TechNode Global Staff

Singapore’s Supabase raises $100M in Series E funding round co-led by Accel and Peak XV

Supabase, the Singapore-based database firm, has raised $100 million in Series E funding at a $5 billion valuation.

Maybank foresees opportunities and risks from ChatGPT Agentic Commerce

Maybank Investment Bank Research has foreseen both opportunities and risks from ChatGPT Agentic Commerce.

Singapore’s WMCockpit secures $1M strategic investment from investor group led by Galaxy Investments

WMCockpit, the wealth technology company headquartered in Singapore with operations in the UAE (DIFC), announced Tuesday that it has raised $1 million capital from Galaxy Investments Limited, a Dubai-based private investment vehicle.

VinFast inks deal with Castrol India to strengthen EV after sales service network

VinFast Auto India has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Castrol India Limited, a premium lubricant manufacturer, to provide reliable and accessible after-sales support for its electric vehicle (EV) customers across India.

Singapore’s BlueRed Partners backs Gain’s $12M funding round

Singapore’s venture capital firm BlueRed Partners is backing deep-tech startup Gain’s $12 million round, fueling its launch of the first artificial intelligence (AI) employees for end-to-end procurement.

Solarvest, Press Metal team up to deliver $90.14M solar farm in Sarawak

Malaysia's clean energy firm Solarvest Holdings Berhad has teamed up with aluminum producer Press Metal Berhad to deliver Sarawak's 100-megawatt solar farm with an estimated investment cost of MYR 380 million ($90.14 million).

YY Group partners with Obita to strengthen global ecosystem with stablecoin payment infrastructure

YY Group Holding Limited, a Singapore-based workforce solutions and integrated facility management (IFM) platform provider, announced Wednesday that it has partnered with Obita, an enterprise-level cross-border payment and digital financial network, to strengthen global ecosystem with stablecoin payment infrastructure.

BYD’s consortium gets $6.31M contract for pilot deployment of autonomous buses on two public bus services in Singapore

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) in Singapore has awarded a contract to a consortium of MKX Technologies Pte Ltd, Zhidao Network Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd and BYD (Singapore) Pte Ltd for a contract sum of around $8.14 million ($6.31 million) to pilot autonomous buses.

Sriwijaya Capital, BlueFive Capital form strategic alliance to boost capital flow between Gulf and SEA

Sriwijaya Capital, an Indonesia-based private equity firm, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Abu Dhabi-based BlueFive Capital, to form a strategic alliance aimed at strengthening capital flow between the Gulf and Southeast Asia.

Singapore’s GIC leads US’s Temporal Technologies’ $105M funding

Temporal Technologies, the US-based creators of the open source Durable Execution platform Temporal.io and the enterprise-grade managed service Temporal Cloud, announced Wednesday a secondary transaction valuing the company at $2.5 billion.