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Gojek has on Tuesday announced the expansion of its transport offering in Singapore with the scheduled launch of GoCar Kids and GoCar XL Kids, its on-demand service type for those travelling with children aged four to seven years.

SarvaGram Solutions Pvt. Ltd., an India-based rural household-focused lending and distribution platform, has on Tuesday announced the close of its Series C round at $35 million.Investors in this round include Elevar Equity, Elevation Capital, Temasek and TVS Capital Funds, withElevar Equity being the largest investor in the company.

Quest Global, a Singapore-based engineering services firms, has on Tuesday announced its partnership with TomTom, a Netherlands-based geolocation technology specialist, to deliver Next-Gen Digital Cockpit solutions.

Thailand-based healthcare and surgery marketplace HD has raised $6 million funding to improve accessibility and affordability of healthcare services and elective surgeries in emerging Southeast Asia. The firm has successfully raised funding from a group of investors including Partech Partners, M VenturePartners, AC Ventures, iSeed, and Orvel Ventures.

In the start of 2023, Amazon Chief Technology Officer Dr. Werner Vogels has shared on what's coming in this year and beyond. His predictions including cloud technologies will redefine sports as we know them; simulated worlds will reinvent the way we experiment; a surge of innovation in smart energy; the upcoming supply chain transformation and custom…

Singapore-based new material technology startup Alterpacks has closed its first round of $1 million Pre-Seed funding led by Plug and Play APAC, SEEDS Capital to further its commercialization drive. The round also saw participation from Earth Venture Capital and angel investor Alice Foo.

SeaVantage, a South Korean-based startup in real- time ocean supply chain visibility has raised $1.3 million from We Ventures, IBK Capital, Lindeman Asia Investment, and BDC Labs.

AirCarbon Exchange (ACX), the Singapore-based digital carbon trading exchange, has on Wednesday announced the successful close of its convertible note series with Singapore-based decarbonization investor, TRIREC, investing as the lead investor.

Akulaku, an Indonesia-based banking and digital finance platform, announced Monday a $200 million investment from Japanese megabank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG).

BillionBricks, a Singapore-based climate-tech venture that combines clean energy and large-scale affordable housing, announced Friday it has closed a $2.45 million seed funding round which was led by investment from Thakral Corporation Ltd.