SMU and Synagie partner to upskill and plug skill gaps in Southeast Asia’s ecommerce and tech workforce
The programs are specially designed to address the specific talent and skills shortages faced by the technology and eCommerce sector in Singapore and Southeast Asia, with the aim…
Indonesia career preparation EdTech MySkill secures Seed funding from East Ventures
MySkill, an EdTech startup that focuses on career preparation for youths, announced today that it has secured an undisclosed amount of seed funding from East Ventures, the leading…
Scotch Whisky Johnnie Walker releases NFTs
The tokens unlock access to a unique piece of graphic design by artist Kode Abdo aka BossLogic.
Singapore’s Jungle Ventures closes a $600 million fund, AUM crosses $1B
This brings their total Assets Under Management (AUM) to over $1 billion.
The climate change reality for businesses
A climate of economic, policy, and market uncertainty has prompted many companies to take a cautious approach towards climate change. Under these circumstances, it's not…
TSBA cohort participants raise $40M through the collaboration with Indonesian Crypto Asset Exchange, Tokocrypto and BRI Ventures
Tokocrypto, an Indonesian crypto-asset digital exchange, has partnered with the country’s leading government-owned bank’s corporate venture capital firm, BRI Ventures, for an…
Zipmex invests in Thailand’s Fintech firm Forward
The investment, made by Zipmex Labs, a unit under Zipmex Group, is part of a series of investments aimed at promoting and supporting blockchain projects and entrepreneurs looking…
Elon Musk now says $44B Twitter deal “temporarily on hold”
"Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users," Musk wrote in a tweet.
Indonesia’s Mekari secures $50M funding led by Money Forward
Mekari, an Indonesia-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup, announced Friday its latest funding of $50 million led by Money Forward Inc, the largest SaaS provider of…
Finku secures $2.8M Seed funding led by B Capital, Trihill & Global Founders Capital to boost its Indonesian expansion
Finku, an Indonesia-based financial services application platform that streamlines and automates budgeting and expense tracking, has raised $2.8 million in its latest seed funding…
Net zero transition risks to business
In this article, we will explore a small facet of this transition risks, and attempt to provide an overview of what this means for companies, with a focus on Small and Medium…
Singapore’s Volopay partners with Visa to offer financial management solutions in Australia
Volopay, a Singapore-based corporate cards and payable management fintech firm backed by Y-Combinator, announced Thursday it has signed a partnership with Visa to be part of…
Japan’s chat commerce firm Zeals raises $38.77M funding led by JIC Venture Growth Investments
Zeals Co., Ltd. (Zeals), a Japan-based Chat Commerce provider, announced Thursday that it has raised a total of ¥5 billion ($38.77 million) in funding.JIC Venture Growth…
