Just hot off its USD$23 million fundraising lead by Amazon, with Vertex Ventures, Qualcomm and Ru-Net Technology Partners, Housejoy has acquired MyWash, an on-demand laundry services provider for an undisclosed amount. With this acquisition, MyWash and Housejoy combined are the largest laundry services provider in India. This would allow Housejoy to provide 10,000 laundry bookings […]
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India’s leading home services provider, Housejoy has announced a completion of INR 150 crores in series B round of funding from a consortium of investors. The round was led by Amazon and included new investors Vertex Ventures, Qualcomm and Ru-Net Technology Partners. Existing investors Matrix Partners India also participated. The funds will be used to […]
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Singapore, Jakarta – 14 September 2015. HappyFresh, Southeast Asia’s leading online grocery company, has today successfully completed a funding round led by Vertex Venture (Vertex), the venture arm of Temasek Holdings, and Sinar Mas Digital Ventures (SMDV), the venture arm of Sinar Mas Group of Indonesia. Other investors participating include Asia Venture Group, BEENEXT, Ardent […]
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Still recall what life was like in Singapore when we tried to book a cab just two years ago? It was a totally painful experience – so painful we will not publish it. Then, in came the GrabTaxi app in late 2013, and booking taxis became such a breeze! Fast forward 18 months and we […]
Continue ReadingEven prior to raising new funds, Paktor has already set her eyes on the Asian markets where people are generally shy and uncomfortable with blind dates. The additional S$10 million that was raised in July 2015 helps to boost Paktor’s expansion game plan. This recent fundraising saw the commitment by Vertex Venture Holdings, who invested […]
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With machine learning and data science to bank on, this platform for mums is surging forward While daddies bring home the bacon, it’s mums who are the key decision makers at home. According to the Asian Digital Mums Report 2015, a survey conducted by theAsianparent.com from among its 6 million-strong monthly active users, the […]
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