Family offices: Global landscape and key trends [Beyond Virtual Panel recap]

Improving the family office is a serious concern since most of the 17,000 family offices are believed to be inefficient, siloed, and fragmented. The family office market is…

Amazon Web Services launches Indonesia cloud region, to invest $5B in the region over next 15 years

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the launch of the AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region. It is planning to invest an estimated $5 billion in Indonesia over the next 15 years…

Zoomcar launches operations in the Philippines, plans to invest $25 million over next 12 months

Zoomcar announced its launch of operations in the Philippines. The company plans to invest $25 million across the Philippines in the next 12 months to fuel its expansion in the…

Indonesia’s Lemonilo raises $36M Series C funding from Sofina and Sequoia Capital India

Lemonilo, an Indonesian healthy lifestyle consumer goods company, has raised a US$36 million Series C funding led by Sofina. Sequoia Capital India, Lemonilo’s current investor,…

Philippine gaming firm AcadArena raises $3.5M seed round from 1KX, Hashed and others

AcadArena has recently secured $3.5 million in funding led by token fund 1KX, Korean blockchain venture capital firm Hashed, and others. Over 50 investors from prominent…

Game on – The evolution of eSports and gaming [Beyond Virtual Panel recap]

Digital gaming and eSports continue to advance further and become more enticing for players. Their popularity, particularly in the midst of a pandemic, is also in a way blurring…

Brands have ‘one shot to impress’ with digital services or risk losing customers, says AppDynamics’ Joe Byrne [Q&A]

Getting real-time visibility across the entire IT environment is critical to maintaining operations and enabling innovation, says AppDynamics CTO Joe Byrne, in a TechNode Global…

Binance withdraws Singapore cryptocurrency bourse application – report

The company was said to be among some 170 firms that applied to the Monetary Authority of Singapore for a permit to offer cryptocurrency services.

Vietnam retail platform The Crown X raises $350M led by Temasek, TPG and ADIA

Vietnam conglomerate Masan Group Corporation announced Monday the signing of a $350 million primary investment in its retail unit The CrownX Corporation by a consortium of…

Australia’s Finder secures first external equity of $21.5M to accelerate global growth

Finder has secured its first external funding of A$30 million ($21.52 million) since its inception in 2006. The specialist technology growth investor Future Now Capital has…

Vietnam’s Vingroup starts construction on $173.7M EV battery manufacturing factory

Vingroup has started the construction of the $173.7 million electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing factory in Vietnam. The VinES Battery Manufacturing Factory which is…

Pakistan e-commerce builder Brandverse raises “multimillion-dollar” seed funding

Brandverse has successfully raised an undisclosed multi-million dollar amount to launch its Chikoo app. The seed round was led by the JS Group and observed follow-on participation…

Singapore live commerce enabler Upmesh raises $7.5M Pre-Series A funding led by Monk’s Hill Ventures

Upmesh has raised a new round of Pre-Series A funding of $7.5 million led by Monk's Hill Ventures. The new round of funding will be used to expand Upmesh’s regional presence in…