Singapore’s bolttech acquires majority shareholding in Indonesian broker Axle Asia
Bolttech, the Singapore-based international insurtech, announced Thursday it has completed the acquisition of a majority shareholding in PT Axle Asia, an established insurance…
5 Industries with huge potential for NFT applications
NFTs have the capability to represent any item, right, or record. As is typically the case with historically momentous discoveries, NFTs are a nascent technology causing an…
MAS launches ESG Impact Hub to spur growth of ESG ecosystem
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Wednesday launched the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) Impact Hub (the Hub) to spur co-location and collaboration between…
Cool Cats secures strategic investment from Animoca Brands
Cool Cats Group LLC, the web3 company behind the iconic blue-chip non-fungible token (NFT) collection Cool Cats, announced Wednesday that it has received a strategic investment…
Malaysia’s Carsome banks on digital banking to complement existing car business
In the interview, Kee also shared the opportunities Carsome sees in building a digital bank in Malaysia and the competitive edge it has against others. He, however, declined to…
AC Ventures partners BCG to promote Indonesia’s tech sector ESG standards
Indonesia-focused, early-stage venture capital firm AC Ventures (ACV) announced Wednesday that it has published Indonesia’s impact report to date on the local digital economy. In…
7 Essential skills elite technologists need to thrive in the new world of hybrid work
By investing in their own skills and competencies, and ensuring they have the right tools to take a more strategic, business-focused approach to innovation, technologists can…
Singapore’s Bizbaz closes $4M seed funding led by HSBC Asset Management
Bizbaz, the next generation customer intelligence and risk assessment company headquartered in Singapore, announced Wednesday that it has closed its $4 million seed funding round…
Singapore’s Carro launches assurance certification for used cars
Singapore-based used car marketplace Carro, has launched Carro Certified, a technology-backed stamp of assurance certification for their used cars across all key markets,…
South Korea’s Naver acquires US-listed social e-commerce marketplace Poshmark for $1.2B
South Korea’s largest internet company Naver Corp has inked a deal to acquire Poshmark, Inc., a United States-listed social e-commerce marketplace for new and secondhand style,…
Taiwan’s Aiello raises $5.8M to expand its voice AI solutions internationally
Aiello Inc.(Aiello), a Taiwan-based natural language processing (NLP) and voice artificial intelligence (AI) startup, announced Tuesday it has raised $5.8 million in a Series…
US’s Anchorage Digital expands in Asia with five new institutional partners
United States-based crypto platform Anchorage Digital announced on Wednesday its expansion to Asia, with notable institutional partners including Bitkub, Dream Trade, FBG…
Thai media giant T&B Media Global enters metaverse with $300M hybrid equity-NFT raise led by Sygnum
Sygnum, a digital asset technology group with a Swiss banking licence and a Singapore capital markets services (CMS) licence, announces it is partnering Thai media and…
Singapore’s ADVANCE.AI partners Visa to strengthen credit decisioning for unbanked and underbanked in Southeast Asia
ADVANCE.AI, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI) and big data company in Asia, is partnering with Visa to strengthen better credit decisioning to help unbanked and…
