Agri-food tradetech startup DiMuto receives investment from Latin Leap for Latin America expansion
Agri-food tradetech solutions company DiMuto has received an undisclosed sum in investment from Singapore-based VC studio, Latin Leap, to broaden its footprint in Latin America.
DiMuto offers an IoT- and AI-powered platform to provide end-to-end supply chain visibility to global agri-food businesses. Using blockchain, it digitalises the agri-food supply chain for data visibility and trade transparency, and aims to solve challenges, such as food waste, food safety, and food sustainability.
The company said in a statement that it will use the investment to drive further international expansion in Latin America, a market where it expects a constant growth of fresh produce trade such as fruit and vegetable production that the countries export.
Latin Leap is focussed on opening up opportunities in Latin America for Southeast Asian tech startups. It plans to set its fund structures out of Singapore with the aim of becoming a partner in the internationalisation of the region’s tech sector.
B2B learning management system ProSpark lands pre-seed funding led by Agaeti Ventures
Singapore-headquartered ProSpark, a B2B learning management system, has secured an undisclosed funding led by Indonesian VC firm Agaeti Ventures. Prasetia Dwidharma and angel investor Adi Adisaputro also participated in the round.
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ProSpark, which fosters capability building in organisations by bringing a distributed content marketplace and gamified engagement, will use the funds to expand its commercial footprint and strengthen its position in the market.
The company is also working on future plans for regional expansion.
The COVID-19 pandemic has allowed a fertile ground for edutech startups to flourish around the world. ProSpark aims to help any disrupted in-person learning and development ecosystem to be moved fully online and still potentially be rolled out as scheduled on a wider and standardised scale by focussing on human capital development.
OmniSci expands to Asia, names Joseph Lee as Global Sales Vice President
Singapore-based analytics startup OmniSci has announced its Asian expansion.
The firm has also hired Joseph Lee as Vice President of Global Sales, and Herfini Haryono as Vice President of Industry Verticals to further strengthen regional presence.
OmniSci’s new sales and field engineering team will provide complete local support for current and prospective enterprise, governmental, and academic customers.
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Initially focussed on Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and India, OmniSci’s Asia initiatives will be led by Lee. He has strong experience serving APAC markets and previously worked at Snow Software and Kinetica in Singapore.
Haryono has served as a CIO, CTO and Board Member of multiple technology companies throughout Indonesia, along with a Singapore-based field support team.
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