Venture Capital

Southeast Asian startups raised a total of USD 8.2 billion in 2020, down 7% from USD 8.79 billion in 2019, with 80% of the exits being mergers or acquisitions.

China Venture Roundup Volume 40 covers China’s investment activity from June 7 to June 13, 2021.

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.