Browsing: venture capital

Southeast Asia’s (SEA) entrepreneurial landscape, backed by its flourishing technology startup ecosystem, is primed to experience significant activity and heightened investor interest. With Statistics Research projecting regional VC funding will reach US$13.7 billion in 2025 and Citigroup estimating Asian tech funding will expand by 10% this calendar year, SEA-based startups are poised to enter a vibrant new phase – empowered with new access to capital, talent, and global attention to scale solutions across industries.

The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) and the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), the emirate’s healthcare regulator, have formalised a strategic partnership with Hub71, the capital’s global tech ecosystem. The initiative aims to attract international venture capital (VC) and accelerate the development of HealthTech and life sciences startups within the newly established Health, Endurance, Longevity, and Medicine (HELM) cluster.

STEP Conference 2025, the premier tech festival in the Middle East, is set to take…