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WaHome Raises $1M in Seed Funding

WaHome, a Seoul, Korea-based on-demand home cleaning service, raised $1m in seed funding. Backers included Mashup Angels, Sparklabs Global Ventures, Fast Track Asia, Gabriel...

Althea Raises Seed Funding from 500 Startups

Althea, a Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia-based ecommerce platform selling Korean beauty products, raised seed funding from 500 Startups. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. The...

FiscalNote Acquires MyCandidate

FiscalNote, a Washington, DC-based provider of a real-time legal analytics platform that tracks, analyzes and forecasts legal and policy data, acquired MyCandidate, a mobile...

Netmarble Games Invests $130M in SGN

Netmarble Games, a South Korean mobile games publisher, invested $130 million in SGN, a U.S. mobile games studio. With this investment, Netmarble will become the...

MangoPlate Closes $6.1M Funding Round

MangoPlate, a South Korean restaurant discovery service, closed an additional $6.1m funding round. Backers included Qualcomm Incorporated, through its venture investment group, Qualcomm Ventures, as...

Tumblbug Raises over US$1.5M in Series A Funding

Tumblbug, a Seoul, South Korea-based crowdfunding platform for independent creators, raised 1.7bn KRW (just over US$1.5m) in Series A funding. The round was led by...

Coupang Receives $1BN in Funding

Coupang, a Seoul, Korea-based e-commerce company, received $1billion in funding. SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO:9984) made the investment via a subsidiary of SoftBank. The transaction, which is expected to close...

Noom Completes $16.15M Series B Funding

Noom, Inc., a New York City, Berlin, Germany- Seoul, Korea and Tokyo, Japan-based mobile health company, completed a $16.15m Series B funding. The round was...

Dual Aperture International Receives USD$1.4M Investment SK Telecom

Dual Aperture International (DAI), a Seoul, Korea-based new smart camera technology startup, received a USD$1.4m investment. SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM, KSE: 017670) made the investment...

Memebox Raises $29.35M in Funding

Memebox, a San Francisco, CA-based beauty e-commerce platform, raised $29.35m in funding. Backers included Formation 8, Goodwater Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, Pejman Mar Ventures, Y...

MangoPlate Raises Seed Funding

MangoPlate, a South Korean restaurant search and discovery mobile app, raised seed funding from SparkLabs Global Ventures. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. Founded...

Coupang Raises $300M in Financing

Coupang, a Seoul, Korea-based online retailer, raised $300m in financing. The round was led by BlackRock Private Equity Partners, with participation from Wellington Management Company,...

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