ORIGIN Innovation Awards 2021: Announcing the Movers & Shakers – People’s Choice VC finalists

We are thrilled to announce the People's Choice VC finalists for the second edition of the ORIGIN Innovation Awards.

Grab to debut on NASDAQ after investors approve SPAC merger

Altimeter Growth Corp announced that its shareholders approved the business combination with Grab at an extraordinary meeting of shareholders on Tuesday.

In Japan and globally, how can we create new growth opportunities through global open innovation? [BEYOND Virtual Panel recap]

There is a growing call for a change in Japanese business culture and ways of doing things to create new growth opportunities by tapping on the global market as well as by…

India’s Slice turns unicorn after raising $220M led by Tiger Global and Insight Partners

Slice has raised $220 million in a Series B round that values the company at over $1 billion.The round was led by investors Tiger Global and Insight Partners. New and existing…

Malaysia’s Sunway University partners Carsome to set up data innovation lab

Malaysia’s Sunway University, through its innovation arm, Sunway Innovation Labs (Sunway iLabs), and Malaysia-based integrated car e-commerce platform Carsome, have forged a…

Uncovering consumer sentiments on electric vehicle ownership in Southeast Asia

Despite having one of the world's largest automotive markets, the global market share of electric vehicles (EV) on the road in Southeast Asia still remains small. With consumer…

Y Combinator-backed Tablevibe raises $1.5M led by Global Founder Capital

Tablevibe has raised a $1.5M seed investment round led by venture capital firm Global Founder Capital. Velocity Ventures and multiple angel investors, among which Farouk Kadous,…

How would the UN leverage technologies for SDGs: Conversations among technology leaders in the UN System [BEYOND Virtual Panel recap]

This session brings together three current officials of the United Nations to discuss the ways that technologies can be harnessed to advance SDGs. Panelists representing the UN…

Singapore space tech startup SpeQtral closes $8.3M funding round led by Temasek’s Xora Innovation

SpeQtral has successfully closed a $8.3 million financing led by Xora Innovation. With quantum cryptography fast becoming mainstream and the Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) market…

Singapore multi-currency wallet YouTrip raises $30M to accelerate growth in B2C and B2B space

YouTrip has raised $30 million in its latest Series A round. The round, driven by returning investors from major Asian family offices and prominent financial technology investors,…

Singapore digital wealth platform Endowus adds $27M in funding to accelerate growth across Asia

The growing list of strategic partners bolsters Endowus’ key growth initiatives, including geographic expansion, the roll-out of new product offerings, and further development of…

ORIGIN Innovation Awards 2021: Startup Winners – AI, E-commerce, FinTech & RegTech

We are thrilled to announce the Startup Winners - AI, E-commerce, FinTech & RegTech for the second edition of the ORIGIN Innovation Awards.

Striking while the iron is hot: The Philippine venture scene is heating up and getting hotter

TechNode Global’s series on the Philippines will delve into why Filipino entrepreneurs and founders are attracting venture capital (VC) money in droves. In this second part, we…

BEYOND Virtual talks about growing capital markets with Global Investors predictions, evolution of Family Offices & accelerating into a SPAC-tacular era … Going from online to offline Dec 2-4

This week, BEYOND Virtual continues with informative and engaging panels focusing on the new capital wave, family offices and SPACs. See the schedule below.