Clime Capital and Touchstone Partners back solar cleantech platform Stride in $2M seed round
Clime Capital and Touchstone Partners have on Wednesday announced a joint investment into Stride, an innovative cleantech company operating in Vietnam.
OCBC partners ADDX to launch tokenized equity-linked structured note
Singaporean bank OCBC Bank has partnered with the country's private market exchange ADDX to distribute its first tokenised equity-linked structured note to accredited investors.
ORIGIN Conference: Southeast Asia: A Race to Go Sustainable
The panelists discussed sustainability issues and development across Southeast Asia. Avant Meat’s Chan and SWAP Energi’s Irwan explained how their startups can help to achieve…
UK’s Builder.ai raises $250M Series D funding led by QIA
Builder.ai, the global artificial intelligence (AI) powered composable software platform, has on Tuesday announced an investment of $250 million in a Series D funding. The new…
Malaysian PropTech firm LiveIn acquires property management firm KT Management
Malaysian PropTech firm LiveIn said Monday it has acquired a Malaysia-based property management firm KT Management. This merger makes LiveIn the market leader in the space and…
Indonesian D2C comestics brand Rosé All Day Cosmetics on track to achieve 6 times surge in revenue
Indonesian direct-to-consumer (D2C) cosmetics brand Rosé All Day Cosmetics (RADC) which has reported a four times increase in annual revenue in 2022, said it is on track to…
Superbank, Home Credit join forces to provide financing solutions for underbanked Indonesians
PT Super Bank Indonesia (Superbank) has announced a strategic partnership with PT Home Credit Indonesia (Home Credit) to expand access to inclusive financing for underbanked…
Princeton Digital acquires land from JLand to develop 150MW data center campus in Malaysia
Princeton Digital Group (PDG), a Singapore-based data center provider, has entered into a definitive agreement with JLand Group (JLG), Johor Corporation’s real estate and…
As Web2 giants enter the Web3 space, security will be make-or-break
It is not a question of if, but when and how mass adoption of blockchain technologies will take place. Asset security will be vital to driving wide-scale adoption with confidence.
AI assistants can be students’ personal Socrates
AI assistants that can engage students in the Socratic Method could be especially helpful in Asian schools where students are most accustomed to the passive absorption of…
ORIGIN Conference: Why is Southeast Asia Prime for the Next Decade?
The panellists discussed about the reasons why Southeast Asia is prime for the next decade and where they see opportunities within the region. They also discussed the challenges…
Singapore’s TVM Capital Healthcare invests $10.82M in DEBx Medical
TVM Capital Healthcare, a global specialist healthcare private equity firm headquartered in Dubai and Singapore, has on Monday announced an investment, from its TVM Healthcare…
India’s PhonePe secures an additional $100M investment from General Atlantic
Indian financial technology firm PhonePe has on Monday announced that it has secured an additional $100 million investment from General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, as…
Animoca Brands subsidiary Forj receives ApeCoin DAO approval to build first Bored Ape Yacht Club ecosystem accelerator
Forj, an Animoca Brands subsidiary and a Web3 technology firm, has been granted approval from the ApeCoin DAO to launch Ape Accelerator, an incubation platform for the Bored Ape…
