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Daily Brief Private Markets: Wealth Management Startup Kristal.AI Nets US$10M Funding and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Wealth Management Startup Kristal.AI Nets US$10M Funding, Expanding into UAE
  • Ayurveda Tech Startup NirogStreet Raises US$12M to Strengthen Supply Chain
  • Indonesia’s Hangry Posts 2.5x Revenue Jump in 2022
  • Vietnamese Electric Bike Firm Secures $8m from Jungle Ventures, Others

Wealth Management Startup Kristal.AI Nets US$10M Funding, Expanding into UAE

By e27

  • Kristal.AI, a private wealth management platform, has secured over US$10 million in its pre-series B round of investment.
  • Kristal.AI will use the new capital for expansion into new markets and driving product and platform innovation.
  • Established in 2016, Kristal is a digital-first private wealth advisory and fund management group serving mass-affluent clients globally.

Ayurveda Tech Startup NirogStreet Raises US$12M to Strengthen Supply Chain

By e27

  • NirogStreet, an Ayurveda tech startup based in Delhi, India, has received US$12 million in a Series B round of funding led by Jungle Ventures.
  • With technology-based interventions, NirogStreet enables doctors by giving technology to run their clinic, access to quality medicines inventory in real-time, and avenues to learn and earn while also closely working with the government, regulators, and research organisations.

  • It has over 50,000 Ayurvedic doctors in the community and encourages them to create and publish case studies and research reports to bring evidence-based treatment similar to modern medicine.


Indonesia’s Hangry Posts 2.5x Revenue Jump in 2022

By Tech in Asia

  • Hangry, an Indonesia-based culinary startup, said it posted a 2.5x revenue growth between January to October 2022 compared to its revenue last year.
  • At its third birthday event earlier this week, the firm’s president, Andreas Resha, said that he felt fortunate that Hangry was in a business that caters to a primary need: food.
  • That’s why demand for its product is “still strong,” he said, despite current macroeconomic disruptions pushing many tech startups to lay off employees.

Vietnamese Electric Bike Firm Secures $8m from Jungle Ventures, Others

By Tech in Asia

  • Dat Bike, a Vietnam-based electric motorbike startup, has raised US$8 million in a funding round.
  • The deal pushes the total funding Dat Bike has raised to date to US$16.5 million.

  • Founded in 2019, Dat Bike said that its electric motorcycles have 4x the range (200 kilometers versus 50 kilometers) and faster charging time (3 hours versus 6 hours) compared to most alternatives.

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