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The Decline of Small Town Media Has Big Implications for the Innovation Economy

Revolution

The encounter echoed a recurring theme—the decline of local media and, consequently, the dwindling coverage of local developments in tech. For these individuals, local media can provide an eye-opening spotlight on the innovative companies transforming the economic fabric of their cities.

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East Ventures and SV Investment Inject $100m Fund to Supercharge Tech Startups in Southeast Asia

AsiaTechDaily

Register Indonesia-based venture capital firm East Ventures and Seoul-based venture capital firm SV Investment have joined forces to establish a new fund targeted at $100 million. Roderick Purwana, Managing Partner of East Ventures, expressed his satisfaction with the SV Investment partnership.

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Meltwater, the media monitoring startup, gets a $65M investment from Verdane

TechCrunch

Meltwater, which first made its name around media monitoring and then got active in business intelligence using AI and big data analytics techniques, is picking up a new investor.

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Feedback Ventures Invests, Elevates Soho.com.au to $20M Valuation

AsiaTechDaily

Register Soho.com.au , an AI-powered real estate discovery app, has secured a $750,000 equity investment from Singapore-based proptech venture capital firm Feedback Ventures. The funding round, led by Investible, adds to the $1.65 seed funding The post Feedback Ventures Invests, Elevates Soho.com.au

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Investing with Purpose: SoGal Ventures’ Journey with Pocket Sun

AsiaTechDaily

Register Established in 2016 and headquartered in New York, SoGal Ventures is a venture capital firm dedicated to early-stage investments in diverse founding teams, operating in both the United States and Asia. Background Pocket Sun’s journey in the investment industry has shaped her into the leader she is today.

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Singapore’s Sunrate Receives Investment from Prosperity7 Ventures and SoftBank Ventures Asia in Series D-1 Funding

AsiaTechDaily

The funding was led by Prosperity7 Ventures, a growth fund associated with Aramco Ventures, and included additional investment from SoftBank Ventures Asia. Additionally, Sunrate aims to venture into new markets, including the Middle East, further extending its global presence.

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Sony Ventures earmarks $10M to invest in African entertainment startups

TechCrunch

Appropriately, the Tokyo multinational conglomerate, through Sony Ventures Corporation (SVC), has earmarked $10 million for early-stage startups in gaming, music, film and content distribution. Sony Ventures’s latest endeavor to […]

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