Daily Brief Private Markets: Antler Joins SaaS Insurtech Platform CHOYS’s US$1.1M Seed Round and more

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Antler Joins SaaS Insurtech Platform CHOYS’s US$1.1M Seed Round

CHOYS, a SaaS insurtech platform for corporate employees in Southeast Asia, has closed a US$1.1 million seed funding round with investors, including Wing Vasiksiri, Foremast, Antler, and Fintech Nation Fund.
The company will use the money for its go-to-market strategy across Southeast Asia and to bolster its product development initiatives.
Founded by Sharon Li and Vanessa Chen, CHOYS aims to make work life more meaningful and humanised.

PrimaKu was born in 2017 out of a vision to overcome childhood stunting problems in Indonesia, according to Muhammad Aditriya Indraputra, its co-founder and CEO.
Six years later, it has evolved into a full-stack digital platform for all parenting needs. The startup has just secured an undisclosed amount in pre-series A funding round led by Northstar Group and AppWorks.
Other participating investors include BRI Ventures and BIG Ventures.

PasarMIKRO, a fintech company focussing on smallholder farmers, fishermen, and traders in Indonesia, has raised an undisclosed amount in funding from German finance company DEG and Ceniarth, a single-family office dedicated to impact-first investing.
This funding comes off the back of the startup’s seed round in November 2022, led by Trihill Capital, with participation from 1982 Ventures, Genting Ventures, Resolution Ventures, Gayo Capital, and Rabo Foundation.
It will utilise the investment to expand its trade and trade finance service offerings and strengthen its network of smallholder farmers, fishermen, and traders.

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