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theAsianparent bags funding from SCB 10X - the venture capital arm of Siam Commercial Bank. theAsianparent plans to work with SCB 10X to improve financial literacy among young families in Thailand. This includes providing curated financial information and analysis that will assist parents to make informed decisions on household financial matters such as children's education and rainy-day funds.

SCB 10X's investment closes the parenting community platform's Series C round, which also saw other investors including Fosun International, JD.com, Vertex Ventures, ATM Capital, Redbadge Pacific, Mirae Asset Financial Group and Naver Corporation.

This Mother’s Day, the Obama Foundation was inspired by the incredible moms in their global network of leaders who are not only changing their communities, but raising the next generation of changemakers.

One of those leaders is Roshni Mahtani from Singapore.

In just a decade, Roshni Mahtani, has achieved what many can only dream of – a successful tech media company that is taking a leap into the world of e-commerce. Starting off as a platform for parents to talk about ‘real’ parental issues and not mundane discussions on blues and pinks, she has now set her sights on making a dominant e-commerce player in this space.

TheAsianparent, a Singapore-based parenting community, has launched its VIP Parents (VIPP) platform to enable brands to engage directly with its “most vocal and influential” members.

With the parenting community management platform, marketers can tap into the current VIPP base of over 40,000 parents who can participate in surveys or polls, create content, review their products, and attend brand events, as well as be onboarded as official brand ambassadors.