Key Asian RegTech investment stats in 2025:
- Asian RegTech deal activity fell by 18% YoY
- Indian companies secured 39% of Asian RegTech deals to dominate the region in 2025
- Protectt.ai, a leading Mobile Threat Defense (MTD) cybersecurity company focused on AI-powered mobile app and transaction security, closed one of Asia’s biggest RegTech deals of the year with an $8.8m Series A funding round
Asian RegTech deal activity fell by 18% YoY
In 2025, the Asian RegTech market continued to contract, with both funding and deal activity declining compared to the previous year.
The sector recorded 75 deals, representing an 18% decrease from the 91 deals completed in 2024.
Total funding fell to $163.9m, marking a significant 63% drop from the $440.3m raised in 2024.
This sustained downturn follows an even steeper correction from 2021 levels, when companies secured $3bn across 191 deals, highlighting a prolonged cooling in investor appetite and a more cautious funding environment across the region.
Indian companies secured 39% of Asian RegTech deals to dominate the region in 2025
India remained the leading RegTech market in Asia, completing 29 deals (39% share) in 2025, although this represents a 15% decline from the 34 deals recorded in 2024.
Japan ranked second with 13 deals (17% share), seeing a modest 7% drop from 14 deals in the previous year, while China also recorded 13 deals (17% share), reflecting a sharper 28% decrease from 18 deals in 2024.
Despite the overall reduction in deal volume, India strengthened its share of regional activity, while Japan and China maintained a stable presence within a contracting market.
Protectt.ai, a leading Mobile Threat Defense (MTD) cybersecurity company focused on AI-powered mobile app and transaction security, closed one of Asia’s biggest RegTech deals of the year with an $8.8m Series A funding round
The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners.
The capital will accelerate the company’s global expansion and fuel innovation in AI-driven security solutions that proactively defend mobile applications against fraud and cyber threats.
As a comprehensive compliance and cybersecurity platform, Protectt.ai enables continuous real-time monitoring of defence configurations, threat events, and security postures, ensuring seamless audits and adherence to evolving regulatory frameworks from bodies such as the RBI, SEBI, and NPCI.
The platform, already protecting over 300m smartphones and processing more than 2bn mobile app sessions monthly, prevents an estimated 200m fraud and cyber incidents each month across sectors including banking, insurance, FinTech, and government services.
With revenue growth over the past three years, Protectt.ai is redefining mobile RegTech by enabling always-on security, intelligent automation, and audit-ready compliance in an increasingly mobile-first digital economy.
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