Animoca Brands and TinyTap to disrupt education with auction of second set of Publisher NFTs

Animoca Brands, the Hong Kong-based company advancing digital property rights for gaming and the open metaverse, and its subsidiary TinyTap, the platform for user-generated…

Gobi Partners joins B20-G20’s One Global Women Empowerment platform to accelerate women entrepreneurs

Leading pan-Asian venture capital (VC) firm Gobi Partners announced Monday that it has become one of the first VC signatories to support the One Global Women Empowerment (OGWE)…

Darewise Entertainment partners Skinvaders to launch SWEAR London’s first NFT collection in “Life Beyond” metaverse

Darewise Entertainment, the international game studio and subsidiary of Animoca Brands, and Skinvaders, a new-age tech platform bringing digital fashion to the metaverse,…

Capital A launches airasia gifts with South Korea’s COOP Marketing Groupon for airasia super app

Capital A has launched mobile gifting offering aptly named ‘airasia gifts’, in partnership with COOP Marketing Group, a South Korean mobile voucher industry player who has also…

Web3 is changing the way we live, work, play and learn, according to Enjinstarter Co-Founder [Q&A]

In the interview, Enjinstarter Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Prakash Somosundram shared how Web3 technologies are shaping the evolution of products and services today,…

Navigating the global technology skills gap with AI-moderated upskilling

The future workforce is already here, and it is more than ready to adapt – the vast majority of workers simply need the tools to upskill efficiently. A talent marketplace,…

Inflation is impacting digital spending in Southeast Asia, Blackbox-ADNA survey shows

The pandemic, rising cost of living, energy crisis, geopolitical unrest, and the climate crisis have all taken a toll on consumers, and with people moving from crisis to crisis in…

Australia’s Avarni raises $3M led by Main Sequence to speed up decarbonization efforts

Australian carbon management startup Avarni has raised $3 million to streamline the future of carbon management. The round is the second fundraising since founding and was led by…

The Supply chain paradox: Sustainability vs. profitability

Adopting the right mindset and attitude towards sustainability – viewing it as an opportunity for growth instead of an obligation – is key. To build a successful and resilient…

India’s Uniqus Consultech raises $12.5M Series A funding led by Nexus

Uniqus Consultech Inc., an India-based tech-enabled global platform that offers environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and accounting and reporting consulting, has on Friday…

AirAsia launches new low cost airline in Cambodia

AirAsia Aviation Group Limited (AAAGL), the aviation arm of Capital A Berhad, has on Friday signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with Sivilai Asia to establish AirAsia Cambodia,…

South Korea’s Akros Technologies raises $2.3M funding led by ZVC

South Korean artificial intelligence (AI)-driven fintech start-up Akros Technologies announced on Friday the that it has raised $2.3 milion in a strategic funding round prior to…

Vietnamese EV maker VinFast receives ESG rating from Sustainalytics

VinFast, the Vietnam-based global electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, has on Thursday announced that it has received an indicative Corporate Environmental, Social and Governance…

Gobi Partners appoints Carlo Chen-Delantar as new Head of ESG

Gobi Partners, the Malaysia and Hong Kong-based venture capital firm, has appointed Carlo Chen-Delantar as its Head of environmental, social, and governance ESG, to further…