Singapore’s Azalea closes Altrium Private Equity Fund II at $805M

Azalea Investment Management Pte. Ltd (Azalea) announced the successful closing of the second fund of its flagship private equity (PE) fund of funds product, Altrium Private…

Singapore’s Novo Tellus gets nod for SPAC listing on SGX – report

Novo Tellus could be among the first wave of sponsors looking to list SPACs in Singapore after the regulators introduced a framework in September last year, according to…

For Tier One Entertainment’s Alodia Gosiengfiao, we are in a golden era of play-to-earn games [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]

"I think the major trend nowadays is that Asian Market is entering a golden era of Play 2 Earn (P2E) games that kick-started because of Axie Infinity and we are super excited for…

Singapore crypto media platform Chain Debrief raises $900,000 seed funding to expand its platform

Chain Debrief has closed a US$900,000 seed funding round. The round is led by angel investor Sim Jian Hong and supported by institutional investors QCP Capital, Gecko Ventures,…

Tribe launches hacksingapore to drive innovation in technology

Tribe announced the launch of hacksingapore, in partnership with the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Enterprise Singapore, Government Technology Agency and Temasek, a…

Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou sells $10+M worth of NFTs to rank 4th place globally next to Cryptopunk

Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou has recently released an non fungible token (NFT) series called Phantabear, which is currently among the top four most sold NFT series on Opensea. Over…

Singapore healthtech startup Smarter Health raises $3.8M led by East Ventures

Singapore-based healthtech startup Smarter Health announced Monday that it has secured S$5.15 million ($3.81 million) in Series A funding led by East Ventures, with the…

Winning in a volatile crypto market: Top trading and DeFi strategies to consider [Panel discussion podcast]

Down to the fundamentals, the best strategy is to first understand what you want to achieve from crypto. After clarifying what your goals are, finding which strategy works best is…

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Singapore cloud storage firm CyberHash raises $20M in Lemon-led round

CyberHash has recently raised $20 million in an early stage funding round led by venture capital firm Lemon, with participation from technology investor Alex Zhu. It intends to…

Pakistan health-tech startup Healthwire raises $3.3M to fuel expansion

Healthwire, has closed $3.3 million in funding. The round drew participation from 47 Ventures, Habib Bank Limited, Dilsons Private Limited and angel investors from Silicon Valley.…

Singapore and Boston based fintech startup Almond Finance closes funding round of $2M

Almond Finance has closed a seed funding round of $2 million. The fundraising, led by Morningside Group, will drive hiring, product development and compliance requirements for…

Malaysia’s Country Heights partners with China’s JD.com to bring its omni-channel e-commerce platform to Malaysia

Malaysia-based property developer Country Heights Holdings Bhd has inked licensing and collaboration with Beijing Wodong Tianjun Information Technology Co. Ltd (JD.com). The…

SGX Catalist-listed Hatten Land signs comprehensive collaboration agreement with Huawei

SGX Catalist-listed Hatten Land Limited's wholly-owned subsidiary Hatten Edge Pte. Ltd. has entered into a Comprehensive collaboration agreement (CCA) with information and…