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How this Singapore-based investor bought into Uber, Spotify, Alibaba, and other tech giants K2 Global has been investing in startups since 2015, but the venture capital fund and its founder, Ozi Amanat, are seldom in the news. Singapore-based Amanat has been in the game for a decade or so. angel investorasiafinancialinvestorsingaporeuberventure capital

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An early-stage founder’s guide: What you need to know before working with VCs For many early-stage founders, it’s unclear what working with VCs means and how they should prepare for it. This is perfectly fine. After all, it’s better for a founder to be an expert in their field rather than in venture capital.

Snapcart raises $3m to improve its customer engagement and analytics tech Indonesia-based cashback and consumer analytics startup Snapcart announced today a fresh injection of US$3 million. This is a follow-on round on the startup’s pre-series A financing that closed last year. The round was led by Vickers Venture Partners and existing investors joined in, including […] The post Snapcart raises $3m to improve its customer engagement and analytics tech appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

Written by Brad Feld, managing director at Foundry Group in Boulder, Colorado.   I had lunch recently with a founder. We were talking about current and future board configuration for his company and he said “Up until this point, all my board seats were simply for sale. Whenever a new investor showed up, they wanted […] The post Board Seat For Sale appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

Startup funding in 2017: A different game? The investments that will happen in 2017 will help launch companies that have long lasting impact The post Startup funding in 2017: A different game? appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

TripAdvisor’s first SEA investment is Thailand-based startup Eatigo This brings Eatigo’s total funding to US$15.5 million to date The post TripAdvisor’s first SEA investment is Thailand-based startup Eatigo appeared first on Stage Asia - Asia digital startups directory .

Fashion startup Grana closes $10m series A round led by Alibaba’s Hong Kong fund Fast fashion startup Grana has raised US$10 million for its series A round, led by Alibaba’s US$130 million Entrepreneurs Fund for Hong Kong. The company’s existing investors, Golden Gate Ventures and Hong Kong-based MindWorks Ventures, also put in some cash. The post Fashion startup Grana closes $10m series A round led by Alibaba’s Hong Kong fund appeared first on Stage Asia - Asia digital startups directory .

Why Paytm and Tokopedia are going for this marketing startup Serial entrepreneurs can get inspiration from the strangest of things, even from a coffee machine. That’s how Ankit Maheshwari, his wife Nandini Rathi, and his brother Arjun Maheshwari came up with their newest venture. Between them, they could already boast of startups like Instamedia Network […] The post Why Paytm and Tokopedia are going for this marketing startup appeared first on Stage Asia - Asia digital startups directory .

Running a startup is not easy, matter yet operating any company especially one of your own is really hard. You’ve spent hours, days and months revising, tweaking and loosing sleep just to get your ideas off the ground. Your family were ignored for months and if you’re single then you’ve missed many parties just to […] The post What happened, what went wrong and where did they go? appeared first on Stage Asia - Asia startups directory .

Updated news on Moka, the Mobile POS Indonesian SMEs can now accept cashless payments as Moka raises US$1.9M funding Mobile point-of-sale (POS) startup Moka announced today that it has raised US$1.9 million series A round led by East Ventures. Convergence Ventures, Fenox VC, Northstar Group and Wavemaker Partners also participated in the round. Moka plans […] The post Moka raises US$1.9M in funding appeared first on Stage by Unjukin Labs .