Dossier
startup funding
Coverage of startup funding in the Nexus archive.
- When all the capital lands in Singapore and goes nowhere else
In the first half of 2025, Singapore captured 92% of all startup funding in Southeast Asia, a region with nearly 700 million people. By January 2026, Singapore's share of the funding exceeded 96%, with fintech accounting for 88% of the region's funding.
- Polsia raised $30M; source map: fake ARR, dead users, god-mode over your company
Polsia, a startup, raised $30 million despite allegations of inflating metrics through fake ARR, dead user accounts, and 'god-mode' data manipulation. The article critiques the company's data integrity and business practices.