Ecosystem Roundup: Carsome said to have filed for US IPO; a US$10M fund for women-led Indonesian startups

Carsome said to have confidentially filed for Nasdaq IPO
The used car marketplace looks to raise US$300-400M at ~US$2B valuation; According to DSA’s sources, it considers dual listing and eyes SGX as well, a move that is said to have been encouraged by its key investor 65 Equity Partners.

Gobi Partners, Ozora Yatrapaktaja launch US$10M seed fund for women-led Indonesian startups
Ratu Nusa Fund will focus on seed and pre-Series A-stage companies in healthtech, e-commerce/social commerce, future-of-work/education, proptech, enterprise/SME tech, and fintech.

How Summoners Arena takes on popular P2E games with its ‘play, own, earn’ version
To date, Summoners Arena has raised US$4.25M from Pantera Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Onechain Technology, and GuildFi, among others.

Indonesian bank’s CVC looks to invest in 5-6 startups this year
OCBC NISP Ventura targets companies in pre-seed to Series A stages in embedded finance; It will write a cheque up tp US$3M each; ONV had invested in nine startups as of December 2021.

Fintech accelerator F10 raises funding led by Five T Fintech
Funds raised by F10 will be used to expand into newer markets and grow its current hubs in Europe and Asia; F10 recently announced the graduation of eight early-stage startups in the third batch of the Singapore incubation programme.

Binance recovers funds worth US$5.8M from Axie hack
The stolen funds were spread out over 86 accounts, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said; He added that North Korean hackers began moving the lost funds only today; Last month, Axie’s Ronin Network was compromised and lost US$620M to hacking.

MadEats raises US$1.7M seed for domestic expansion of its cloud kitchens
Investors include JAM Fund, Crystal Towers Capital, Starling Ventures, and the Manila Angel Investors Network; It runs three ghost kitchens in Makati, Quezon City, and Manila; MadEats previously raised funding from Y Combinator.

The Sandbox announces partnerships for HK metaverse
It is a unit of Animoca Brands that operates a virtual gaming platform; The company said it will also launch the sale of Land, a digital piece of real estate in The Sandbox’s metaverse, on April 28.

Traveloka taps Gojek-backed Bank Jago for loan offering
The partnership enables Bank Jago to disburse loans through the former’s lending product Traveloka PayLater; Traveloka allows users to buy transportation tickets, book hotel rooms, and schedule recreational activities.

Edutech firm Akadasia raises US$550K to fuel growth into new markets
Investors include EduSpaze, Hester Spiegel from the Spiegels Future Family Fund, and Andrew Hwang (Ex-Director of Facebook); Akadasia’s digital ecosystem that empowers educators worldwide has three core features – skillEd, designEd and collabEd.

Betterteem is Slack, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Intranet — all rolled into one
The app predicts employee churn, provides on-demand mental health support to them, and is a digital community platform to influence their experience positively; It has raised US$500K from Buko Ventures and IdeaSpace.

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