Aug 6, 2014 | East Asia, News
Spoqa, the Seoul-based mobile loyalty platform that won the special prize of the jury at TechCrunch Disrupt Tokyo 2011, has raised a total of $3.9 million in funding to date led by Daesung Private Equity group and Bokwang Investments to fuel its expansion in Korea and...
Aug 1, 2014 | China, East Asia, News, North America
NEW YORK, July 31 (Reuters) – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (IPO-BABA.N) has invested $120 million in San Francisco-based mobile games studio Kabam, the latest in a string of U.S. investments intended to build up the Chinese online retailer’s presence in the...
Jul 10, 2014 | China, East Asia, News
TechCrunch July 10, 2014 Last-minute hotel booking app HotelQuickly — whose founding team includes two ex-Rocket Internet executives — has raised a further $4.5 million in funding as it doubles-down on the Asia-Pacific market — and, perhaps in the longer-term, keep...
Jun 30, 2014 | China, East Asia, France, News, Western Europe
LONDON, June 30 (Reuters) (Reuters) – France and China have launched a midcap private equity fund to boost investment and exposure between the two following a visit by the Chinese president to France earlier this year. The Sino French midcap fund has reached a...
Jun 30, 2014 | East Asia, News
TechCrunch June 30, 2014 June is barely over, but Rakuten has already had a busy year. In addition to purchasing messaging app Viber for $900 million, the Japanese consumer Internet conglomerate also made investments in several companies based in Southeast Asia or...
Jun 20, 2014 | China, East Asia, News
TechCrunch June 20, 2014 Light Chaser, the animation studio that aspires to be China’s Pixar, announced today that it has raised $20 million in series B funding led by GGV Capital, with participation from Hillhouse Capital and returning investor IDG. The company was...
