Malaysia unicorn Carsome, Singapore CarTimes, Japan JACCS formalise auto financing partnership
Malaysia-based Carsome Group Inc, Southeast Asia’s largest integrated car e-commerce platform, Singapore's CarTimes Group, and Japan's JACCS have reached a strategic auto…
Temasek’s Xora Innovation leads NeuBird AI’s $19.3M funding
NeuBird AI, the US-based agentic artificial intelligence (AI) for production operations, has announced $19.3 million in an oversubscribed funding round led by new investor Xora…
Malaysia-based Gobi Partners invests in payment firm Transak to support digital asset payment
Gobi Partners, a venture capital (VC) firm based in Malaysia and Hong Kong, has announced an unspecified investment in Transak, a company focused on enabling compliant…
ASEAN carbon markets gain traction as climate risks intensify
ASEAN countries are accelerating efforts to develop carbon markets as climate risks intensify, with Malaysia moving closer to introducing a carbon tax, according to a report by…
Singapore healthtech startup injewelme raises $1.2m to advance AI monitoring technology
Catalytic Capital for Climate and Health (C3H), a catalytic investment vehicle of Temasek Trust, has led a US$1.2 million funding round in Singapore-based AI healthtech startup…
Amkor Technology urges Vietnam to prioritize LPG supply for semiconductor factory
The United States-headquarter semiconductor packaging & test services provider Amkor Technology urged Vietnam's northern province of Bac Ninh, home to its factory in Vietnam,…
How AI search and GEO are changing the rules of digital visibility
As AI-generated answers become a more prominent layer in search, digital visibility is starting to depend on more than rankings and clicks. GEO, or Generative Engine Optimization,…
KBank, StraitsX, Grab team up to expand Q Wallet to enable Thailand–Singapore cross-border payments
Thailand's KASIKORNBANK (KBank) has teamed up with Singapore's StraitsX and Grab to expand Q Wallet to enable Thailand–Singapore cross-border payments.
Singapore AI startup OnSite raises $1.3M to solve construction inefficiencies
OnSite, a Singapore-based startup developing an AI-powered communication platform for the construction and facilities management industry, has raised S$1.7 million ($1.3 million)…
Agentic commerce spending can reach $1.5 trillion by 2030, study finds
A new study by the UK-based Juniper Research projects that spending on agentic commerce will reach $1.5 trillion by 2030, rising from early pilot deployments expected in 2025 and…
