K25.ai, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI)-native live streaming and watch-to-predict platform, announced Thursday that Nasdaq-listed NewGenIVF Group Limited has made an initial $2 million strategic investment in the firm.

In a statement, K25.ai announced the closing of a $100 million-valued Pre-A strategic investment round led by NIVF, together with an exclusive Asia Pacific (APAC) agency partnership.

NIVF has also received an option to increase its investment to up to $10 million.

The strategic relationship brings together K25.ai’s AI-powered prediction and information market platform with NIVF’s public-market platform, regional network and APAC commercial presence.

It is noted that NIVF is supported by a family-backed shareholder base and brings public-company governance connectivity, capital markets visibility and regional business relationships that may support K25.ai’s next stage of development.

Through the partnership, NIVF is expected to support K25.ai’s commercial development across Thailand, Singapore, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and other permitted APAC markets, excluding Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and other restricted jurisdictions.

In connection with the strategic relationship, K25.ai’s Co-founders, including Andy Cheung, will join NIVF’s board of directors.

The board appointments are intended to strengthen alignment between K25.ai and NIVF, support deeper strategic collaboration between the two parties, and provide K25.ai with enhanced public-company governance connectivity as it advances its AI-powered prediction and information market platform.

The partnership is intended to provide K25.ai with strategic capital, regional commercial support, enhanced governance connectivity and broader public-market readiness over time.

“We see K25.ai as a generational opportunity at the intersection of AI and prediction markets,” said Siu Wing Fung Alfred, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NewGenIVF.

“Andy’s track record at OKX, Groupon, and Prenetics combined with the explosive growth of this sector, makes this one of the most compelling strategic investments we’ve evaluated,

“We’re committed to supporting K25.ai’s path to becoming a publicly listed category leader in APAC,” he added.

According to the statement, K25.ai is building toward a long-term vision of becoming a public-market category leader in AI-powered prediction and information markets.

As prediction markets increasingly converge with AI, live content, creator communities and real-time information signals, it believes there is an opportunity to establish one of the first publicly visible platforms in the category with a focus on permitted APAC markets.

The firm may also evaluate potential public-market pathways over time, including a strategic transaction, reverse takeover or other public-market structure.

K25.ai also believes APAC remains meaningfully underserved by existing prediction market platforms, particularly across localized sports, esports, entertainment, creator-led content and culturally relevant regional events.

By combining AI-assisted market generation, live streaming, creator-led distribution and APAC-localized content, the firm aims to transform live streaming from a passive viewing experience into an interactive information market where audiences can participate around live outcomes and creators can unlock new forms of engagement and monetization.

The firm also noted that it is not offered to U.S. persons or to users located in China, Hong Kong, Macau or other restricted jurisdictions.

Thus, it intends to operate in accordance with applicable laws and regulations in the markets where it is made available.

“Since the early days of exchanges, the biggest challenge has always been making market products simple enough for mainstream users,” said Andy Cheung.

According to him, user behavior has evolved from using search engines to social media to large language model (LLM), yet the core human need remains unchanged as people crave better ways to discover information and understand what is truly real.

“We believe AI and live streaming represent the next major frontier. K25.ai is not aiming to be another exchange or online gaming site. We want to become the Google and Meta of this new era,

“Just as Google transformed how the world discovers information and Meta redefined how people connect and share reality, K25.ai is being built as a new information market layer, where quantified consensus through AI-powered predictions and live streaming empowers millions to discover truth in real time,” he added.

It is noted that K25.ai is building a new category at the intersection of AI, live streaming, creator monetization and prediction-based information markets.

The platform is designed to allow users to watch, engage and predict around real-time content, including sports, esports, entertainment, creator challenges, cultural events and other APAC-relevant moments in permitted markets.

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