Singapore’s Mighty Bear Games raises $10M led by Framework Ventures

Mighty Bear Games, a Singapore-based multi-platform game development studio, announced Tuesday a $10 million round to launch its blockchain division and develop a series of…

PayMongo partners with Atome to expand ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ acceptance across The Philippines

PayMongo, a Manila-based online payment processing platform, announced on Tuesday a partnership with Atome Philippines to expand BNPL acceptance among merchants in the country.

Alpha Startups™ Digital Accelerator Seeks Next-Gen Early-Stage Startups in Malaysia

New startup ideas and business models are key engines of economic growth. They not only create new jobs but also foster competitiveness and innovation, which is why the Malaysian…

Airasia Super App achieves record high growth in average monthly active users

Capital A Berhad's digital businesses, airasia Super App achieved a record high growth in average monthly active users (MAU) which stood at 10.6 million in the second quarter of…

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MAS and Google Cloud launch Point Carbon Zero Program to catalyse climate FinTech solutions

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Google Cloud have on Tuesday jointly launched the Point Carbon Zero Programme to drive the innovation, incubation and scaling of…

SaaS startup Founders & CEOs: How to hire the right Marketing Director

The individual you hire to head marketing for your software-as-a-service or mobile app startup must hit the ground running in a mission-critical role, and that's a problem,…

Vietnam’s VinFast to focus on US, European EV markets before expanding in Southeast Asia

VinFast owns an automotive manufacturing complex that boasts up to 90 percent automation in Hai Phong, Vietnam. Capacity is 250,000 cars annually.

Will web3 interoperability fortify a unified metaverse ecosystem? [Podcast]

One of the toughest challenges hindering mainstream adoption of the Metaverse is the lack of uniformity and interoperability between multiple ecosystems. This challenge prevents…

Malaysia’s Exabytes partners with China’s Huawei Cloud to provide cloud-first smart solutions

Malaysia-based all-in-one business cloud, digital, and e-commerce solutions provider Exabytes said Monday it continues to expand its capabilities by establishing a partnership…

Singapore’s Smart Ship Hub raises $2.5M pre-series A funding led by Ideaspring Capital and StartupXseed ventures

Smart Ship Hub (SSH), a Singapore headquartered business to business (B2B) software as a service (SaaS) maritime digital platform, said Monday it has raised pre series round of…

Malaysia’s TNG eWallet raises $168M funding led by Lazada

Touch ‘n Go Group announced Monday that TNG Digital Sdn Bhd (TNGD), the owner and operator of Touch ‘n Go eWallet, Malaysia’s largest eWallet company, has raised MYR750 million…

Aspire partners with Know Your Customer to financially empower SMEs and entrepreneurs across South-East Asia

Aspire, an all-in-one finance operating system for growing businesses in Southeast Asia has joined forces with award-winning RegTech provider Know Your Customer to safely…

Singapore’s CrediLinq raises $2.6M co-led by 1982 Ventures and White Venture Capital

CrediLinq, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning credit underwriting firm, has raised $2.6 million funding co-led by 1982 Ventures and White Venture…