Venture Capital

Flat6Labs Amman will invest in 12 to 16 startups every year and will run multiple cycles over a period of at least five years.

In 2019, India added over 1,300 new startups. In 2020—amid the COVID-19 pandemic—around 7,000 companies were formed.

One Meron co-founder says the firm is like a ‘startup investing in startups.’

Israel recorded an increase of 137% in funding growth for the first five months of 2021 compared to the same period last year.

China Venture Roundup Volume 39 covers China’s investment activity from May 31 to June 6, 2021.

The number of micro VC funds has increased to 88 in 2020 from a nimble 29 in 2014 in the world’s third-largest startup ecosystem.

The new funding round may delay IPO plans for Flipkart, which was reported to be looking to go public in the US later this year.

The amount of raised capital and deals dropped slightly in 2020, but there are more than one reason to be optimistic for Southeast Asia’s startup ecosystem.