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Global beverage company Coca-Cola and Southeast Asia’s leading superapp Grab announced Thursday an integrated regional partnership that will build on Coca-Cola’s extensive offline retail presence and Grab’s large online network to unlock growth opportunities in a booming digital consumer market.

Kabina, a property and construction startup in Indonesia, announced Thursday the completion of its seed funding round led by East Ventures, with the participation from several notable angel investors, including Sandra Dewi.

Taiwan-based artificial intelligence (AI) Martech firm, TenMax, announced Wednesday the opening of TenMax Indonesia, the company’s fifth regional office in Asia after Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Japan. The firm plans to bring its full line-up of proprietary AI ad-targeting and martech solutions to the Indonesian market.

Singapore deep-tech firm Quantified Energy Labs Pte. Ltd. (QE-Labs) announced Wednesday that the company has secured $1.5 million angel round funding from investor Liu Xiaosong, for accelerating its commercialization of the company’s proprietary autonomous drone electroluminescence (EL) mapping technology.

MiyaHealth, a Singapore-based HealthTech start-up, has raised an undisclosed sum in additional funding from leading healthcare and technology investors including HealthXCapital, Central Capital Ventura, and SEEDS Capital. The fresh funds will be used to accelerate the company’s product development, hiring, and expansion plans.

Techsauce has partnered with PeerPower, a crowdfunding bond platform to encourage further fundraising activities among Thai startups to increase the competitive edge for Thai businesses in the region.

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) has been selected by Algorand Foundation, the world’s most green and secure blockchain ecosystem, to host a new research and education centre aimed at developing and advancing blockchain technologies.

Singapore-based consumer internet firm Sea Limited said Tuesday that its net loss in the second quarter has widened to $931.2 million from $433.7 million a year ago, amid higher expenses.

TotallyAwesome, a Singapore-based digital advertising network for kids, teens, and families, announced Tuesday it has raised $10 million (debt and equity combined) seed funding from leading San Francisco based Partners For Growth (PFG) and Singapore based boutique investment growth advisory firm Yefira Group specialising in adtech investment consulting.

Eat Just, Inc., a United States-based food technology firm, announced Tuesday a $25 million investment and strategic partnership with Alibaba Group-backed private equity firm C2 Capital Partners (C2). The deal is C2’s first investment and partnership in the alternative protein sector and the relationship is currently supporting Eat Just’s go-to-market…