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Reimagining Singapore’s place in the global equity market

SGX hosts Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong and venture capital firms and their

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How B2B investor Wavemaker Partners views Indonesia’s B2C scene

Almost all of Indonesia’s unicorns and decacorns are B2C companies, except perhaps two. But

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Creating enduring impact by solving real-world problems

If there was one undeniable truth that emerged this funding winter, it is the power of

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Mitigating climate change with venture capital: A conversation with Wavemaker Impact’s Steve Melhuish

The founding partner of a Southeast Asian venture capital fund explains his company’s

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“Emerging” Emerging Markets Venture Capital

In my last blog post, we built the case for why LPs should seek exposure to nascent digital

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Spotlights

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Concrete has a major carbon problem. Here’s Neocrete’s solution

Think about this: after water, concrete is the most widely used material in the world. It is

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Lhoopa: Solving SEA’s affordable housing crisis, one home at a time

It’s a story we often hear in emerging markets: people leaving rural areas for cities in

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Staple raises $4m pre-Series A funding from Wavemaker Partners

SINGAPORE, 15 APRIL 2024 — Staple, a leading innovator in AI-driven document processing

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LiveIn Cofounder CEO Keek Wen Khai

How LiveIn overcame COVID to emerge as SEA’s leading long-stay proptech

In 2020, LiveIn Co-founder and CEO, Keek Wen Khai (“Khai”), faced a critical moment. Just

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Singapore’s Atomionics taps gravity, AI in hunt for critical minerals

Singapore-based start-up Atomionics has rolled out its technology that uses gravity and

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This flow battery startup is powering an island – and a greener future

Imagine being able to power an entire island using clean energy. It’s a lofty ideal, but

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Numat bamboo farmers in the Philippines

Wavemaker Impact Launches Numat with US$525K Investment to Drive Sustainable Bamboo Processing

MANILA, 5 NOVEMBER 2024 – Climate tech venture builder Wavemaker Impact has launched Numat,

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Wavemaker Partners Wins Third ‘VC Deal of the Year’ at 2024 SVCA Awards For US$80M Lhoopa Round

Previous wins include eFishery’s Series C round in 2022 and Growsari’s Series B in

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Checkmate secures US$1.6M in Seed funding to transform pre-employment screening

The company will use the funds to expand to US and Southeast Asia markets,including the

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Tour Amigo secures US$2M Seed capital to accelerate software development and expand global operations

Funding Will Support Advances of Tour Amigo Products and North America Expansion BRISBANE,

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Mushroom Material secures over US$5m Seed round for fungi-based Styrofoam alternative

SINGAPORE, 8 AUGUST 2024 - Mushroom Material, a start-up replacing styrofoam with the

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Lhoopa founders Marc-Olivier Caillot and Sabrina Tan

Lhoopa Secures US$80 Million in Equity and Debt to Reduce Affordable Housing Backlog in Southeast Asia

Investment to drive expansion and support strategic initiatives Expansion and Strategic

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