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# INFOGRAPHIC: Top Asian Startup Funding — Week 20, 2025
- URL: https://www.techloy.com/infographic-top-asian-startup-funding-week-20-2025/
- Published: 2025-05-16T10:28:16.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-16T10:28:16.000Z
- Description: These are the funding deals we tracked in the Asian region this week — featuring IKF Finance, Sirius Therapeutics, VFlowTech, Complement 1, Avammune, 1-India Family Mart, Hocco, Hyperbots, BrioHR, Biryani Blues, Rently, and ReelSaga.
- Author: Oluwaseun Bamisile
- Tags: / Startups, Tech in Asia, / Money

Asia’s startup and growth-stage funding surged to **$323.6 million** this week, spanning 12 deals in the fintech, biotech, AI, and consumer brands industries, reflecting the continent’s increasingly nuanced investment landscape.

India’s **IKF Finance** pulled in **$172 million** to expand its lending portfolio and deepen its reach among underserved communities, positioning itself as a key player in India’s rapidly growing non-banking finance space.

Biotech saw a major push as China’s **Sirius Therapeutics** raised **$50 million in a Series B2 round.** The company will use the fundsto advance its clinical pipeline for immune-related therapies and boost its regional footprint in Asia-Pacific.

In the cleantech sector, Singapore-based **VFlowTech** secured **$20.5 million in Series B funding** to scale up manufacturing of its vanadium redox flow batteries and push global deployments in grid-scale renewable energy storage.

On the AI front, India’s **Complement 1** closed an **oversubscribed $16 million seed round**, using the capital to expand its AI-native enterprise software platform, build out its team, and prepare for international scaling.

Meanwhile, **Avammune**, an Indian healthtech startup focused on AI-driven immunotherapy for autoimmune conditions, landed **$12 million in a Series A round** to accelerate R&D and move its treatments closer to clinical trials.

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Retail expansion continued as **1-India Family Mart** raised **$12 million in Series D funding** to grow its offline value store chain in India’s Tier 2 and 3 cities, enhance backend operations, and improve supply chain efficiency.

On the consumer product front, Indian ice cream brand **Hocco** secured **$10 million in Series B funding** to boost its manufacturing capacity and expand its nostalgic, regional product lines across metro markets.

AI-powered enterprise automation got a boost with Singapore’s **Hyperbots**, which raised **$6.5 million in Series A funding** to scale its smart workflow bots and enter the US market.

Also bringing in **$6.5 million in a Series A** was **BrioHR**, a Singapore-based HR tech platform aiming to digitize core HR operations, which plans to invest in product development and Southeast Asian expansion. 

In the fast-casual dining sector, an Indian biryani restaurant chain**, Biryani Blues**, closed **$5 million in pre-Series C funding** to ramp up outlet expansion and invest in cloud kitchen infrastructure to fuel national growth.

From Singapore, proptech startup **Rently** secured **$3 million in a pre-Series A round**, aiming to simplify the rental experience by improving property listings, virtual tours, and lease management for both agents and tenants.

Closing the week, Mumbai’s interactive entertainment startup **ReelSaga** raised **$2.1 million in seed funding** to develop its gamified storytelling platform and attract a new generation of creators and mobile-first audiences.

With funding flowing across every stage, this week showed that Asia’s startup ecosystem isn’t just thriving, it’s adapting and scaling with remarkable precision.