Gobi Partners releases 2022 Sustainability Report as part of its commitment to UNGC’s Corporate Sustainability Principles

Pan-Asian venture capital firm Gobi Partners (Gobi) has on Monday released its 2022 sustainability report, highlighting the firm’s progress towards building more sustainable and…

More than 400 small businesses in the Philippines now accept Bitcoin payments

Pouch.ph, a payment fintech launched in 2021 in the Philippines, said Monday it is transforming the landscape of the Philippine digital economy by enabling more than 400 small…

Khazanah leads PolicyStreet’s $15.3 million Series B fundraising round

Malaysia's sovereign fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Khazanah), under its Dana Impak mandate, recently led a Series B fundraising round of a Malaysian homegrown insurance…

UK’s YOOBIC opens Bangkok office, doubles down on Asia Pacific

YOOBIC, the all-in-one frontline employee experience platform based in United Kingdom, has on Tuesday announced the opening of its Asia Pacific (APAC) headquarters in Bangkok,…

Green investment in SEA falls 7 percent year-on-year to $5.2B in 2022, a report shows

Green investment in Southeast Asia (SEA) fell 7 percent to $5.2 billion in 2022 from $5.6 billion in 2021, continuing a downward trend from previous years. a report showed…

US SEC files 13 charges against Binance entities & Founder Changpeng Zhao

Charges include operating unregistered exchanges, broker-dealers, and clearing agencies; misrepresenting trading controls and oversight on the Binance.US platform; and the…

Ex-Fave boss Joel Neoh joins NASDAQ-listed HealthTech firm Prenetics

Prenetics is a genomics and precision oncology company dedicated to transforming patient care through advanced genomic and molecular technologies.

Capital A plans to launch ride-hailing in the Philippines challenging Grab – report

Capital A, previously known as AirAsia Group, has been aggressively building its digital businesses and super app over the last three years as most of its planes were grounded due…

Aurum PropTech acquires Indian proptech brand NestAway for $11M

Aurum PropTech (formerly known as Majesco Limited) has approved the acquisition of up to 100 percent stake in NestAway Technologies Private Limited (NestAway), a PropTech brand in…

Total funding into environment tech companies falls 5 percent year-on-year to $29.9B in 2022, says Tracxn

Tracxn Technologies, a global software as a service (SaaS)-based market intelligence platform, said that the funding in the environment tech sector dropped 5 percent year-on-year…

ORIGIN Conference: Capturing Southeast Asia’s Emerging Generation

The panel explores the importance of understanding and engaging with the younger generation’s value in the modern economy, the challenges businesses face in attracting the younger…

ORIGIN Conference: Planning for Southeast Asia Expansion: Markets and Opportunities

The panelists also shared how their companies are able to expand their businesses regionally, serving their customers with better solutions enabled by the Internet and higher…

Vietnam’s Oxalus raises $1.1M in seed funding led by IDGCVB and Kyber Ventures

Oxalus, a Vietnam-based blockchain startup developing a non-fungible token (NFT) social commerce platform, has raised $1.1 million in seed funding led by IDGCVB and Kyber…

India’s Capillary Technologies raises $45M Series D funding from Avataar Ventures and its LPs

Indian software as a service (SaaS) startup Capillary Technologies has on Thursday announced the successful closure of its Series D funding round at $45 million. The company said…