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Japan’s SBI, South Korea’s Kyobo & NTU Singapore to raise $75M venture fund
The fund aims to accelerate digital transformation in Southeast Asia and South Asia through the combined operational expertise, regional go-to-market connections and extensive industry network across the three general partners.
Improving insurance
From product push, the industry is moving to embed products by offering end-to-end distribution solutions and increasingly, ecosystem solutions. However, the promise is yet to become an everyday reality.
SMU and Synagie partner to upskill and plug skill gaps in Southeast Asia’s ecommerce and tech workforce
The programs are specially designed to address the specific talent and skills shortages faced by the technology and eCommerce sector in Singapore and Southeast Asia, with the aim of upskilling over 3,000 sector professionals by 2025.
Indonesia career preparation EdTech MySkill secures Seed funding from East Ventures
MySkill, an EdTech startup that focuses on career preparation for youths, announced today that it has secured an undisclosed amount of seed funding from East Ventures, the leading sector-agnostic venture capital firm in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.
Scotch Whisky Johnnie Walker releases NFTs
The tokens unlock access to a unique piece of graphic design by artist Kode Abdo aka BossLogic.
Singapore’s Jungle Ventures closes a $600 million fund, AUM crosses $1B
This brings their total Assets Under Management (AUM) to over $1 billion.
The climate change reality for businesses
A climate of economic, policy, and market uncertainty has prompted many companies to take a cautious approach towards climate change. Under these circumstances, it's not surprising that Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are generally reluctant to put climate risk at the forefront of their priorities. Many are still trying to understand the…
TSBA cohort participants raise $40M through the collaboration with Indonesian Crypto Asset Exchange, Tokocrypto and BRI Ventures
Tokocrypto, an Indonesian crypto-asset digital exchange, has partnered with the country’s leading government-owned bank’s corporate venture capital firm, BRI Ventures, for an initiative known as Tokocrypto Sembrani Blockchain Accelerator (TSBA) powered by TokoLabs. Through the accelerator program, the collaboration has helped emerging blockchain projects…
Zipmex invests in Thailand’s Fintech firm Forward
The investment, made by Zipmex Labs, a unit under Zipmex Group, is part of a series of investments aimed at promoting and supporting blockchain projects and entrepreneurs looking to transform the crypto ecosystem through innovative business ideas, Zipmex said.
