Khazanah Leads Up to $627 Million Venture Fund for Region


by Bloomberg

Bloomberg— Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd. will set up a venture capital of up to 3 billion ringgit ($627 million) with two...

Bitcoin News—Blackrock Reinforces Tokenization Drive Leading $47 Million Funding Round in Digitization Company Securitize – Finance Bitcoin News. Blackrock, the largest asset management company in the world, has led a strategic funding round of $47 million in Securitize, a capital markets digitalization company. The round, which had the participation of other financial markets and crypto native companies, shows Blackrock is betting on the transformative capabilities of tokenization for global capital markets. Blackrock Leads […]

ETtech.com—startup funding: ETtech Deals Digest: Startup funding falls 30% on year to $73 million this week. Startup funding in the penultimate week of April 2024 declined by nearly 27.9% from the same period a year ago, totalling $74 million across 14 deals. However, deal density in the latest week improved to $5.3 million per deal, as per Tracxn data. From April 6 to April 12, 2023, startups had raised about $2.4 million per deal. Funding was down sequentially as well, from $103 million across 15 funding rounds in the previous week. Of the total corpus raised this week, fundraises of...

ETtech.com—Go Desi funding: Ice popsicles maker Go Desi raises $5 million in funding led by Aavishkaar Capital. Bengaluru-based packaged foods startup Go Desi on Thursday said it has raised Rs 41 crore (about $4.9 million) in equity investment from Aavishkaar Capital.This marks the seventh investment from the Aavishkaar India Fund VI, a $150-million vehicle investing across impact sectors such as financial inclusion, sustainable agriculture, climate, consumer and healthcare in India.The Series B round also saw participation from existing investors Rukam Capital, Roots Ventures and DSG Consumer, as per a...