<article>Taiwanese firm Appier has closed a $19.5 million Series B investment while <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.lignarlabs.com" target="_blank">Lignar Labs</a> has forged a partnership with <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.tnb.vc/" target="_blank">TNB Ventures</a> to support startups in domains specific to environment protection.</article>

Taiwanese firm Appier has closed a $19.5 million Series B investment while <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.lignarlabs.com" target="_blank">Lignar Labs</a> has forged a partnership with <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.tnb.vc/" target="_blank">TNB Ventures</a> to support startups in domains specific to environment protection.
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Appier closes $19.5m Series B</h3>
Taiwanese artificial intelligence (AI) startup <a href="http://www.dealstreetasia.com/tag/appier/" target="_blank">Appier</a>, has closed a $19.5 million Series B investment, brining aggregate equity financing raised to $48.5 million. Investors included Temasek Holdings&#8217;s North Asia-oriented private equity arm <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.dealstreetasia.com/tag/pavilion-capital/" target="_blank">Pavilion Capital International</a> as well as <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.dealstreetasia.com/tag/wi-harper-group/" target="_blank">WI Harper Group</a>, <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://dealstreetasia.com/tag/firstfloor-capital" target="_blank">FirstFloor Capital</a>, and <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.dealstreetasia.com/tag/qualgro/" target="_blank">Qualgro</a>.
Appier claims over 500 client across Asia, including companies like ride hailing service Grab, Naruko and Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces.
The company develops technology that helps enterprise users analyse how people interact with multiple screens. The proceeds from the latest investment will be used to financed the development of Appier’s AI-powered technology, support hiring and pursue international expansion in Asia.
It announced the pilot launch of its Aixon Platform &#8211; that advances the development of AI-powered business intelligence tools &#8211;  in Taiwan, Japan and Singapore.
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Lignar Labs partners TNB Ventures</h3>
<a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.lignarlabs.com" target="_blank">Lignar Labs</a> has forged a partnership with <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.tnb.vc/" target="_blank">TNB Ventures</a> to support startups in environment protection, pollution control and energy efficiency.
“The environment defines how well we live. The emerging frontier technologies can add ‘smartness’ to the environment to better respond to our needs, and has the potential to generate quantum leap improvement affecting billions.” said Michael Yap, Founder of TNB. 
Besides support through facilities, infrastructure and technical perks, selected startups will work with Lignar labs, tapping into their access to market insights, expert resources and go-to-market networks. Lignar and TNB will co-fund and support selected technology startups. 
Tan Wee Kay, founder and CEO of <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.lignar.com/" target="_blank">Lignar Engineering Pte Ltd</a> and the Lignar Group of Companies adds, &#8220;Lignar Group believes that TNB is a natural choice given their Asia focus and proven expertise in building awesome startups. This brings about the right synergies for both Lignar Labs, TNB and their partners to unearth new cleantech startups, towards investments and eventually successful monetisation.&#8221;
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Taiwan's Appier has closed a $19.5m Series B investment and Indian startup Coutloot has received a $40k grant from FbStart.

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