staff. → Read More
Parrot, an AI-powered transcription platform that turns speech into text, raises $11M Series A
Parrot, an AI-powered transcription platform offering speech-to-text depositions, raised $11 million in Series A funding. → Read More
Southeast Asia-focused Go-Ventures closes $240M second fund, rebrands as Argor Capital
Go-Ventures, backed by Indonesia's GoTo, announced Tuesday it has raised the second fund at $240 million and rebranded as Argor Capital. → Read More
Socar’s ride-hailing platform Tada adds to growing list of tech layoffs
Seoul-based ride-hailing platform Tada plans to let go of a portion of its employees as part of a restructuring as it works to reduce costs. → Read More
Zero-Error Systems raises $7.5M for its radiation-hardened semiconductor integrated circuits
Zero-Error Systems (ZES) has raised a $7.5M Series A funding round for its radiation-hardened semiconductor integrated circuits. → Read More
Former Samsung exec accused of stealing data to build copycat chip plant in China
A former executive of Samsung Electronics allegedly stole Samsung's chip data to build a copycat chip factory in China. → Read More
Collaborative Fund backs Korea's Sopoong Ventures to grow its footprint in Asia
Collaborative Fund took a strategic investment in Sopoong Ventures, a Korean social impact-focused VC, to broaden its investment activities in Asia. → Read More
6 investors explain why they are bullish about Japan’s startup scene despite an uncertain economy
We spoke to six investors who have active investments in Japan about the current state of startups and the progress made in the last few years. → Read More
Profitability over growth: 5 investors explain their mantra for South Korean startups
Five investors talk about the uniqueness of South Korean startups, how they've fared in a post-pandemic world and their investment thesis. → Read More
Montenegro court overturns Terraform founder Do Kwon's bail
A high court in Montenegro overrode a lower court's previous decision that would release Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon on bail. → Read More
Sequoia India's Surge backs AI-powered video creation platform Gan.ai in $5.2M funding
Gan.ai, an AI-powered video creation platform, raised a $5.2 million seed round led by Surge, Sequoia Capital's rapid scale-up program. → Read More
Micron to invest $3.6B in Japan for next-gen memory chips
Micron will invest up to 500 billion yen ($3.6 billion) in Japan for the next few years to make next generation memory chips. → Read More