ScaleUp Malaysia announces investments in 11 emerging startups
Growth stage accelerator ScaleUp Malaysia, in partnership with Quest Ventures, Indelible Ventures, and Mranti signalled the culmination of its third cohort with the unveiling of…
Australia’s Language Confidence raises $1.5M in seed funding from Wavemaker Partners and Investible
Language Confidence has raised $1.5 million seed round to automate the teaching and testing of spoken English. The capital raise was led by Wavemaker Partners with participation…
Korean digital content distribution firm RIDI gets $100B funding led by Singapore’s GIC
RIDI Corporation has signed definitive agreements to receive an investment of KRW 120 billion ($100 million) led by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC. Korea Development Bank,…
Three golden tips on how to retain your employees in 2022
One simply can not expect to take their employees for granted and expect them to stay because healthy relationships simply do not work that way. Employees make up the company…
Binance & Cuscapi Bhd take strategic stakes in Malaysia FinTech firm MX Global
MX Global Sdn. Bhd announced Tuesday an equity investment into the company from Binance. It also landed another investment for Redeemable Convertible Preference Shares (RCPS) into…
Meatless food & plastic-free packaging trends driving innovations in APAC, says Mi Terro CEO Robert Luo [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]
Luo also shared what are the challenges faced by businesses in the context of sustainability and his firm's strategies to overcome these challenges.
Singapore e-commerce startup Cococart raises $4.2M from Forerunner Ventures and Sequoia Capital for overseas expansion
Cococart has secured $4.2 million in seed funding to expand its growth internationally. The new capital was raised from Forerunner Ventures and Sequoia Capital, with participation…
PropertyGuru delivers over $74.36M revenue in 2021, beats full year forecast
PropertyGuru Group said Monday its total revenue increased by 22.7 percentto S$100.7 million ($74.36 million) from S$82.1 million ($60.63 million), reflecting rising confidence in…
Malaysia needs “big innovation purpose” to stay ahead, says its government agency MRANTI
An ambitious purpose on innovation, a synergised ecosystem and a ‘bridge’ between research and commercialisation - these are among the elements needed for Malaysia to pull ahead…
Singapore FinTech firm Volopay raises $29M for APAC and MENA expansion
Volopay has successfully raised $29 million in its Series A round through a mix of equity and debt. The investment round included participation from JAM Fund, Winklevoss Capital…
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