February 3, 2021
Bot MD Raises US$5M Series A for Regional Expansion of Doctor Facing A.I. Assistant Platform by Monk’s Hill Ventures

Existing and new investors include SeaX, XA Network and SGInnovate, healthcare industry veterans Yoh-Chie Lu and Jean-Luc Butel, and Silicon Valley notable Steve Blank.

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January 30, 2021
ELSA Raises $15 Million For Global Expansion Of Its AI English Pronunciation Assistant

With funding co-led by Asia-based firms VIG & SIG, company to invest in full-scale B2B expansion.

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January 11, 2021
The Future of App Engagement is in the Feed Flow AI

Using algorithms to drive user engagements is fairly run-of-the-mill for tech companies today. If you look at Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Bigo Live, you’ll see that they share a common feature: a personalized feed.

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December 16, 2020
Singapore is poised to become Asia’s Silicon Valley

Long established as a global financial center, Singapore also looks set to become the “Silicon Valley of Asia.”

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December 7, 2020
Three Things Learned from Investing in Southeast Asia During the Pandemic

Before the year 2020 took us for a surprise turn, venture capital firms were seeing unprecedented growth in Southeast Asia. Venture capital firms raised a record amount of $3.5 billion in 2019, an increase of 75% from the year before, according to news reports.

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November 4, 2020
Our Investment in Logisly: Reinventing Logistics for Shippers and Transporters

Imagine a $100 billion-plus industry running entirely on phone calls and text messages. This is essentially the state of the trucking industry in Indonesia today.

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November 3, 2020
B2B Tech-Enabled Logistics Platform Logisly Raises US$6 Million in Series A Round led by Monk’s Hill Ventures

The funding will be used to scale Logisly’s operations in Indonesia, by growing their sales and vendor acquisition teams to strengthen its network of shippers and transporters and product development.

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October 29, 2020
Anti-Usage Products: The Next Generation of SaaS Products

"Hey Gabriel, why did you fill in N/A for Weekly Active Users in your investor report?" "Oh, we are not tracking it." "Wait, what? Why?"

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October 20, 2020
Advice for Founders in Southeast Asia: 3 Tips on How To Work With VCs to Create Winning Teams and Companies

The past five years have been a story of optimism for Southeast Asia’s tech investments scene.

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October 16, 2020
ION Mobility Raises US$3.3 Million Seed Round to Launch Smart Electric Motorbikes

ION Mobility aims to convert the 200+ million motorcycle users in Southeast Asia from petrol to electric to drive a sustainable future.

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October 14, 2020
Investing in GoGet

Today, we welcome GoGet, an on-demand workforce and job platform, to the MHV family and we can’t be more pleased to be working with the founders Francesca Chia and Fung Wei Tai.

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October 13, 2020
GoGet Raises US$2M Series A to Scale On-Demand Workforce Platform Led by Monk’s Hill Ventures

The funding will be used to scale GoGet’s services in Malaysia through product development, building and expanding its product and technology teams.

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October 7, 2020
iVS Launches Programmatic In-Stream Video Marketplace and Expands in Southeast Asia with New Senior Hires

Off the back of increasing advertiser demand, iVS launches the first in-stream video marketplace in Southeast Asia.

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September 29, 2020
Travel Experiences Platform KKday Raises $75 Million for Series C

KKday, the leading travel experiences platform in Asia, today announced the close of a USD$75 million Series C funding.

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July 16, 2020
The New MHV Website is Now Live!

We’re very excited to launch our new website! After months of hard work, we’re proud of the final result – an intuitive, informative, and content-rich platform. This initiative was undoubtedly a team effort that everyone at Monk’s Hill Ventures (MHV) contributed to.

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