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DG Daiwa Ventures (DGDV), a venture capital firm investing both domestically and internationally, has completed the final close of "DGDV Fund III E.L.P. Cayman", which targets seed and early-stage startups in Japan and abroad, at over 10 billion yen. Additionally, coinciding with the launch of Fund
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Habit Factory, a Seoul, South Korea-based AI-driven fintech company, has raised KRW 35 billion in Series D funding. The round was led by Z Venture Capital (ZVC) and Smilegate Investment, with participation from Industrial Bank of Korea, IBK Venture Investment, Kolon Investment, KB Investment, and Shinhan Venture Investment. Z Venture
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SBI Holdings, through its U.S. subsidiary SBI Holdings USA, has made an investment in the AI2 Incubator Fund III newly established by AI2 Incubator Partners, an AI incubator. This investment aims to capture global investment opportunities in the AI field and strengthen collaboration with startups possessing cutting-edge technology. AI2
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Sony Financial Ventures and Global Brain Corporation have established a new joint venture company through a co-investment. The rapidly changing environment has been requiring startups to accelerate business expansion, go global, and adopt sophisticated fundraising practice, causing more complex management issues. This has heightened expectations for investment partners who can
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Raise Financial Services, the innovative fintech company behind the popular stock trading and investing platform Dhan, has successfully concluded a significant Series B funding round, raising an impressive $120 million. This latest investment propels the Mumbai-based company into the coveted unicorn club, with a post-money valuation of $1.2 billion.
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Honest, Indonesia's fastest-growing credit card issuer, has closed an oversubscribed growth round led by Orico, bringing the company's total equity funding to $100 million. The round saw continued backing from XYZ Venture Capital, SV Pacific Ventures, and Village Global, alongside new participation from other leading U.
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Amid the rise of “agent commerce,” GMO Venture Partners have invested in Crossmint alongside Circle and other investors. Crossmint provides infrastructure that enables seamless integration of payments and remittances across both fiat currencies and stablecoins. Crossmint offers a unified API and wallet SDK that bridges fiat and stablecoins, allowing enterprises
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Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), alongside the Development Bank of Japan, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank as well as nine other Japanese companies, has invested in Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), a US-based start-up company in fusion space. This is the inaugural investment for SMBC in a fusion-related start-up company. The fusion
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Pointsville, a pioneering platform for digital asset infrastructure and loyalty, has completed its Series A funding round led by Valor Capital Group, with participation from an exceptional group of global investors and industry leaders. Backers include Tether, Itaú Unibanco's founding family, Nubank's co-founder, Temasek-backed Superscrypt, SNZ,
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MUFG Bank and MUFG Innovation Partners (MUIP), both consolidated subsidiaries of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), have made an investment in LayerX, a startup focused on equipping society with AI-centered software. MUFG Bank also signed a strategic partnership memorandum of understanding with LayerX to further deepen their collaborative relationship. MUIP’
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TransBnk has raised $25 million in its Series B funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Arkam Ventures, Fundamentum Partnership, 8i Ventures, Accion Venture Lab, and GMO Venture Partners. This milestone marks a significant step in TransBnk’s journey to reshape the foundations of digital transaction banking.
mergers & acquisitions
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, its consolidated subsidiary MUFG Bank, WealthNavi, a consolidated subsidiary of MUFG Bank, and shareholders of Moneytree have entered into a stock transfer agreement dated July 31, 2025, and as August 29, 2025, MUFG Bank has acquired the issued shares of Moneytree. As a result, Moneytree will