TechNode Global Staff

Singapore’s Indies closes fourth private credit fund at over $300M

Indies Capital Partners, a Singapore-based alternative investment manager focused on Southeast Asia, announced Thursday the final close of its fourth private credit fund, Indies Special Opportunities IV (ISO IV), at over $300 million — more than double the size of its predecessor.

Temasek-backed Einride raises $100M to accelerate autonomous freight and expand global operations

Temasek-backed Einride, a technology company that provides digital, electric, and autonomous solutions for road freight, has raised about $100 million in funding from a mix of existing and new investors.

Singapore’s Yangzijiang Financial invests $143.27M to lead the restructuring of lithium battery firm Shanshan

Singapore-based investment manager Yangzijiang Financial is investing RMB 1.02 billion ($143.27 million) to lead the restructuring of lithium battery giant Shanshan Co.

Temasek’s Temus inks strategic partnerships with IMDA, Peak3, Resaro to accelerate AI transformation

Temasek's digital transformation solutions firm Temus has announced three new strategic collaborations with the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Peak3, and Resaro to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) transformation across the public and private sectors in Singapore.

Lazada, Gmarket team up to bring authentic Korean products to SEA

Lazada, Southeast Asia’s leading online shopping platform, has teamed up with South Korea’s Gmarket, to bring 20 million authentic Korean products for Southeast Asian shoppers on its platform.

Aeon Credit partners MUFG to launch $119M social loan in Malaysia

MUFG Bank (Malaysia) Berhad (MUFG), a subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. has signed a MYR 500 million ($119 million) social loan with AEON Credit Service (M) Berhad (AEON Credit), a financial service provider in Malaysia.

CapBay partners TrackerHero to launch $200M initiative to boost digitalization among Malaysia’s SMEs in security services

Bay Group Holdings Sdn Bhd (CapBay), a Malaysian supply chain financing provider and peer-to-peer (P2P) financing platform, and Ultrack Technology Sdn Bhd (TrackerHero), a provider of security workforce management solutions, have sealed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to accelerate digital adoption and growth among small and medium-sized enterprises…

MAS and industry partners publish technical report on proof-of-concept Sandbox for quantum-safe communications within the financial sector

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), in collaboration with DBS, HSBC, OCBC, UOB, SPTel and SpeQtral, has successfully completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) sandbox to evaluate the use of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) for secure communications in the financial sector.

NYK joins Neptune’s $52M Series B funding round led by Granite Asia

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line), a Japan-based shipping company, and Neptune Robotics (Neptune), a Singapore-based robotics-driven vessel cleaning firm, have on Tuesday announced the signing of the memorandum of understanding which expand their partnership to accelerate fuel efficiency and decarbonization across NYK’s global fleet.

SEA tech firms funding falls 7 percent to $2.6B in first nine months of 2025 – Tracxn

A total of $2.6 billion was raised Southeast Asia's tech firms in the first nine months of 2025, a drop of 7 percent as compared to $2.8 billion raised in 9M 2024, and a drop of 58 percent compared to $6.2 billion raised in 9M 2023, Tracxn said Tuesday.