startup life

Retail Asia24/06/2022

Anfin-Raised-Us1.2-Million-Seed-Round-Led-by-Goodwater-Capital-and-Global-Founders-Capital-1280x710.jpg

Financial startup Anfin, which seeks to make stock investment easy for any user, has raised funding of $4.8 million in a Pre-Series A round from a consortium of investors. It was led by angel investor Clement Benoit and U.S.-based startup accelerator Y Combinator. The money will be used to improve its app by building a […]

Retail Asia05/08/2021

The city-state’s unicorn businesses take an average of 6 years and 11 months to reach the valuation of $1 billion. Singapore is the joint fourth best country in the world for unicorn start-ups, according to a recent study by credit broker Money.co.uk, with six businesses currently valued at over $1 billion. The top country for unicorns is China, with 155 such companies, […]

Retail Asia16/08/2019

Sinking in debts of around US$180 million, Singapore grocery retailer Honestbee is seeking court protection from creditors to allow it to restructure. The company has applied to the High Court to commence a process which reportedly would give it six months protection from creditors lodging winding up procedures or other legal attempts to recover what […]

Retail Asia25/06/2019

Korean grocery delivery service Kurly has closed an upsized Series D round that hit US$113 million. The round was announced last April at $88 million, but has since attracted an additional $25 million funding from China’s Hillhouse Capital. Kurly delivers all orders placed by 11 pm before 7 am the following morning, prioritising convenience over […]

Tag: startup life

Financial startup Anfin raises $4.8 mln

Singapore and Hong Kong Named as Unicorn Incubators

Honestbee seeks court protection in order to survive

Grocery e-commerce startup Kurly raises Millions