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Savvy Games invests $265M in Chinese esports player VSPO
China-based esports player VSPO (formerly VSPN) has announced the biggest direct investment ever made in the industry with a $265 million deal by innovative games and esports company Savvy Games Group, wholly owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), who will now become VSPO’s single largest equity holder.
EV, bioeconomy among industries poised for exponential growth, says investor & author Azeem Azhar
Azeem is one of the speakers at the DLD Conference held between January 12 and 14 in Munich, Germany.
Nominations for 3rd edition of 100 Women in Tech list now open
The Singapore Computer Society (SCS), in partnership with the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), have on Monday announced the third edition of the Singapore 100 Women in Tech (SG 100 WiT) list.
Malaysia almost doubles its drone readiness within one year
Malaysia’s drone industry is flying high after ranking 21st in the Drone Readiness Index (DRI), up from 30th spot last year. Malaysian Research Accelerator for Technology and Innovation (MRANTI) said in a statement that Malaysia is also the top ranked Southeast Asian country in the Index.
Quell completes $10M Series A round led by Tencent
Quell, the United Kingdom-based fitness gaming developer and publisher pioneering the future of fitness gaming technology, has on Monday announced the completion of a $10 million Series A funding round led by Tencent.
Six steps to improving application security in cloud-native environments
Application security has become a massive challenge for technologists over the past two years, with the scale and sophistication of cybercrime threats seemingly growing by the day.
FWD to enter Malaysian life insurance market with strategic investment in Gibraltar BSN
Hong Kong-based insurance firm FWD Group Holdings Limited will enter the Malaysian life insurance market following the signing of an agreement to invest in a majority stake in Gibraltar BSN Life Berhad (Gibraltar BSN).
Malaysian Government drafting strategic framework to develop EV charging infrastructure – report
The EV industry has become one of the hottest sectors among Southeast Asian countries. Often seen as the future of automobile, neighboring countries Indonesia and Thailand has hoped to become EV regional hubs, luring car makers from Japan, South Korea and the US to invest and build factories here. Countries including Malaysia and Vietnam have started to…
Some life lessons learned when I got schooled by my 4-year old boy in Tic Tac Toe
How often do we dismiss the alternate views from the ground when they just simply do not appear to conform to the established rules, instead of exploring these diverse perspectives and different ways of doing things?
Gobi-Core appointed as a Co-Investment Partner for Philippine government’s Startup Venture Fund
The Gobi-Core Philippine Fund (Gobi-Core) has been officially accredited as a Co-Investment Partner (CIP) of the Philippine government’s Startup Venture Fund (SVF), one of the first since the fund’s inception in 2021.
