When Vietnam-based agritech firm TechCoop dropped news of its US$70 million series A raise in February, eyebrows went up — after all, peers like eFishery and TaniHub hit rough waters recently. But investors appear to be rallying behind the three-year-old startup, which was founded in 2022 by Hao Diep, a…
An AI bonanza is in full swing in Southeast Asia, and everyone’s trying to strike while the iron’s hot. It’s WAY cheaper to build and operate in the region compared to North America or Europe, thanks to lower land, labor and energy costs. For example, the electricity prices for business…
In this latest episode of Applying Ai with Capria Kevin Hausburg, Co-founder and CEO of wagely shares his thoughts with our COO Sandhya Thukaram on how companies can leverage GenAI to build unique experiences for their customers and democratize access to financial services to make lives more secure.
LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION! We are back with the latest episode of SPOTLIGHT, where we catch up with Kevin Hausburg, the founder and CEO of wagely, a financial wellness platform that offers blue-collar workers access to their earned wage before payday. Kevin shares how wagely is now servicing more than 500,000…
Wagely, a fintech out of Indonesia, made a name for itself with earned wage access: a way for workers in Southeast Asian countries to get advances on their salaries without resorting to higher-interest loans. With half a million people now using the platform, the startup has expanded that business into…
Jakarta/Dhaka, March 4, 2024 – wagely, Asia’s leading financial wellbeing platform for workers, has secured USD 23 million in a new funding round. The funding round comprises a mix of equity and debt financing. Capria Ventures, a Global South specialist venture capital firm investing in applied Generative AI, led the…
Welcome to another episode of Applying AI with Capria! Unlock the power of AI in Fintech in this conversation with our COO Sandhya Thukaram and Dima Djani, Group CEO of ALAMI, the world’s first Sharia challenger bank. In this episode Dima discusses how: Generative AI can help increase financial literacy…
We are back with the latest episode of SPOTLIGHT, where we catch up with Dima Djani, the founder and CEO of ALAMI, the world’s first sharia challenger bank based in Indonesia. Dima shares how ALAMI has disbursed over 50 million USD equivalent in Indonesian rupiah to more than 5000 SMEs….
Which startups are on the path to becoming the next big thing? One way to tell would be to check when they’ve raised a new round. Using Tech in Asia data, we’ve generated a list of startups in Indonesia that have recently raised funding. The constantly updated list only covers companies up…
Dave Richards, Managing Partner at Capria Ventures, has extensive experience in tech startups and global investments, particularly in emerging markets. In the latest episode Dave Richards, Managing Partner at Capria Ventures discusses how: Microfinance is now a profitable business, serving people who previously lacked access to banking and capital. Job…
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Unitus Ventures, a leading venture capital firm in India, is joining forces with its US affiliate Capria Ventures, a Global South specialist, to operate with a unified global strategy under a single brand, Capria Ventures.
