Abhishek Chatterjee
Stories by Abhishek Chatterjee
Charticle: Increasing take rates can be a double-edged sword for SE Asia’s online platforms
Take rate is the fee a third-party platform or marketplace charges to its merchants for facilitating their transactions on its platform.
Data Vantage: GenZero, Dynasty Gaming, Helicap, Révi and Opal Payment in focus
Climate solutions platform GenZero received a capital infusion of $42.75 million last week from parent Temasek Holdings.
Charticle: Food analytics scores only deal in SE Asia’s foodtech space in Q1
Funding challenges for food tech’s most-funded category, alternative protein, continued in Q1.
Foodtech no longer flavour of the season in SE Asia as funding hits new low in 2023
The 83% YoY decline in foodtech investments surpassed the 51% fall in total startup funding last year.
Charticle: China’s realty industry sealed only two deals but raised the most funds in Q1
The semiconductor industry sealed 108 deals—the highest in Jan-March 2024.
Data Vantage: Qoala, AWAK, Chainstack and Prep in focus
Qoala issued shares worth $47m this week as part of a funding round announced in March.
Charticle: Bengaluru tops the charts, accounts for 44% of PE-VC funding in Q1
Eighty-eight startups in the city raised a combined $1.16 billion in Q1.
Data Vantage: Hugosave, GoTyme, Prep, The Parentinc and EDPR APAC in focus
The parent company of wealthtech app Hugosave has issued new shares to co-founder Ben Davies, Getz Group and others.
Fintech deals surge in Q1 but concerns persist over long-term momentum
Singapore fintech startups accounted for more than half of the funds raised in the first quarter.
Data Vantage: Lhoopa, Dynasty Gaming, Atma, Jejak.in and Mandala Club in focus
Proptech firm Lhoopa received a capital infusion last week from investors, including Wavemaker Partners.
