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Allocate banks $5M to open up venture capital fund access

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The world of venture capital investing is a relatively small one, and relationship-based to boot. The company, founded by Samir Kaji and Hana Yang in February 2021, is developing an approach to venture capital fund investing that provides a way for investors of any size to participate. Enter Allocate.

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Colombian e-commerce enablement startup Melonn raises $20M to help SMBs scale in LatAm

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They were brought back together by the pandemic to start the e-commerce enablement company. CEO Gómez pointed out that Latin America has gone from being a laggard when it comes to e-commerce to being home to the world’s fastest-growing e-commerce market, which is estimated at over $100 billion and expected to double by 2025.

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Japan’s Zeals raises $38.8M to scale its chat commerce platform

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JIC Venture Growth Investments led the Series E equity funding, with participation from Z Venture Capital , a venture investment arm of Z Holdings, Japan Post Capital and Salesforce Ventures. Mizuho Bank and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group also joined in its debt financing.

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Hypd raises $4m to empower content creators in India

AsiaTechDaily

Register Hypd , the Indian tech platform that enables content creators to monetize their influence, has successfully raised $4 million in a pre-series A funding round led by Orios Venture Partners. Existing investors Sauce VC and Better Capital also participated, doubling down on their previous investments.

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Indonesia’s eFishery Raises $200M in Series D Funding, Attains Unicorn Valuation

AsiaTechDaily

With the recent Series D funding, eFishery aims to expand its community of fish and shrimp farmers, with a target of reaching over 1 million aquaculture ponds in Indonesia by 2025.

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Malaysian startup HOMA2U eecures $875K in pre-Series A funding

AsiaTechDaily

The investment round was led by Quest Ventures Asia Fund II, an early-stage venture capital fund managed by Singapore-based Quest Ventures Pte Ltd. HOMA2U also plans to use the investment to support its growth acceleration and scaling plans, aiming to generate RM100 million in annual revenue before 2025.

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“Workers are mad and no longer willing to sit idly by being spoon fed ‘we’re family’ b t from bosses:” Logan LaHive is Helping Employees Organize & Collectively Bargain. But Did He Compromise His Own Vision By Taking Venture Capital for the Startup?

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So, while personally supportive of any and all workers seeking to improve their workplace conditions, we spend our days focused on providing better software to unions enabling them to improve efficiency and accessibility of union organizing. What will unionization rates in private workforce be in 2025? I don’t know.