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Doctor Anywhere acquires Singapore-listed Asian Healthcare Specialists, secures additional $38.8M funding

Doctor Anywhere, a regional tech-led healthcare company headquartered in Singapore, announced Wednesday that it has acquired Catalist-listed Asian Healthcare Specialists, an integrated healthcare provider in Singapore. The firm also announced a $38.8 million Series C1 financing round, an up round led by Novo Holdings, a Denmark-based international life…

Malaysia’s Sersol ventures into electric scooters business

Malaysia-listed coatings business firm Sersol is venturing into selling and producing electric scooters. Its JV firms have partnered China's Chongqing Beidou Jiean Neo-Energy Technology to sell, distribute, assemble and produce electric scooters and related accessories and infrastructures which will include the charging of the electrics scooters…

UK’s activpayroll acquires Malaysia-based payroll outsourcing and employee mobility specialist Propay Partners

United Kingdom-based human resources tech firm activpayroll has acquired Malaysia-based payroll outsourcing and employee mobility specialist Propay Partners to accelerate its growth in Asia Pacific.

Delhivery to acquire Algorhythm Tech to strengthen integrated supply chain solutions offering

Delhivery, India’s largest fully-integrated logistics service provider, said Tuesday it will acquire the Pune-based Algorhythm Tech Pvt. Ltd. that delivers intelligent planning and optimization solutions for enterprise supply chain operations, to strengthen its integrated supply chain solutions offering.

India’s Zoomcar appoints Delly Nugraha as Country Head for Indonesia

Zoomcar, the India-based marketplace for car sharing, has on Wednesday announced the appointment of Delly Nugraha as its Country Head for Indonesia. Indonesia is expected to be the second largest market for Zoomcar after India and Delly in his new role will be responsible for all aspects of growth, operations, and to build the company’s best achievement in…

Vietnam’s VinFast gets regulatory approval to sell EVs in United States

Vietnamese carmaker VinFast announced Wednesday that it has received all the necessary certifications to sell cars in the United States, and will begin delivering vehicles to customers by the end of this month.

Animoca Brands, LayerZero jointly launch global hackerhouse initiative

Animoca Brands, the Hong Kong-based blockchain gaming startup, and LayerZero, the Canada-based omnichain interoperability protocol, have launched the LayerZero-Animoca Brands Hackerhouse global initiative to advance cross-chain standards and demonstrate real-world use cases of interoperable digital assets.

East Ventures announces the 30 team champions from the coaching and hackathon program

Indonesia-based venture capital firm East Ventures, has on Tuesday announced the 30 selected team champions from the coaching and hackathon program of Indonesia PASTI BISA, Maju Terus Pantang Mundur (Keep Moving Forward, Never Give Up) or IDPB MTPM.

VinFuture Prize Award Ceremony 2022 [Livestream]

The main event of the VinFuture Sci-Tech Week is the 2022 VinFuture Prize Award Ceremony – Reviving and Reshaping – held on the evening of December 20, 2022, at the Hanoi Opera House to honor the VinFuture laureates.

Touchstone Partners invests $1M in Vietnamese B2B distribution platform Quqo

Vietnamese venture capital firm Touchstone Partners has on Tuesday announced that it is investing $1 million in a seed round in Quqo, a Vietnam-based asset-light business to business (B2B) distribution platform that connects buyers, suppliers, and end-consumers in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector.