Tags archive: Idia Aisien

How to land startup funding from real estate giant Brookfield, which manages $600 billion in assets February 26, 2021
There are big investment firms, and then there are big investment firms. Brookfield Asset Management, the Toronto-based,122-year-old outfit whose current market cap is $63 billion and that oversees $600 billion in assets, clearly falls into the latter camp. Think real estate, infrastructure, renewable power, private equity, and credit. If it falls into a defined asset […]
Connie Loizos
Singapore-based Raena gets $9M Series A for its pivot to skincare and beauty-focused social commerce February 26, 2021
Raena was founded in 2019 to create personal care brands with top social media influencers. After several launches, however, the Singapore-based startup noticed an interesting trend: customers were ordering batches of products from Raena every week and reselling them on social media and e-commerce platforms like Shopee and Tokopedia. Last year, the company decided to […]
Catherine Shu