Firmus, Regend, GCash, and more raised funds this week. Read from your browser FOMO Saturday Welcome to Tech in Asia's free Saturday VC newsletter! Register to get full access to our subscribers-only premium content and other insightful analysis on the big and messy topics of Asia's tech and startup community. Ensure our articles appear in your Google searches: Hello Betamax, Happy Valentine's Day! Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and I have… some funding news for you. The sector that has caught my attention this week is the biotech industry. Two of the top-funded companies on our list operate in the biotech sphere, developing solutions in areas like regenerative medicine and using AI to enhance drug discovery. It's pretty cool stuff. After all, health is wealth. Here's to hoping that one of these firms will discover a cure for cancer one day - I think that'd be pretty neat. You can find all other important investment deals from the ...
Aspire courts more startups via Antler. Grab, meanwhile, makes a move beyond Southeast Asia. Read from your browser Daily Newsletter Welcome to Tech in Asia's daily newsletter, your essential dose of Asia's tech and startup buzz. Subscribe to this newsletter or send story tips to editors@techinasia.com . Ensure our articles appear in your Google searches: IN FOCUS Aspire banks on startup growth to target 2027 breakeven Making sense of Grab's latest acquisition External audit on Ayoconnect concludes after six months Hello Betamax, Last week, the CEO of a US-based VC firm told me that Southeast Asia needs more founder-led funds because it's different when you have VCs who have been operators themselves. The idea is that having experienced the pain points of running a company themselves, entrepreneurs are now in a better position to devise the solutions needed. Aspire CEO and co-founder Andrea Baronchelli reaffirmed this in our recent interview, stressing ...