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Nexl News: July Edition

Welcome to Nexl News, your monthly dose of inspiration and innovation for law firms, legal marketers, and business development teams! This month dive into the current state of law firm pricing and the evolution of event management in law firms!

August 2, 2024

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CloudEats's Co-Founder and CEO Kimberly Yao was nominated in this year's Global Women Asia Fellow

Global Women Asia is pleased to announce the 2024 Class of Women in STEM Fellows! Building on the success of the Global Women Asia in Sustainability Fellowship in 2023, this year’s 16 fellows come from 16 major locales throughout East Asia, Southeast Asia, Central and South Asia, the Middle East, the UK, and the US.

July 28, 2024

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Avarni: How AI Is Used for Carbon Accounting in the Supply Chain

Avarni's Co-Founder and Co-CEO Misha Cajic was recently interviwed by Thomas Randall from Info-Tech Research Group

July 25, 2024

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Cyabra set to go public via Trailblazer SPAC merger

Cyabra Strategy Ltd., a firm specializing in AI tools to counter disinformation, has announced a definitive merger agreement with Trailblazer Merger Corporation I, a special purpose acquisition company. This business combination, expected to close in the first quarter of 2025, is set to result in Cyabra being publicly listed on NASDAQ.

July 23, 2024

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Ampverse DMI Partners with Orangutan in Multi-Year Deal; College Rivals BGMI Champions to Join Exclusive Roster

Reading Time: 2 minutes College Rivals find, Sahil Nagpal gets dream pro debut with Rivals Ape X team India’s largest Collegiate Esports and Gaming IP, College Rivals, owned by Ampverse DMI, has forged a strategic alliance with Orangutan, a leading esports organization in India.

July 22, 2024

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Jigspace secures VC funding from Investible, Breakthrough Victoria and others, following Australian Launch of the Apple Vision Pro

Co-founded by Numa Bertron and Zac Duff in 2017, JigSpace is used to create immersive product demonstrations to help engineers, sales teams and trainers ‘bring to life’ complex, static computer-aided 3D designs for their customers.

July 15, 2024

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Trip.com picks minority stake in Vietnam's co-living operator M Village

Vietnam-based co-living startup M Village has secured fresh funding in a Series B round from a subsidiary of Chinese online travel giant Trip.com (formerly Ctrip).

July 12, 2024

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Thoughtfull is named by Tracxn as top Health Tech SaaS startup in Malaysia

SaaS-based digital mental health solutions for employees, individuals, and insurers. The company has developed a digital platform that allows organizations to assist employees with mental health management.

July 9, 2024

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BetterPlace's Rajesh Warrier, Head of Finanace, on "Building a Strong Compliance Strategy: CFOs' Biggest Challenge?

Our panelists discuss the critical importance of a robust compliance strategy and explore actionable steps for organizations.

June 30, 2024

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Despite string of recent failures, investors keep the faith in Vietnam's tech startups

Check out insights from Vulpes Ventures on the Vietnam startup ecosystem and its bright future ahead. Despite a challenging tech landscape in 2022/2023, positive macro trends are setting the stage for growth in Vietnam.

July 19, 2024

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Global Invest Her Podcast: Field Pickering

Exciting Podcast Alert! Join us on the latest hashtag#InvestHerPodcast with Field Pickering from Vulpes Ventures in an episode of "Trailblazing VC Funding in Singapore and Investing in Women Founders. ✨ Discover how gender diversity 🚺 is reshaping the venture capital landscape in Singapore and beyond 🌍 Gain valuable insights and advice for women entrepreneurs 🙌🏻

February 5, 2024

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SG's Vulpes Ventures looks to launch new fund this year focusing on gender lens investing

Vulpes Ventures, the venture capital arm of Singapore-based Vulpes Investment Management Pte Ltd, is planning to launch a new fund this year to back female founders, according to top executive.

January 18, 2024

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20 largest exits in Singapore

TechinAsia listed the top 20 venture exits of all time in Singapore and Vulpes was an investor in 2 of the top 7 Exits.

November 14, 2023

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These are the most active investors in Vietnam’s startups

Vulpes Ventures named as one of the most active investors in Vietnam’s startups by Tech in Asia

April 23, 2023

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These are the most active investors in Southeast Asia’s startups

Tech in Asia names Vulpes Ventures as one of the most active investors in Southeast Asia's Startups.

April 17, 2023

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SG's Vulpes launches new SE Asia & Australia-focused funds, seeks to raise $50m.

Singapore-based fund manager Vulpes Investment Management has launched a new fund aimed at primary and secondary investments in South East Asia and Australia.

September 22, 2021

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SG’s Vulpes launches COVID-19 fund, ropes in PropertyGuru co-founder as venture partner

Singapore-based fund manager Vulpes Investment Management is launching a special opportunities…

June 10, 2020

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Money and Me: Special Opportunities COVID-19 Fund

Vulpes, a venture investment firm has launched a special opportunities…

July 24, 2020

Founder Series: M Village

The next instalment features Nguyen Hai Ninh, Founder and CEO of M Village - a boutique hospitality startup in Vietnam that integrates technology to deliver high-quality, culturally immersive accommodations, combining modern convenience with local charm.

August 26, 2024

Founder Series: Pollen

The next instalment features Liyana Sulaiman and David Ng, Co-Founders of Pollen - Pollen is your liquidation operating system & AI co-pilot for aged, unsold, obsolete inventory.

Venturing Forward: Perspectives on the Australia/ New Zealand VC Scene in 2024

Excited to share insights from our deep dive into the Aus/NZ VC scene with Hugh Bickerstaff, former CIO of Investible! We explored macro trends and celebrated the success of Vulpes' portfolio gems like Sharesies, JigSpace, and Avani. Plus, we discussed the importance of embracing gender-diverse teams.

February 22, 2024

Founder Series: Tigerhall

In this instalment of Founder Series, we feature Nellie Wartoft, CEO and Founder of Tigerhall - a leading social learning platform that displaces LMS tools.

December 13, 2023

Founder Series: CloudEats

Vulpes Ventures’ Founder Series provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the journey of our founders as individuals. We kick off the series with Kimberly Yao and Iacopo Rovere, founders of CloudEats

November 1, 2022

Learnings from Launching a Venture Capital Fund in S.E. Asia at the Height of COVID-19

Hugh Bickerstaff gives us insights into putting together a S.E. Asian fund with Vulpes Ventures at the height of the pandemic.

February 17, 2021

Entrepreneurs are Not Born, They’re Bred.

Steve Melhuish’s Journey to Building a Real Estate Tech Unicorn

November 13, 2020

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Capital SEA: Southeast Asia’s funding landscape

Tech in Asia recaps funding trends over the last 12 months. Singaporean and Indonesian startups led the charge with $5.7 billion and $2.5 billion raised in the last 12 months

June 3, 2023

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Tech layoffs: Smaller companies still hiring top talent as tech giants cut jobs

While layoffs continue among tech giants, smaller companies are quick to snap up "top tech talent".

April 25, 2023

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The Fintech Funding Crunch In 4 Charts

Few sectors illustrate the massive runup in venture funding that occurred in 2021 as well as financial services and the fintech industry.

April 24, 2023

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Asia Venture Capital: The Road Ahead 2023

After a period of record global deal activity in 2021, the venture capital market took a step back in 2022 with a number of financial sponsors pressing pause on investments. Asia was no exception to the challenging venture capital market last year.

April 18, 2023

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At just 2.1% of all VC investment, funding for women remains ‘meh’ in Q1 2023

April 14, 2023

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Vietnam pledges to solve 'pain points' for tech startups and VCs

Easier regulations are on the horizon, Vietnam has told technology startups and investors, in contrast to the red tape that has grown amid the country's widening crackdown on corruption.

April 6, 2023

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Inside the Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

March 14, 2023

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Rising interest rates are putting VCs back in their lanes

Amid the Silicon Valley Bank-led chaos of the last few days, Y Combinator made an intriguing announcement: It’s pivoting away from late-stage investing. It won’t be the last venture group to pull back from an expansion of its traditional investing remit.

March 14, 2023

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SE Asia’s female-founded startups bag fewer dollars in 2022, receive 12.6% of total capital

March 9, 2023