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Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register DELOS, an Indonesian aquaculture-tech company , has raised $8 million in Seed extension financing co-led by Centauri, a collaborative fund between MDI Ventures and KB Investment Co., Ltd. and Southeast Asian venture capital fund Alpha JWC Ventures.
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Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register The Parentinc (also known as Tickled Media ), a fast-growing tech company headquartered in Singapore , welcomes LINE Southeast Asia Corp as a new shareholder. Focused on building content, community, and commerce solutions for pregnant women and young mothers, The Parentinc is best known for its flagship brand, theAsianparent, Southeast Asia’s largest and most successful community platf
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