INFOGRAPHIC: Top Asian Startup Funding—Week 27, 2025
These are the funding deals we tracked in Asia this week — featuring Zhipu AI, Jumbotail, Timah Partners, Infra.Market, AppsForBharat, Eggoz, Aukera, BetterYeah, FincFriends, Bambrew, AI Hay, and Eeki.
This week in Asia’s startup landscape, over $568 million in funding poured into sectors ranging from enterprise AI and agritech to religious apps and sustainable packaging. With significant activity in India, Vietnam, China, and Singapore, the region continues to attract capital across diverse verticals and growth stages.
China’s Zhipu AI led the week with a massive $140 million raise from Shanghai state-backed funds, aimed at boosting its enterprise AI capabilities ahead of a planned IPO.
In India, B2B grocery and retail platform Jumbotail secured $120 million. The Bengaluru-based company will use the funds to expand its fulfilment and logistics infrastructure and deepen its presence across Indian cities.
Meanwhile, Singapore-based Timah Partners raised $50 million in Series A funding to tackle one of Southeast Asia’s most overlooked challenges—SME succession planning.
Also raising $50 million, India’s Infra.Market secured debt funding to scale operations and meet growing demand in India’s booming infrastructure sector.
Two India-based startups closed identical $20 million Series C rounds. AppsForBharat, a spiritual-tech platform that builds devotional and well-being apps, will use the funds to improve its services in more than 20 temple towns across India. Meanwhile, Eggoz, a startup offering branded, farm-fresh eggs, will use its funds to expand distribution, enhance supply chain efficiency, and grow its rural farmer network.
Aukera, an Indian startup that makes jewellery using lab-grown diamonds, raised $15 million to open more stores, improve its products, and advertise. In China, BetterYeah, an enterprise AI development platform, raised $13.8 million in a Series B round to develop next-gen AI agent products.
Moving back to India, FincFriends, a digital lending platform, secured $11.5 million in debt funding to grow its business and launch new loan products. In the sustainability space, Bambrew, an Indian startup working on eco-friendly packaging using advanced materials, raised $10.3 million to scale its global supply chain and enter new international markets.
Vietnam’s AI Hay, an AI-powered knowledge discovery platform, raised $10 million in Series A funding to build more web-based features, create new products for both learning and entertainment, and develop AI companions.
Rounding off this week, Eeki, an agritech company based in India, raised $7 million to help grow its farm operations, improve research and development, and use more of its advanced Gen 3 Growing Chambers.
