INFOGRAPHIC: Top Asian Startup Funding—Week 30, 2025
These are the funding deals we tracked in Asia this week—featuring Farizon, BrioHealth Solutions, Gupshup, IndiQube, Composio, OKXE, Chocolate Finance, Kluisz.ai, Respiree, EduFund, Escape Plan, iTuring.ai, Olto, and Pristyn Care.
Asia’s startup ecosystem witnessed a robust surge this week, with over $625 million raised across sectors such as energy vehicles, artificial intelligence, fintech, healthtech, and education.
The biggest raise of the week came from Farizon, the new energy commercial vehicle division of Geely, one of China’s top automakers. Farizon secured $200 million to supercharge the research, development, and manufacturing of its innovative methanol-hydrogen electric vehicle unit, aiming to lead the next frontier of clean logistics.
Also in China, BrioHealth Solutions, a medical devices startup, landed $100 million to expand internationally, ramp up product innovation, and double down on R&D.
In India, Gupshup, a leader in conversational AI, secured over $60 million in a mix of equity and debt. The fresh capital will help the company scale its AI agents, strengthen go-to-market execution, and expand deeper into key markets like the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa.
Meanwhile, Indian managed workspace provider IndiQube raised $44 million in equity from anchor investors ahead of its anticipated $81 million IPO. The capital will go toward expanding its premium co-working spaces and upgrading its technology platforms.
In the AI space, Bengaluru-based Composio, an agentic AI platform, raised $25 million in Series A to expand its engineering and research teams. On the other hand, Vietnam’s used motorcycle platform OKXE closed a $14.5 million Series A round to expand its directly managed stores in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, streamlining the second-hand two-wheeler buying experience with digital tools and financing options.
Singapore’s Chocolate Finance, a fintech startup focused on wealth building, raised $15 million in Series A+ funding to support its expansion across Southeast Asia.
In India’s deeptech ecosystem, Kluisz.ai raised $9.6 million in a seed round to scale its core engineering team in Bengaluru and bring its privacy-first AI infrastructure to early enterprise partners. Singapore-based healthtech startup Respiree closed $11.6 million in Series A funding to scale its U.S. presence.
On the edtech front, EduFund, based in India, secured $6 million in Series A funding to launch a new AI-powered advisory platform for students and parents navigating the cost of higher education.
In consumer tech, Escape Plan, a lifestyle and travel startup from India, raised $5 million in seed funding to launch more products, enhance its brand partnerships, and grow its fast-delivery logistics.
iTuring.ai, an AI/ML platform tailored for the BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance) sector, raised $5 million in Series A funding to roll out its zero-code solution that enables banks and insurers to build and deploy models with minimal engineering.
India’s Olto, which uses AI to auto-generate product demos, raised $5.1 million to build new tools, expand its customer base, and scale its sales and marketing efforts.
Closing out the week, Pristyn Care, an Indian surgery-focused hospital chain, raised $4 million as part of a larger round to support the expansion of its owned hospitals, enhance patient care delivery, and scale its operational tech stack.
