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Vietnam’s FPT, China’s Sunline form strategic partnership to accelerating digital transformation in banking sector
Vietnam-based information technology (IT) firm FPT Corporation has signed a strategic partnership agreement with China-based banking solutions and services provider Sunline to…
May 20, 2025
NAPAS partners Mastercard to launch Vietnam’s first co-badged card across six banks
The National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (NAPAS), in collaboration with global payment technology company Mastercard, officially announces the launch of Vietnam’s first…
May 20, 2025
Hong Kong’s PHASE Scientific raises $34M Series A round to advance urine-based diagnostic technology for early disease detection
PHASE Scientific International Limited, a Hong Kong-based biotechnology company, announced Tuesday the successful completion of a $34 million Series A funding round.
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Proptech firm MilikiRumah launches maiden private equity fundraise of $50M
MilikiRumah, a Singapore and Indonesia social impact PropTech firm and participating general partner and manager, announced Monday the maiden private equity fundraise of $50…
May 20, 2025
Singapore’s Whale secures $60M to expand enterprise AI suite globally
Whale, a Singapore-based enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) company, has announced the successful completion of two consecutive funding rounds — Series C1 and Series…
May 20, 2025
MAS proposes to streamline prospectus requirements and broaden investor outreach channels for IPOs
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is seeking feedback on proposals to streamline prospectus requirements and broaden investor outreach channels for initial public…
May 19, 2025
Arm and SoftBank contribute $15.5M to advance AI through Carnegie Mellon University’s partnership with Keio University
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Arm and SoftBank Group Corp. (SBG) announced last Thursday that Arm and SBG will contribute $15.5 million to CMU to support its partnership with…
May 19, 2025
Malaysia’s Betamek partners Singapore’s SiGenex for AI genomics diagnostic and sequencing solution
Betamek Berhad, a Malaysia-based original design manufacturer (ODM), has partnered with SiGenex Global Holdings Pte. Ltd. (SiGenex), a Singapore-based technology firm, for…
May 19, 2025
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MDEC inks MOU with CICC Capital to set up $100M China-Malaysia Gaming and Digital Content Fund
Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and CICC Capital Management Co., LTD, a private equity investment arm of China International Capital Corporation Limited (CICC), have…
May 19, 2025
Foxconn partners with NVIDIA to build AI Factory in Taiwan
Taiwan-based Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) announced Monday that it is partnering with NVIDIA and to build a state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI) Factory…
May 19, 2025
Worldpay expects Singapore’s e-commerce market size to reach $28.92B by 2030
Singapore’s e-commerce market size is expected to reach S$37.5 billion ($28.92 billion) by 2030, growing 8 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from its 2024 estimated value…
May 19, 2025
Analyst: Malaysia’s data center interest revives after US AI regulation rollback
The overhang on the data center theme in Malaysia has eased for now, after the United States scrapped its artificial AI diffusion rules that were proposed during the wane of the…
May 19, 2025
Brookfield acquires three high-tech business parks in first Singapore investment
Brookfield Asset Management, a global alternative asset manager headquartered in New York, announced last Friday a S$535.3 million ($413 million) acquisition of two business parks…
May 19, 2025
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