Vietnam’s EV maker VinFast files for US IPO

VinFast intends to list its ordinary shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “VFS”.

Animoca Brands acquires majority stake in music metaverse company PIXELYNX

Animoca Brands Corporation Limited, the Hong Kong-based company advancing digital property rights for gaming and the open metaverse, has taken a majority stake in Pixelynx, Inc.…

Australian entrepreneur Monique Conheady joins Wavemaker Impact as its Venture Partner in Australia

Wavemaker Impact, a Singapore-based climate tech venture builder, announced on Wednesday that Monique Conheady has joined as its new Venture Partner for Australia and New Zealand.…

ADDX fractionalizes venture debt fund by Innoven Capital

Singapore-based private market exchange ADDX has fractionalised a venture debt fund by Innoven Capital, a joint venture between Seviora Holdings (a wholly owned subsidiary of…

MetaDOS’ Quang Nguyen on the challenges and opportunities in Web3 gaming and development [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]

MetaDOS is a top game studio in Vietnam focusing on Esport game development on Web3. MetaDOS aims to become the next generation of Esport by offering an innovative Free to Play…

Accredify’s Quah Zheng Wei on a trustless future with Web3 [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]

Accredify’s industry-agnostic TrustTech solution is currently being used in five industries (Education, Healthcare, Corporate, Aviation, and Defence), and we have plans to…

PANONY’s Alyssa Tsai on how Web3 fundamentally changes distribution of power and ownership [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]

PANONY assists worldwide startups and Fortune 500 companies with effective go-to-market and growth strategies. Our clients and portfolios span the entire spectrum of the…

Widuz Co-Founder Dr. Alireza Javadian on the contribution of deep tech toward greener and smarter cities [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]

With BVL we aim to address three main challenges faced by the construction and furniture industry; firstly deforestation due to excessive demand for timber, waste generation due…

Solar AI Technologies’ Bolong Chew on improving access to renewable tech [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]

When it comes to sustainable innovation, the first key challenge is the lack of trust and awareness in the technology available in the market. In the context of solar, cost…

Singapore’s Haulio acquires Indonesian logistics technology firm Logol

Haulio, Singapore’s largest and Southeast Asia’s fastest growing digital haulier, announced Tuesday that the company will be securing its first overseas acquisition with a…

Indonesia’s Fairatmos raises $4.5M seed round led by Go-Ventures and Kreasi Terbarukan TBS

Fairatmos, an Indonesia-based carbon technology platform, has raised $4.5 million in its seed round, led by Go-Ventures and Kreasi Terbarukan TBS, the investment arm of one of…

Airwallex aims to accelerate growth in APAC with new Chief Revenue Officer and APAC GM

Australia-based global fintech platform Airwallex has on Tuesday announced that Kai Wu has been jointly appointed as the company’s Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and Asia-Pacific…

Malaysian EWA startup Paywatch raises $9M funding led by Third Prime

Malaysian earned wage access (EWA) service provider Paywatch has raised $9 million in a Pre-Series A funding round led by returning investor Third Prime. The round also saw…

India’s Accacia raises $2.5M Seed round led by Accel and B Capital

Accacia, an India-based decarbonisation platform focused on the real estate and infrastructure sectors, has closed $2.5 million in seed funding led by Accel and B Capital. Blume…