India’s ApnaKlub raises $16M with new investors

ApnaKlub, an India-based business to business (B2B) wholesale platform for fast moving consumer goods, has on Thursday announced that it has raised a total of $16 million. The…

Animoca Brands Japan invests in Psychic VR Lab

Animoca Brands K.K. (Animoca Brands Japan), a strategic subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Web3 firm Animoca Brands Corporation Limited (Animoca Brands), has on Friday announced that…

Singapore’s The GrowHub uses technology to improve experience of “farm to fork” [Q&A]

In an interview with TechNode Global, The GrowHub Founder and CEO Lester Chan shared his views on the latest trends in the industry, challenges in food safety and how technology…

Marketing strategies for getting into the Metaverse

There is a shift in business mindset and adaptation toward using virtual reality for purposes other than gaming, such as creating, exploring, identifying, expressing,…

Malaysia’s Carsome bolsters Indonesian operations via Electrum partnership and Nusantara expansion

Malaysia-based integrated car e-commerce platform Carsome is bolstering its Indonesian operations via partnership with Indonesian electric vehicle (EV) firm Electrum and has…

MYStartup partners DNB to solve corporate problems through MYStartup Hackathon 2022

MYStartup, a Malaysian government-owned platform powered by Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd. (Cradle), has collaborated with Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) to launch a hackathon (MYStartup…

The Straits Trading Company lists tokenised corporate bond backed by real estate on SDAX

SDAX, a regulated investment and trading platform providing multi asset securities and fund units, has listed a tokenised note from Straits Trading GG Pte Ltd (STGG) in its…

Singapore’s Scorpio Electric clinches $6.75M funding at valuation of $150M

Singapore-based electric motorcycle firm Scorpio Electric Pte. Ltd. has successfully raised $6.75 million to further develop and test its first electric motorcycle, the Scorpio…

PasarPolis becomes Indonesia’s first full-stack insurtech ecosystem with new strategic partnership

PasarPolis, an Indonesia-based insurtech firm, has become Indonesia's first official full-stack insurtech ecosystem, giving the company the ability to both distribute and…

Hong Kong’s Jumppoint raises $6.5M Series A funding led by MindWorks Capital

Jumppoint, the Hong Kong-based digital integrated logistics platform, has completed a successful Series A funding round, raising $6.5 million led by MindWorks Capital.The round…

Solarvest Borneo inks MOU with CENTEXS and Huawei Malaysia to develop green energy lab

Solarvest Borneo Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Malaysian clean energy firm Solarvest Holdings Berhad, has on Wednesday inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Centre for…

Indonesia’s Xendit enters Malaysia, invests in local fintech player Payex

Indonesia-based fintech company Xendit has officially entered the Malaysian market offering up its diverse range of hyperlocal payment solutions to businesses in the country from…

Touch ‘n Go eWallet partners Fave to offer cashback to eWallet users in Malaysia

Fave, Malaysia-based smart payments app, has on Wednesday announced its partnership with TNG Digital Sdn Bhd owner and operator of Touch ‘n Go eWallet, and the launch of the Fave…