Singapore’s Crypto.com secures $400M strategic investment from Citadel Securities

Crypto.com announced Thursday a strategic $400 million investment from Citadel Securities valuing the company at $20 billion.

Singapore’s Whale raises $40M to bring Series C to $100M, targets MENA, Europe

Singapore-based enterprise AI company Whale has raised $40 million in a Series C extension, bringing its total Series C funding to $100 million, as it looks to expand operations…

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The next 500 million investors won’t look like the last 500 million

We believe the platforms that will shape the next chapter of wealth management won’t necessarily be the ones serving the most sophisticated investors. They’ll be the ones that…

APAC enterprises shifting AI focus from time savings to competitive advantage, says LinqAlpha Co-Founder

Organisations in Asia-Pacific are moving beyond measuring artificial intelligence (AI) by time saved and are increasingly seeking differentiated insights and competitive…

Thai Aviation Industries signs airport modernization MOU with Spain’s Amadeus, UAE’s Edgewater

Thailand's Thai Aviation Industries (TAI), UAE-based Edgewater Solutions Limited, and Spain's Amadeus will jointly develop a modernization roadmap for passenger processing and…

Tighter digital rules could cut Malaysian startup VC funding by 26%: Oxford Economics

Restrictive digital regulations in Malaysia could reduce venture capital funding by 26 percent, equivalent to RM792 million ($170 million) less per year on average, period from…

Analysts see silver lining from the Iran War for Malaysia’s renewable energy sector

The Iran War has provided a silver lining for renewable energy (RE) in Malaysia due to rising grid power cost as a result of higher fuel prices (coal and Tier 2 gas) which has…

Inaugural Broadband Development Summit APAC 2026 unites industry leaders in Bangkok

inaugural WBBA Broadband Development Summit APAC 2026, held in Bangkok on 14 July. Convened by the World Broadband Association (WBBA), the summit brought together the ITU,…

Asia remains at the center of the transformational AI investment story

Asia remains at the center of the transformational artificial intelligence (AI) investment story, as it expands from a narrow focus on chips and data centers to a much larger…

UK’s Winnow acquires Singapore’s Lumitics to expand AI food waste platform in Asia-Pacific

London-based Winnow, an AI-powered food waste solution provider, has acquired Singapore's Lumitics, a food waste technology company operating in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East,…