Philippine gaming firm AcadArena raises $3.5M seed round from 1KX, Hashed and others
AcadArena has recently secured $3.5 million in funding led by token fund 1KX, Korean blockchain venture capital firm Hashed, and others. Over 50 investors from prominent…
Game on – The evolution of eSports and gaming [Beyond Virtual Panel recap]
Digital gaming and eSports continue to advance further and become more enticing for players. Their popularity, particularly in the midst of a pandemic, is also in a way blurring…
Brands have ‘one shot to impress’ with digital services or risk losing customers, says AppDynamics’ Joe Byrne [Q&A]
Getting real-time visibility across the entire IT environment is critical to maintaining operations and enabling innovation, says AppDynamics CTO Joe Byrne, in a TechNode Global…
Binance withdraws Singapore cryptocurrency bourse application – report
The company was said to be among some 170 firms that applied to the Monetary Authority of Singapore for a permit to offer cryptocurrency services.
Vietnam retail platform The Crown X raises $350M led by Temasek, TPG and ADIA
Vietnam conglomerate Masan Group Corporation announced Monday the signing of a $350 million primary investment in its retail unit The CrownX Corporation by a consortium of…
Australia’s Finder secures first external equity of $21.5M to accelerate global growth
Finder has secured its first external funding of A$30 million ($21.52 million) since its inception in 2006. The specialist technology growth investor Future Now Capital has…
Vietnam’s Vingroup starts construction on $173.7M EV battery manufacturing factory
Vingroup has started the construction of the $173.7 million electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing factory in Vietnam. The VinES Battery Manufacturing Factory which is…
Pakistan e-commerce builder Brandverse raises “multimillion-dollar” seed funding
Brandverse has successfully raised an undisclosed multi-million dollar amount to launch its Chikoo app. The seed round was led by the JS Group and observed follow-on participation…
Singapore live commerce enabler Upmesh raises $7.5M Pre-Series A funding led by Monk’s Hill Ventures
Upmesh has raised a new round of Pre-Series A funding of $7.5 million led by Monk's Hill Ventures. The new round of funding will be used to expand Upmesh’s regional presence in…
Indonesia edtech firm Cakap secures $10M in Series B funding co-led by MDI-KB’s Centauri and Heritas Capital
Cakap has raised $10 million in an oversubscribed series B round to expand its certified course offering, as well as to fuel its market expansion in providing better access to…
CISOs: Collaboration and Visibility into OT networks is necessary to mitigate future OT cyber risks
Alarmingly, Gartner predicts that cyber attackers will be able to weaponize OT environments to successfully harm or kill humans by the year 2025. But with this sensationalism…
Smart Manufacturing: How industry 4.0 is shaping the future of manufacturing in Germany and China [BEYOND Virtual Panel recap]
Conducted on November 18, this Beyond Virtual panel invited experts in the field of manufacturing and the Industrial Internet of Things to discuss the impact of developments in…
Philippine neobank Tonik secures $100M in consumer deposits
Tonik, the Philippines' first digital-only neobank, has surpassed PHP5B ($100M) in consumer deposits, just eight months after its launch of commercial operations.
Hong Kong billionaire Adrian Cheng enters metaverse via investment in Animoca Brands’ The Sandbox
The Sandbox offers virtual real estate, called LAND NFTs, in the open metaverse. Cheng's LAND will be one of the biggest plots in The Sandbox, and form part of the ‘Mega City’…
