Solar deeptech firm Quantified Energy has secured additional strategic investment from ADB Ventures and Beacon Venture Capital, while Save the Children Global Ventures has made an equity investment in digital health platform PrimaKu.
ADB Ventures, Beacon Venture Capital invest in Quantified Energy
Singapore-based Quantified Energy (QE) has secured an additional strategic investment from ADB Ventures, the venture capital arm of the Asian Development Bank; and Beacon Venture Capital, the CVC arm of Thailand’s KASIKORNBANK, bringing its total Series A raise to $6 million.
ADB Ventures and Beacon VC joined existing investor Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, which led the initial round announced earlier in May.
The capital will be utilised to accelerate the deployment of QE’s autonomous drone electroluminescence (EL) mapping and AI analytics platform into the quality assurance and control workflows of large solar power installations.
The technology acts as a precision diagnostic “X-ray” for solar modules, detecting internal defects invisible to conventional inspection methods and helping asset owners, insurers, and financiers assess and mitigate long-term performance risks over typical 25–30-year lifecycles.
Dr Yan Wang, CEO of Quantified Energy, said the fresh capital will fast-track global adoption of rigorous, data-driven standards for solar asset transparency and trustworthiness, turning quality assurance into a foundation of bankability.
Save the Children’s impact investment arm backs PrimaKu
Save the Children Global Ventures (SCGV), the impact investing arm of international child-rights organisation Save the Children, has made a strategic equity investment of $500k in Indonesian digital health platform PrimaKu, sourced equally from SCGV’s Australia Fund and its Children’s Impact Multiplier Fund.
The investment will support PrimaKu’s efforts to expand its user base and strengthen its technology-enabled services aimed at improving child health outcomes—particularly by boosting routine vaccinations and combating malnutrition and stunting in young children.
SCGV said it plans to participate in PrimaKu’s Series A round through its forthcoming Asia Health Fund, aiming to launch in 2026 with typical ticket sizes of about $1-2 million.
PrimaKu leverages digital tools to connect parents with paediatricians and healthcare providers, delivering vaccination reminders, nutritional guidance, and other child health support. The platform currently has about 1.5 million registered parents, partnerships with over 5,000 paediatricians, and ties to roughly 1,500 clinics across Indonesia.
SCGV noted that children using PrimaKu are more than three times as likely to complete their routine vaccinations compared with non-users, and about 96% of registered children avoid malnutrition.
A large share of PrimaKu’s current users are on Java, and SCGV expects the partnership with Save the Children Indonesia’s community health programmes to deepen reach in underserved and hard-to-reach rural areas where health access is limited.
