Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional completes acquisitions of MAVCAP and Penjana Kapital
Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional has completed the acquisitions of Malaysia Venture Capital Management Bhd (MAVCAP) and Penjana Kapital, a step forward in…
Japan’s DOCOMO partners Vietnam’s DatViet for digital out-of-home business in Vietnam
Japanese mobile operator NTT DOCOMO, INC has partnered Vietnamese media conglomerate DATVIETVAC GROUP HOLDINGS (DatVietVAC) and DAT VIET OOH CORPORATION (DatVietOOH) to jointly…
BMI : AI-grade data center to support sustainable digital economy in Malaysia
Artificial intelligence (AI)-grade data center will support sustainable digital economy in Malaysia, BMI Country Risk and Industry Research said last Friday.
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise partners PT. Nusatrindo Sejati to offer Digital Age Communications in Indonesia
French communications firm Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALE) has on Monday announced the addition of PT. Nusatrindo Sejati, an Indonesian system integrator, to deliver its Unified…
Engineering biology is expected to disrupt all industries, says Capgemini
Engineering biology is expected to disrupt all industries, as all organizations surveyed in Singapore believe biosolutions will create a major disruption in their industry in the…
Vietnam’s Earth Venture Capital participates in $3.2 million funding round for UK’s Sparxell
Earth Venture Capital (Earth VC), a climate tech venture capital firm based in Vietnam, has participated in a $3.2 million funding round for Sparxell, a United Kingdom-based…
US-based Equinix invests $5M to expand digital infrastructure in Malaysia
United States digital infrastructure firm Equinix, Inc. has on Monday announced an investment of MYR 23 million ($5 million) to acquire land from Cyberview Sdn Bhd in Cyberjaya to…
Una Cash sees Philippines’ Buy Now, Pay Later market to contribute 6.7 percent in GMV to the digital economy in 2024
UnaCash, an in-app and in-store financing solutions provider based in the Philippines, expects the Philippines’ buy now, pay later (BNPL) market to contribute 6.7 percent in gross…
GetGo partners Charge+ to scale up sustainable mobility for condominiums in Singapore
Singapore-based carsharing platform GetGo and electric vehicle (EV) platform Charge+ have teamed up to enable greater accessibility to shared and sustainable mobility in…
Singapore’s Hive Health raises $6.5M Pre-Series A funding from Sy family-backed Gentree Fund and others
Hive Health, a digital health insurance company based in Singapore, has raised $6.5 million in Pre-Series A funding to transform healthcare access for more small and medium-sized…
The role of biometric authentication in fintech applications
As fintech applications become increasingly popular, the severity of potential #cyberattacks, fraud, and noncompliance grows. Unfortunately, bad actors have already found…
Singapore’s Bitlayer raises $11M in Series A round led by Franklin Templeton, ABCDE
Singapore-based Bitlayer Labs, the first Bitcoin Layer 2 based on the BitVM paradigm, has on Tuesday announced the successful completion of its $11 million Series A funding round.…
Malaysia’s Cradle leads ASEAN startup initiative to foster growth among regional startups
Malaysia's Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) as the National Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation (COSTI) Chair of Malaysia has mandated Cradle…
Malaysia’s AirAsia MOVE monthly active users down 13 percent year on year in second quarter
AirAsia MOVE, the superapp of Malaysia-based Capital A, saw its overall monthly active users (MAU) down by 13 percent year on year to 13.01 million in the second quarter.
