Singapore’s Venti Technologies raises $28.8M Series A funding led by LG Technology Ventures

Venti Technologies, a Singapore-based firm in autonomous logistics for global supply chain and industrial hubs, has announced that it has secured $28.8 million in a Series A…

Singapore’s True Global Ventures invests over $24M in French crypto firm Ledger

Singapore-based technology equity Venture Capital firm True Global Ventures (TGV) has invested over $24 million into Ledger, the France-based platform for digital assets and Web3.…

Switzerland venture capital firm Tenity to expand investment in fintech and insurtech in Europe and Asia

Tenity (formerly F10), the Switzerland-based innovation ecosystem, and early-stage investor creating the future of finance, has on Thursday announced the first closing of its…

NEC, Animoca Brands, Gryfyn team up for Web3 space collaboration

With the aim of creating and expanding the digital wallet market in the Web3 area, Japanese technology firm Nippon Electric Company, Limited, (NEC) has entered a memorandum of…

Singapore’s Horizon Quantum Computing raises $18.1M Series A funding from Sequoia Capital India, Tencent and others

Horizon Quantum Computing, a Singapore-based company building software development tools to unlock the potential of quantum computing hardware, announced Friday that it has raised…

Malaysia, Singapore announces cross-border QR code payment linkage

This cross-border QR code payment linkage is made possible through the strong collaboration of various industry players from both countries, including Payments Network Malaysia…

Mobee obtains license to operate digital asset exchange in Indonesia; raises funds led by 1982 Ventures

Indonesian digital assets and securities Mobee has launched its newly registered digital asset exchange in Indonesia. The firm has also closed its funding round led by leading…

Animoca Brands Japan invests $113M in LMI Group

Animoca Brands Japan, a strategic subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Web3 firm Animoca Brands Corporation Limited (Animoca Brands), announced Thursday that it has invested JP¥150…

BEYOND Expo returns with more opportunities for Singapore businesses to grow internationally

BEYOND Expo aims to showcase the latest innovations and solutions to assist the tech industry, currently facing hiring slowdown and layoffs amid economic uncertainty

From ad overload to sustainability, blockchain is changing the marketing game [Podcast]

From traditional TV advertisements to modern-day social media campaigns, the marketing industry has relentlessly strived to discover novel ways to connect with its intended…

Shopee survey shows new generation of Malaysians shop value-based online

New generations of Malaysians are shopping with purpose online as Shopee's marketplace data shows online consumers are three times more likely to buy products that promote smarter…

Indonesian insurtech firm Qoala raises $7.5M in Series B+ led by responsAbility

Qoala, an Indonesia-based insurtech company, has completed its Series B+ funding round, raising $7.5 million led by responsAbility Investments AG (responsAbility), a European…

BNPL schemes grow at a more moderate pace in 2022, says Malaysian Central Bank

Malaysian Central Bank said Wednesday that buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) schemes grew at a more moderate pace in 2022 amid tapering customer demand.

Elon Musk, tech experts call for ‘pause’ on advanced AI systems

The open letter came as tech giants and AI startups are rushing to develop better and more powerful AI systems to rival ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by…