Tag: VC

Retail Asia06/07/2021
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Rivian is one of the hottest EV startups doing the rounds. It has deep pockets thanks to investments from Ford, Amazon, and many venture capital firms. Amazon’s investment in Rivian originally was $700 million which entailed the startup producing 100,000 electric delivery trucks. It was supposed to be delivering the first tranche of 10,000 vehicles […]

Retail Asia13/11/2019
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Venture capital deals in Asia Pacific dropped by one-fifth in the third quarter, attributed to a Chinese economic slowdown, but tailwinds await due to upcoming policy reforms. Total venture capital deal value in the region dropped to $14.92 billion in the third quarter, compared to $18.61 billion in the second quarter, according to recent KPMG […]

Retail Asia15/06/2017
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Palo Alto Networks is forming a $20-million security venture fund to provide early stage investments to fuel development of security applications for the Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Security Platform. The fund will be aimed at seed-, early- and growth-stage security companies with a cloud-based application approach. These companies can accelerate their routes to market for […]

Retail Asia03/09/2015
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Veteran Cross-Border and Logistics Ecommerce Executive Leaves Arvato Bertelsmann to Join aCommerce as Group Chief Logistics Officer Mitch Bittermann to strengthen the cross-border and logistics capabilities of the growing end-to-end ecommerce enabler en route to Series B and arrival of ASEAN Economic Community Southeast Asia’s leading end-to-end ecommerce enabler confirmed the hire of Mitch Bittermann […]

Retail Asia18/04/2015
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WhatWeLike, an Indonesia online fashion social shopping startup has closed a seed funding round of an undisclosed amount from local VC firm East Ventures. According to the company, the funds will be used to recruit new talent, develop mobile initiatives, and implement more aggressive marketing strategies to accelerate growth. WhatWeLike is headed by local serial entrepreneur […]


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