Malaysia’s fintech firm Ascertain Group expands to Indonesia, Oman, India

Ascertain, a Malaysian financial technology and payments ecosystem provider, is expanding into Indonesia, Oman, and India, in order to exporting its homegrown financial…

Thailand’s Amity Robotics raises $7M to expand AI concierge robots across Asia

Thailand-based Amity Robotics, a physical AI and robotics company building AI-powered experiences for the physical world, has closed a $7 million seed round combining equity and…

Singapore’s Acti raises $5.3M seed round to build AI-powered keyboard as personal context layer

Acti, a Singapore-based company describing itself as the world's first agentic keyboard, has raised $5.3 million in a seed round led by the United States-based BITKRAFT Ventures.

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Why communications resilience has become a boardroom priority in APAC

In an increasingly digital APAC economy, communications resilience is not a technical concern. It is a strategic imperative - one that sits squarely at the intersection of…

BEYOND Expo GBA Innovation Tour 2026 offers exclusive access to GBA’s leading tech companies

By bringing global innovators directly into the offices, laboratories, manufacturing facilities, and innovation centers of industry leaders, the tour highlighted the Greater Bay…

India’s Tata Communications to invest $152M in subsea cables linking India’s AI, Singapore

India's Tata Communications will make an strategic $152 million investment in subsea cable infrastructure to expand the India-Singapore digital corridor with an additional 98…

NVIDIA aims to build Hanoi’s R&D center into world-class AI engineering hub

NVIDIA aims to develop its Vietnam Research and Development Center (VRDC) in Hanoi into a world-class AI engineering hub, contributing both to the company's global operations and…

Indonesia’s Nadiem Makarim, Gojek founder & former minister, found guilty of graft – report

An Indonesian court ⁠on Tuesday ruled that Nadiem ‌Makarim, Co-Founder of tech giant Gojek and a former education minister, was ​guilty of corruption and ⁠sentenced him to ⁠10…

Singapore’s Biobot Surgical raises $15M to expand robotic prostate cancer platform into US market

Biobot Surgical, a Singapore-based medical technology company developing robotic-assisted systems for prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment, has secured S$20 million ($15.4…

Singapore’s Qashier raises $6.1M Series A+ to expand merchant operating system across Southeast Asia

Singapore-based Qashier, a unified merchant operating system for Southeast Asia, has raised $6.125 million in a Series A+ financing round comprising equity and debt.