TechNode Global Staff

Grip Invest, a direct to consumer (D2C) investment platform for retail investors, has raised $10 million in a Series B funding. The round consisted of $8.5 million via fresh equity and convertible note as well as $1.5 million in venture debt.

Singapore's Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) startup FlyORO has successfully closed a Pre-Series A round, securing $1.6 million. The round is led by Audacy Ventures, a venture capital firm dedicated to catalyzing and scaling technology solutions driving the energy transition.

BitGo, the leading provider of financial services for digital assets, announced Tuesday that its subsidiary in Singapore, BitGo Singapore Pte. Ltd., has received in-principle approval (IPA) from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for a Major Payment Institution License. Once granted the full license, BitGo will be able to offer regulated digital…

SIRCLO, a an omnichannel commerce enabler in Indonesia has announce its partnership with Shopify, the global e-commerce powerhouse, to enhance its e-commerce capabilities. This alliance is set to transform the online retail experience, combining the strengths of both companies to offer superior e-commerce platforms in Indonesia.

Vietnamese carmaker VinFast Auto has officially announcedthe rollout of the DrgnFly electric bike in the United States. The VinFast Drgnfly launches in the US market with prices expected to begin at $2,800.

One97 Communications Limited (OCL) that owns the brand Paytm, has on Wednesday announced an investment of Rs 100 crore ($12 million) in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) to build a global financial ecosystem in Gandhinagar in India.

Taiwan-based blockchain content verification company Numbers Protocol has announced a project to ensure the public has access to reliable and credible news for the upcoming presidential election on Jan 13. This will be achieved through the implementation of a decentralized blockchain-based verification platform for digital media content and partnerships…

Total funding into Indonesian FinTech startups fell 51 percent to $765 million in 2023, from $1.6 billion in 2022, Tracxn Technologies Ltd. said Tuesday. The Indonesian startup ecosystem is the second highest-funded startup ecosystem in the Southeast Asian (SEA) region in terms of overall funding and also the second largest economy in the SEA region.

Salmon, a financial technology company based in the Philippines, announced Tuesday that it has become a licensed bank in the Philippines. The firm has received regulatory approval from the Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to acquire the controlling interest in Rural Bank of Sta. Rosa (Laguna), a licensed financial institution serving…

South East Asian (SEA) countries took the most hit in 2023 following the global economic crisis as the total funding for FinTech fell to $2 billion, the lowest in comparison to the last five years in this region, said Tracxn Technologies Ltd. on Tuesday.