SoftBank fund invests $1.46 bn in Singapore's Grab
Grab secured US$1.46 billion investment from the SoftBank Vision Fund in March, the Singaporean ride hailer announced.
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Luckin want to revolutionise China’s coffee market
Luckin Coffee, the Xiamen-based challenger to Seattle-based Starbucks, is aiming to open 2,500 new stores this year in the world’s most populous nation.
Europe's tech start-ups call for better treatment of stock options
Thirty CEOs of European tech start-ups have called on lawmakers to reform rules around employee stock ownership to help them better compete with Silicon Valley peers in hiring.
Ghana's Farmerline connects farmers to world markets
With agriculture being central to African economies, Farmerline, a startup from Ghana works towards transforming smallholder farmers into successful entrepreneurs.
China is now in a Golden Age for startup funding
China's startup funding is on pace to smash records in 2018 according to data from Tech in Asia.
Highland Europe's new VC fund to invest in growth stage startups
Highland Europe, a VC firm that invests in European internet, mobile, and software companies, has raised a €463 million ($540 million) fund, to back Europe’s most exceptional growth-stage startups.
FlyHomes is shaking up the real estate industry
FlyHomes is determined to shake up the real estate experience for buyers, sellers and agents. Born out of Stephen Lane and Tushar Garg, both former Microsoft employees, the Seattle-based real estate startup just raised $17 million to finance i
Venture EU to give startups €2.1bn funding boost
The European Commission and the European Investment Fund (EIF) have launched a venture capital programme called Venture EU to boost investment in innovative startup and scaleup companies across Europe, doubling the amount of venture capital cu
Spotify wants to sell stock to investors in an unconventional way
Sweden-based Spotify, the world's leader in streaming music services, plans to raise as much as $1 billion by selling stock to investors.
Chinese tech giants invest in EV startups
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and Taiwan-based contract manufacturer Foxconn Technology have led a 2.2 billion yuan ($347.74 million) funding round in Xiaopeng Motors, an electric car start-up dubbed China's Tesla.
