Shipra Singh

FM Nirmala Sitharaman announced a divestment target of INR 1.75 lakh crore for FY22

The Singapore-based company said it aims to deploy the fresh capital to expand operations in India and other countries

Zero Co said it will use the fresh funds to launch new products, hire across senior roles, invest in pouch cleaning and sanitization technology, conduct further large scale ocean clean ups and explore international markets

The startup will deploy the fresh capital to expand in international markets, including global team growth, and evolve its product and functionality in new ways to deliver valuable user experiences

The funding was led by Sydney-based King River Capital and through a loan, GIC backed Leap Capital also supplemented the funding round

The company said it will deploy the fresh capital to accelerate international expansion, particularly in Australia and New Zealand and to further its innovation and safety efforts

The funding round was led by Valar Ventures along with participation from US-based early-stage investment firm Presight Capital and existing investor Unbound

The early stage venture capital firm will dig into its global fund of USD 4 billion, which was closed in April this year, to invest in the Southeast Asian market, with key focus on Indonesia and Singapore

The two organisations will collaborate to provide over 20 Singapore-based edtech startups an opportunity to learn about innovative edtech solutions that can help them with various business aspects and scale

Venture capital firms that participated in the round include Alternate Ventures, French Partners, Lorinet Foundation, KSR Ventures, Mustard Seed and a set of other new investors

Besides targeting individual users, the health-tech startup intends to partner with companies to launch corporate health and wellness programmes for their employees

The Singapore-based equity management startup will deploy the fresh capital to strengthen and build the team, accelerate product development and build its client base.

Leapfrog Investments, Japan's SBI Investments, Xiaomi, Indonesian VC firms AlphaJWC and Intudo Ventures and existing investor Go-Ventures, investment arm of Gojek, participated in the round

King River Capital, Alberts Impact Capital and Marinya Capital led the funding round along with participation from existing investors Federation, Rampersand, Full Circle Venture Capital and NRMA Insurance

Though the financial details were not disclosed by the company directly, news reports suggest that the deal will be closed for about USD 80 million

Qwilr will use the fresh funds to expand its customer facing teams in the US and Europe, evolve the product to make customer communication more seamless and hire engineering and product talent in Australia.

The Jakarta-based company aims to use the funds to invest further into technology, people and brand to fuel their multi-channel strategy.

The Singapore-based company has also announced its formal rebranding as Igloo.

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