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Singapore’s Starboard raises $3.5M pre-series A funding led by Monk’s Hill Ventures

Starboard, a Singapore-based platform for founders to start and run their companies globally, announced Thursday its $3.5 million Pre-Series A funding round led by Monk’s Hill Ventures. Other investors for the round include Actium Partners, Iterative Capital, Bruno Poh (General Counsel, Lyte Ventures), Lelaina Lim (CFO, Eu Yang Sang International Limited),…

Singapore’s Silence Laboratories raises $1.7M seed funding led by Pi Ventures

Silence Laboratories, a web3 focused cybersecurity startup headquartered in Singapore, said Thursday it has closed a $1.7 million round in a seed funding, led by Pi Ventures. The round also included participation from web3 centric funds such as imToken ventures and prominent angels like Daniel Ari Friedman, Mahin Gupta, CK Vishwakarma, Priyeshu Garg, Ashish…

Standard Chartered and FairPrice launch Trust digital bank in Singapore

Trust Bank (known as Trust), which is backed by Standard Chartered Bank and FairPrice Group, announced Thursday its official launch as the digital bank for Singapore. Trust is the first of the nation’s new wave of digital banks and launches with a range of products for its customers, comprising a credit card, savings account and family personal accident…

Vietnamese insurtech firm Medici raises Series A funding for technology infrastructure

The emerging insurtech and healthtech platform based in Vietnam Medici has been backed with an undisclosed amount in Series A funding from its existing investors, including lead investor Jungle Ventures, Insignia Ventures Partners and Wavemaker Partners.

Reduce volatility in telco churn to drive massive profitability

The most forward-thinking brands like amaysim are changing how they view customer engagement and they are increasing retention budgets as they go, recognizing that keeping a customer loyal is often more important than acquiring new ones into their funnel.

Grab and Singtel launch Singapore’s first digital bank

GXS Bank (GXS) which is backed by a consortium consisting of Grab Holdings (Grab) and Singtel on Wednesday launched Singapore’s first digital bank for consumers and businesses. The bank aims to revolutionise banking services for its customers by leveraging its technological capabilities and the collective power of the GXS, Grab and Singtel ecosystem.

Indonesia’s KLAR Smile bags $4.55M pre-series A funding co-led by AC Ventures and East Ventures

Klar Smile, an oral wellness startup in Indonesia, announced Tuesday that it raised a $4.5 million pre-series A funding round co-led by AC Ventures and East Ventures. Other participating investors included Venturra Discovery, and several angel investors.

Singapore’s iPiD secures $3.3M seed funding to grow industry support and senior hire

Singaporean FinTech start-up iPiD announced Tuesday a $3.3 million seed funding round by strategic investors Rapyd Ventures, Jungle Ventures, 1982 Ventures, Resolution Ventures, Saison Capital, the XA Network and Wing Vasiksiri.

GoTo’s 2Q revenue up 45 percent to $370.38M

PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk (GoTo), the largest digital ecosystem in Indonesia, announced Tuesday its gross revenue for the second quarter of 2022 increased by 45 percent year on year to Rp5.5 trillion ($370.38 million), driven by its ongoing monetization efforts.

Wix Partners with TripleA to enable Wix business owners to accept cryptocurrency payments

TripleA, a licensed crypto payment gateway in Singapore, on Tuesday announced the launch of their partnership with Wix, a United States-listed global software as a service (SaaS) platform to create, manage, and grow an online presence.