AirAsia super app average monthly active users up 161 percent to 9.5m in 3Q
Capital A’s digital businesses, airasia super app achieved 9.5 million average Monthly Active Users (MAU) in the third quarter of 2022, up 161 percent compared to the same period…
Animoca Brands and TinyTap to auction first education Publisher NFTs
Animoca Brands, a Hong Kong-based company advancing digital property rights for gaming and the open metaverse, and its subsidiary TinyTap, the platform for user-generated…
Q9 awarded Dubai VARA provisional approval
Q9 Capital, a Hong Kong-based crypto investment platform, announced Thursdasy that it has received a provisional virtual asset (VA) approval from Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory…
Agents of Transformation: How organizations in Singapore can lead the next wave of innovation amid the global battle for talent
The next era of innovation is gathering pace as businesses look to reimagine their applications in response to rapidly changing customer needs and to enable new models of hybrid…
Global fintech firm Stripe launches in Thailand
Global fintech firm Stripe announced Thursday the launch of its services in Thailand. The launch expands Stripe’s investment in Asia Pacific where its services are available to…
Southeast Asia’s digital economy expected to hit $200B GMV in 2022, report
Southeast Asia’s digital economy is on track to hit $200 billion gross merchandise value (GMV) in 2022, three years earlier than was anticipated in the inaugural report shared in…
Indonesia’s Jago raises $2.2M Pre-Series A round led by Intudo Ventures and BEENEXT
Jago, an Indonesia-based mobile café company, announced Thursday the completion of a $2.2 million Pre-Series A round of financing led by Intudo Ventures and BEENEXT.The round also…
Wavemaker Impact, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, GenZero, Temasek plan to form agritech venture
Wavemaker Impact, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, GenZero, and Singapore’s Temasek intend to set up a first-of-its-kind agri-tech startup that brings together climate-tech,…
Hong Kong’s WATI raises $23M from Tiger Global, Shopify
Hong Kong customer and sales engagement tool WATI (WhatsApp Team Inbox) has on Wednesday announced a $23 million series B funding round to scale the team and product and reach…
Nissan partners with Grease Monkey Games’ Torque Drift 2 by dropping first ever Nissan utility NFTs
Grease Monkey Games, an Australia-based multi-platform video game studio and a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, announced Wednesday a historic industry partnership and collaboration…
Play and Own will overtake Play to Earn in 2023
The answer is prioritizing fun, entertaining gameplay. It’s that simple, although it’s easier said than done. Landmark games like Axie Infinity have forged ahead as early…
Singapore’s Toku announces Series A extension to $10M as it accelerates APAC growth
Toku, a Singapore-based dedicated cloud communications provider, announced Wednesday a $5 million extension of its Series A round, bringing its total funding to $10 million.The…
Singapore top trade associations launch new sustainability alliance
Top trade associations in Singapore namely the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI), the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS), and the premier…
Singapore’s Gigacover doubles down on transportation and logistics amidst profitability
Singapore-based insurtech Gigacover has bolstered performance through recently-inked partnerships with leading insurance brokerage firm, ComfortDelGro Insurance Brokers, and…
