Los Angeles and Taipei-based GoFreight, which provides software to freight forwarders for building a storefront and managing operations, raised a $23M Series A (Catherine Shu/TechCrunch)

Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen on building a supply chain software business, managing large customers, scaling the company, the shipping industry, and more  —  The Flexport CEO’s tweetstorm changed how a major US port moves your stuff  —  Ryan Petersen is currently the CEO of Flexport.

Jack Daleo / FreightWaves:
Loop, which uses AI to digitize shipping invoices and other logistics documents, raised $30M across a seed and a Series A from Founder’s Fund, Flexport, others  —  Company handled $1B in payment volume in its 1st year … Here’s a wild stat: Between 20% and 30% of all invoices today contain some form of exception or error.

Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
Singapore-based Pillow, which helps users in emerging markets save, spend, and invest in cryptocurrency, raised an $18M Series A led by Accel and Quona Capital  —  Pillow aspires to be an all-in-one platform that helps even newbie users save, spend and invest in crypto currency.

Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
Singapore-based Fazz, whose business accounts offer payment, savings, and credit features, raised a $100M Series C, including $75M in equity and $25M in debt  —  Fazz, the Southeast Asian digital financial services group created by the merger of PayFazz and Xfers, announced today that it has raised …

Reuters:
Canalys: China’s Q3 smartphone shipments fell 11% YoY to 70M; Vivo, Oppo, and Honor fell 23%, 27%, and 16% respectively, Apple rose 36% on iPhone 14 Pro demand  —  Smartphone shipments in China fell 11% year-on-year in Q3 2022, with privately-owned Vivo taking the top spot, research firm Canalys reported on Thursday.

Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
Singapore-based Osome, a “super app” for corporate services, raised a $25M Series B, after a $16M Series A in June 2021, and says it serves 11K+ companies  —  Osome is a financial admin platform that helps business owners with administrative tasks like payroll, accounting and tax reporting.