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MAS and Google Cloud launch Point Carbon Zero Program to catalyse climate FinTech solutions

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Google Cloud have on Tuesday jointly launched the Point Carbon Zero Programme to drive the innovation, incubation and scaling of climate FinTech solutions in Asia.

Malaysia’s Exabytes partners with China’s Huawei Cloud to provide cloud-first smart solutions

Malaysia-based all-in-one business cloud, digital, and e-commerce solutions provider Exabytes said Monday it continues to expand its capabilities by establishing a partnership with Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (Huawei Malaysia), offering cloud infrastructure-platform-and-software-as-a-service (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS) systems to boost the digital…

Singapore’s Smart Ship Hub raises $2.5M pre-series A funding led by Ideaspring Capital and StartupXseed ventures

Smart Ship Hub (SSH), a Singapore headquartered business to business (B2B) software as a service (SaaS) maritime digital platform, said Monday it has raised pre series round of $2.5 million led by Ideaspring Capital and StartupXseed ventures.

Malaysia’s TNG eWallet raises $168M funding led by Lazada

Touch ‘n Go Group announced Monday that TNG Digital Sdn Bhd (TNGD), the owner and operator of Touch ‘n Go eWallet, Malaysia’s largest eWallet company, has raised MYR750 million ($168.39 million) from its latest round of equity funding. This funding round was led by a new investment in TNG Digital by Lazada Group and a follow-on investment by TNG Digital’s…

Singapore’s CrediLinq raises $2.6M co-led by 1982 Ventures and White Venture Capital

CrediLinq, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning credit underwriting firm, has raised $2.6 million funding co-led by 1982 Ventures and White Venture Capital. The round was further supported by 500 Global, Sequoia Sprouts, Arkana Ventures, GK Plug and Play Indonesia, Sketchnote Partners, Boleh Ventures and EPIC Angels.

Singapore’s HeveaConnect raises $7.1M Series A funding led by Provident, DeClout and HC management

HeveaConnect Pte Ltd (HC), a Singapore-based, agri-commodities platform company, announced Monday that it has completed its series A round led by Provident Capital Partners (Provident), DeClout Ventures (DeClout) and HC management. Proceeds from the investment will be used for working capital, technology development and continued business development in…

Singapore’s Omni HR raises $2.4M pre-seed funding from Alpha JWC Ventures and Picus Capital

Singapore-based human resource (HR) automation platform Omni HR announced Monday it has recently closed $2.4 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round co-led by Alpha JWC Ventures and Picus Capital. The round also saw participation from FEBE Ventures, Basis Set Ventures, Ratio Ventures, and Frances Kang at Horizons Ventures.

Indian EdTech firm upGrad acquires Harappa Education for $38M

UpGrad, an India-based integrated higher EdTech firm has announced a merger with Harappa Education at a value of $38 million, to establish leadership in enterprise learning in India. Harappa will clock about $10 million in revenue this year.

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Singapore Exchange and New York Stock Exchange announce collaboration including companies dual listing

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Singapore Exchange (SGX) announced Thursday the signing of a new agreement to collaborate on the dual listing of companies on both exchanges and work together in a number of other key areas focused on the capital markets. This collaboration represents an important initiative for both markets.

Singaporean multi-currency stablecoin protocol Bluejay Finance bags $2.9M funding

Bluejay Finance, a capital-efficient decentralized stablecoin protocol for issuing stablecoins pegged to real-world currencies, said Wednesday it has raised $2.9 million funding from Zee Prime Capital, C2 Ventures, Stake Capital Group, RNR Capital, Daedalus Angels, Moonlanding Ventures, Oval Ventures, and more, with operator-angels including DeFi projects…