Southeast Asia Startup Funding H1 2026 raises $7.25B, driven by DayOne’s $4.5B Series C. Venture-backed companies completed 217 deals, the fewest since 2018.
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Funding total $7.25 billion across 217 transactions.
DayOne’s $4.5 billion Series C round lifted overall funding.
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- Southeast Asia Startup Funding: Half Year 2026 - Linked page
Ripplr builds automated distribution for kirana stores
Ripplr built an automated distribution backbone that connects enterprise consumer brands directly with India's kirana stores. The system replaces manual trade practices with a proprietary data platform covering order routing, real-time corporate office tracking, credit collections and warehouse operations.
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200x growth phase during early COVID-19 lockdowns.
Operates across over 10 million General Trade retail outlets.
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- 3one4capital.com - Linked in the post
Hyundai Motor Group NVDA NemoClaw, OpenShell
Hyundai Motor Group explores NVDA NemoClaw blueprints and OpenShell runtime for agentic AI development. AIM Intelligence integrates Starfort with OpenShell, and LG AI Research opens API for K-EXAONE-2.5 trained on Nemotron data.
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AIM Intelligence integrates Starfort platform with NVDA OpenShell to combine runtime controls and malicious instruction detection.
LG AI Research opens API access for K-EXAONE-2.5 model trained on NVDA Nemotron datasets including Korean persona data.
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Swiss National Cleantech Startup Team heads to Munich roadshow
Swiss National Cleantech Startup Team is traveling to Munich for the Venture Leaders Cleantech 2026 roadshow, bringing ten Swiss startups. The week includes pitching, networking and investor meetings.
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Ten startups: Divea, GraphEnergyTech, kuafu, New Generation Tanks, PeelPack, ProSeed Ingredients, Sixteen44, Thermal Transformer, Winduction, Windworks.
Venture Leaders Cleantech organized by Venturelab; supported by Axpo, EPFL, ETH, Helbling Technik, Rentsch Partner, Swiss Champions Fund, EtatdeVaud, VISCHER Law.
