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…

Indonesia edtech firm Cakap secures $10M in Series B funding co-led by MDI-KB’s Centauri and Heritas Capital

Cakap has raised $10 million in an oversubscribed series B round to expand its certified course offering, as well as to fuel its market expansion in providing better access to…

CISOs: Collaboration and Visibility into OT networks is necessary to mitigate future OT cyber risks

Alarmingly, Gartner predicts that cyber attackers will be able to weaponize OT environments to successfully harm or kill humans by the year 2025. But with this sensationalism…

Smart Manufacturing: How industry 4.0 is shaping the future of manufacturing in Germany and China [BEYOND Virtual Panel recap]

Conducted on November 18, this Beyond Virtual panel invited experts in the field of manufacturing and the Industrial Internet of Things to discuss the impact of developments in…

Philippine neobank Tonik secures $100M in consumer deposits

Tonik, the Philippines' first digital-only neobank, has surpassed PHP5B ($100M) in consumer deposits, just eight months after its launch of commercial operations.

Hong Kong billionaire Adrian Cheng enters metaverse via investment in Animoca Brands’ The Sandbox

The Sandbox offers virtual real estate, called LAND NFTs, in the open metaverse. Cheng's LAND will be one of the biggest plots in The Sandbox, and form part of the ‘Mega City’…

India edtech firm BYJU’S acquires Austrian mathematics software provider GeoGebra

BYJU’S has acquired Austria-based mathematics software provider GeoGebra. The company, however, did not disclose the value of the deal. This acquisition complements the company's…

Vietnam blockchain-based gamehub Whydah raises $25 Million funding

Whydah has successfully raised $25 million from prestigious investors including Hashkey, Eternity Ventures, Bitscale, Youbi, Morningstar Ventures, Kardia Ventures, Formless…

Hong Kong’s WATI raises $8.3M Series A funding led by Sequoia Capital India

WATI has raised $8.3 million in Series A funding led by Sequoia Capital India.Surge, Base Partners and several prominent angels including Gokul Rajaram also participated in the…

Malaysian drone tech firm Aerodyne explores dual-listing as it starts IPO process

The drone tech firm currently is also in the midst of raising a bridge round ahead of its Series C funding round next year.