INFOGRAPHIC: Top Asian Startup Funding—Week 38, 2025
These are the funding deals we tracked in Asia this week—featuring Carro, FinBox, Ecosoul, Atomionics, Lucira, Pelocal, BeyondSquare Solutions, Pascal AI Labs, Epoch Protocol, and Supply6.
Asia’s startup ecosystem lit up this week with activity across marketplaces, deep tech, fintech, and consumer brands, raising a combined $152.6 million. India led the week in deal volume, while Singapore claimed some of the highest-value raises.
Leading the headlines, Carro, a Singapore-based online car marketplace, raised $60 million in a seed round to ramp up demand for Japanese cars across the Asia Pacific, further solidifying its position as a dominant player in regional auto commerce.
In fintech, India’s FinBox secured $40 million in a Series B round to build out AI-powered workflows, platforms, and solutions, reinforcing its vision to strengthen digital credit infrastructure.
Meanwhile, sustainability-driven Ecosoul, a homeware brand from India, raised $20 million in Series B funding to upgrade its manufacturing facilities across India and scale its retail footprint globally, targeting markets like the US, UK, Europe, and GCC.
On the deep tech front, Singapore’s Atomionics closed $12.7 million in a Pre-Series A round to accelerate the development of its quantum gravimetry sensors, technology critical for mineral exploration and resource mapping.
From India’s growing consumer and fintech ecosystem, Lucira, a lab-grown diamond jewelry company, secured $5.5 million in its first funding round to expand its physical stores, scale its workforce, and invest in marketing. Close behind, Pelocal, a fintech startup, raised $5 million in Series A funding to accelerate product improvements, expand use cases, and widen its market reach.
BeyondSquare Solutions, also from India, raised $4 million in Series A funding to strengthen its flagship financial reporting product, FinAlyzer, with more automation and compliance tools, aiming to expand into larger enterprise markets.
On the AI side, Pascal AI Labs, an Indian startup building AI tools for investment research, secured $3.1 million in seed funding to speed up product development, build crucial data partnerships, and enter the U.S. market. Meanwhile, Singapore’s Epoch Protocol raised $1.2 million to grow its engineering team and deepen Web3 partnerships as it develops its task organization platform.
Rounding off the week, Supply6, a direct-to-consumer nutrition brand from India, brought in $1.1 million in seed funding to expand its product range, conduct more clinical research, and introduce new lifestyle-friendly formats for its customers.
