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Indian e-mobility startup Magenta Mobility raises $22M from bp and Morgan Stanley India Infrastructure

Indian e-mobility firm Magenta Mobility has secured $22 million equity investment from bp ventures, the venture capital arm of United Kingdom-based oil and gas firm bp, and Morgan Stanley India Infrastructure, the Indian infrastructure arm managed by the United States-based investment bank Morgan Stanley.

Amazon India and Ministry of Information & Broadcasting join hands to boost India’s creative economy

Amazon India has on Wednesday announced that it has signed a letter of engagement (LoE) with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB), government of India, with an objective of growing India’s creative economy.

Indonesia sees consistent improvement in EV-DCI up to 2023, says East Ventures

Indonesia's East Ventures - Digital Competitiveness Index (EV-DCI) has increased for four consecutive years with the median score of 38.5 in 2023, said Singapore-based venture capital firm East Ventures Wednesday.

Toku acquires customer engagement firm Activeo Singapore to boost APAC businesses

Toku, a Singapore-based dedicated cloud communications provider, has on Tuesday announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the Southeast Asia operations of Activeo, a leading customer experience (CX) consulting firm headquartered in France.

Oracle opens second cloud region in Singapore to meet growing cloud services demand

American technology firm Oracle has on Tuesday announced its plans to open a second cloud region in Singapore to meet the rapidly growing demand for its cloud services in South East Asia.

Swiss fund manager SUSI Partners invests in solar developer Asia Clean Capital Vietnam

Swiss fund manager SUSI Partners, through its Asia Energy Transition Fund (SAETF), has agreed to invest in Asia Clean Capital Vietnam (ACCV), a developer and operator of rooftop and ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) projects for commercial and industrial end clients in Vietnam.

Malaysia’s Soft Space raises $31.5M Series B1 funding led by Southern Capital Group

Soft Space Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysia-based financial technology (Fintech) player, has on Thursday announced it has raised $31.5 million in its latest funding round. Southern Capital Group (SCG) Pte. Ltd, led the funding round.

Malaysia, China explore blockchain technology for PCO to facilitate Malaysia’s exports to China

Malaysia and China are exploring blockchain technology for preferential certificate of origin (PCO) to better facilitate Malaysia's exports to China.

Malaysian healthtech startup Qmed Asia raises $1.16M in equity crowdfunding for regional expansion

Malaysian health-tech startup Qmed Asia has successfully raised MYR5.1 million ($1.16 million) through an equity crowdfunding (ECF) campaign on Leet Capital for regional expansion.

Funding Societies partners Food Market Hub, Supply Bunny to launch financing program for F&B in Malaysia

Funding Societies, the Singapore-based small and medium enterprise (SME) digital financing platform, has partnered with Food Market Hub and Supply Bunny, two solution providers for food and beverage (F&B) supplies in Malaysia, to launch a new business-to-business (B2B) embedded financing program.