Singapore’s Synthesys raises $11M funding to scale next generation infrastructure

Singapore-based tech firm Synthesys (formerly known as Equitize) has raised $11 million, in combined seed and strategic funding to build next-generation infrastructure for…

Singapore’s Kilde secures $1.5M in funding led by Purple Ventures

Kilde, a Singapore-based private credit investment platform, has closed a $1.5 million Pre-Series A financing round led by Purple Ventures with participation from existing…

Singapore’s iSense Global secures strategic investment from DNAKE

ISense Global, Singapore’s smart city internet of things (IoT) provider, announced Monday a strategic investment from DNAKE (Xiamen) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., a publicly…

Brookfield, Solarvest partner to deliver 1.5+ GW of renewables in Malaysia

Brookfield, a global investment firm founded in Canada, has entered into a joint investment framework agreement with Malaysian clean energy firm Solarvest Holdings Bhd to jointly…

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Beware the distributed monolith: Why Agentic AI needs Event-Driven Architecture to avoid a repeat of the microservices disaster

EDA for agentic AI systems is crucial because it promotes loose coupling, allowing agents to operate independently and communicate asynchronously. This approach prevents the same…

Workato launches AI Institute Alliance to accelerate talent development, innovation in Singapore

Workato, the global agentic orchestration firm, announced Monday the launch of the AI Institute Alliance in Singapore.

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The climate tech paradox: Why Asia’s biggest market gets the least capital

As Southeast Asia faces compounding risks from rising emissions, heat, and extreme weather, the real question is not whether the region will be transformed by climate change. It…

EUV Tech opens first international office in Singapore

EUV Tech, the global extreme ultraviolet (EUV) metrology equipment firm, announced last Friday the opening of its first international office: EUV Tech Singapore Pte. Ltd., located…

Investigate VC targets to exceed $1B in AUM over 5 to 8 years as it challenges traditional fund structure [Q&A]

One of the key features of the new fund is its "5+5 year dual-fund design," which offers investors an option for liquidity after five years. Pomerleau, in an interview with…

ComfortDelGro partners Pony.ai to roll out autonomous shuttle in Singapore

Singaporean transport group ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited has tied up with Chinese autonomous mobility technology company Pony.ai to expand its autonomous vehicle (AV)…

Grab, WeRide team up to launch autonomous vehicle service in Singapore

Grab, a superapp in Southeast Asia, announced last Saturday its plans to launch Autonomously Intelligent Ride (Ai.R), its first autonomous vehicle (AV) service for consumers in…

Malaysia’s deeptech startup Nvsion raises seed funding from Cambrian Fund

Nvsion, a Malaysia-based deeptech startup, announced last Friday it has successfully completed a "multi-million ringgit seed round" with Cambrian Fund as its sole investor.

FPT partners with Kyndryl to offer AI, enterprise transformation solutions

Vietnamese information technology (IT) firm FPT has announced a partnership with Kyndryl, a US provider of enterprise technology services, to accelerate enterprise digital…

Singapore supports 2,000 local enterprises for AI capabilities

In the push to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in enterprises, Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) will intensify efforts under its…