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Winners of prestigious $4.5M Global Sci-Tech VinFuture prizes announced
The VinFuture Prize rewards breakthrough scientific research and technological innovations with humanitarian outcomes. The VinFuture Prize is aligned with one or more of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is grounded in recognizing proven, real-life impact. Winners demonstrated breakthrough innovations in science and technology focused on…
Live from Hanoi: VinFuture Prize Inaugral Award Ceremony
One year after its launch, the VinFuture Prize Council has completed the evaluation process and selected 4 groundbreaking scientific innovations that have made and will continue to make positive impacts in the everyday lives of millions of people around the world. Prize winners will be announced, together with the in-person presence of great minds of the…
Singapore blockchain gaming startup Infinity Force raises $5.5M seed investment led by Animoca Brands
Infinity Force announced its $5.5 million seed-funding raise led by Animoca Brands. Other participants in the round included JUMP Capital, Sky Vision Capital, OKex Blockdream Ventures, MEXC, GSR, Double Peak Group, Tokenbay, DWeb3, and more. It will use the new funding to further scale its functionality to facilitate onboarding games, guilds and players, as…
Vietnamese blockchain gaming guild Ancient8 raises $4M seed fund from Dragonfly, Pantera, and Hashed
Ancient8 announced the completion of a $4 million round of seed financing led by Dragonfly Capital, Pantera Capital, and Hashed. The round also saw the participation from strategic backers including Mechanism Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Alameda Research, 3Twelve Capital, Coin98 Ventures, Kyros Ventures, Raydium, Jump Capital, GuildFi, Impossible Finance,…
Tookitaki’s Abhishek Chatterjee on enhancing trust and security in FinTech through RegTech driven by AI and collaboration [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]
Tookitaki’s AML compliance platform harnesses artificial intelligence (AI) to support a family of intelligent specialist compliance applications that set new standards in accuracy, speed, and resilience.
Malaysian edtech startup GuruLab raises $1M seed round to enhance its proprietary analytics platform and expand its offerings
GuruLab has closed a $1 million seed round. It intends to use the funds to enhance its proprietary analytics platform and expand its offerings within Malaysia’s education ecosystem.
Indonesian used car platform Moladin raises $42M in Series A funding led by Sequoia Capital India and Northstar Group
Moladin has raised a $42 million Series A investment round led by Sequoia Capital India and Northstar Group. The investment, which is one of Southeast Asia’s largest Series A funding rounds, will allow Moladin to solidify its position as Indonesia’s leading used car platform. The round also includes participation from East Ventures, Global Founders Capital,…
Hong Kong gaming firm Animoca Brands raises $358.89M at $5B valuation to grow the open metaverse
Animoca Brands has completed a capital raise of $358.89 million at a pre-money valuation of $5 billion. The round was led by Liberty City Ventures, with other investors including 10T Holdings, C Ventures, Delta Fund, Gemini Frontier Fund, Gobi Partners Greater Bay Area, Kingsway, L2 Capital, Mirae Asset, Pacific Century Group, ParaFi Capital, Provident,…
OnPoint’s Tran Vu Quang on how innovations are optimizing e-commerce operations and driving new opportunities for growth [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]
AI technology will also help merchants optimize their operations--reducing wastage in supply chain and increasing resilience. For example, we are able to achieve a highly accurate demand forecasting, and be able to optimise time, quantity and location to place the inventory.
