TechNode Global Staff

AVPN, the largest network of social investors based in Singapore, has announced the launch of the $15 million Artificial Intelligence (AI) Opportunity Fund: Asia-Pacific, with the support of Google.org and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Zypp Electric, an India-based tech-enabled electric vehicle (EV)-as-a-service platform, has announced the successful kick-off of its Series C funding round, raising $15 million. This round was led by Japanese major ENEOS.

Portl, an India-based digital fitness and wellness technology startup, has successfully closed a $3 million funding round led by Bharat Innovation Fund. This round also saw participation from existing investor Kalaari Capital and new investor T-Hub Foundation.

Malaysian property developer Sime Darby Property said Thursday that it has partnered with Pearl Computing Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of a multinational technology company, to develop a hyperscale data center for a multinational tech firm with a lease value of MYR 2 billion ($424 million).

XSQUARE Technologies (XSQUARE), a Singapore-based intelligent warehousing automation company, has successfully raised SGD 10.5 million ($7.78 million) in Series A funding. The round was led by Wavemaker Partners, the Southeast Asia's leading venture capital firm, with participation from SEEDS Capital, the investment arm of Enterprise Singapore–and Goldbell…

LVMH Group, the world leader in luxury products, and Alibaba Group, the leading e-commerce and technology company in China, have on Thursday announced an extended partnership to enhance luxury experience in China, leveraging Alibaba’s cloud technologies, through artificial intelligence (AI)-powered innovations in retail and on-line with Tmall.

A global study commissioned by Ciena has found communications service providers’ (CSPs) growing optimism toward artificial intelligence (AI), as more than half of telecom and information technology (IT) engineers surveyed believe the use of AI will improve network operational efficiency by 40 percent or more.

Shomvob, the business to business (B2B) job-tech and human resource (HR) tech platform in Bangladesh, has on Thursday announced a $1 million pre-seed financing round led by Singapore-based early-stage venture capital firm Cocoon Capital.

PopChill, a luxury resale marketplace operating in Taiwan and Hong Kong, announced Wednesday that it had finalized a $3.1 million Pre-A+ funding round. The firm secured an additional $1.3 million, bringing the total funds raised in this round to $3.1 million, inclusive of the earlier announced $1.8 million.