Alibaba’s Qwen powers AI Singapore’s latest LLM to strengthen multilingual performance in Southeast Asia
Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence firm of Alibaba Group, announced Monday its support for the release of Qwen-SEA-LION-v4, the latest version of a large…
Funding Societies Thailand joins NCB to strengthen SME access to finance
FS Capital, direct lending arm of Funding Societies, one of Southeast Asia’s largest digital financing platforms for small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs), has officially…
Philippine fintech firm Higala closes $4M seed fund
Talino Venture Studios, Chemonics International, Kadan Capital, Tenco Capital, and 1982 Ventures have closed Higala’s seed funding round to $4 million, amplifying its abilities to…
Gobi Partners expands to Japan with JR East’s TAKANAWA GATEWAY Link Scholars’ Hub
Gobi Partners, one of Asia’s most active venture capital firms, has entered Japan through JR East’s TAKANAWA GATEWAY Link Scholars’ Hub (LiSH) as a Global Network Partner, marking…
Beyond AI: The quantum era has begun
The quantum era is not defined by dramatic breakthroughs alone. It is emerging through careful engineering, long-term investment, and collaboration between scientists, engineers,…
E-commerce continues to drive Malaysia’s digital economy with $227B in revenue for first three quarters of 2025
Malaysia’s e-commerce revenue for the first nine months of 2025 reached MYR 937.5 billion ($226.67 billion U.S. dollars), an increase of 1.9 percent compared to the same period in…
MUFG extends $36M working capital facility to Carsome Capital
MUFG Bank (Malaysia) Berhad, a subsidiary of global financial institution, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG), has extended a new revolving working capital facility…
HSBC Malaysia grants its first social loan to CapBay to support the growth of SMEs in Malaysia
HSBC Malaysia has recently provided its first social loan facility to Bay Harbour Ventures Sdn Bhd (BHV), a special purpose vehicle by peer-to-peer (P2P) lender CapBay.
SC announces first cohort of regulatory Sandbox participants
The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has announced the selection of six participants for the inaugural cohort of its Regulatory Sandbox.
DSSI rolls out largest-owned EV fleet in the Philippines
DHL Summit Solutions, Inc. (DSSI), the joint venture between DHL Supply Chain APAC and JG Summit Holdings, Inc., marked a major milestone in its sustainability journey on…
Apis Partners’ Funds lead $60M Series C in Thai D2C insurance firm Roojai
Apis Partners Group (UK) Limited, a global private equity firm focused on investments at the intersection of financial services and technology, and Asia Partners, an investor in…
ComfortDelGro, Hello collaborate on Robotaxi deployment in China and overseas markets
ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited announced Tuesday that its subsidiary, ComfortDelGro (China) Pte. Ltd., has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Hello Robotaxi to…
SoftBank completes acquisition of Ampere Computing Holdings
Japan-based SoftBank Group Corp. announced Wednesday that it has completed the acquisition of all equity interests in Ampere Computing Holdings LLC, a U.S.-based semiconductor…
SUSI Partners realizes investment in Singapore-based Alba Renewables
SUSI Partners, through the SUSI Asia Energy Transition Fund (SAETF), has successfully realized its investment in Singapore-based renewable energy developer Alba Renewables (Alba),…
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