TechNode Global Staff

Web3Re Technologies Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based blockchain-as-a-service (BAAS) solutions company, has launched the country’s first curated metaverse ecosystem - Goya Universe, premised on demonstrating how blockchain can be used for good.

KKR, a leading global investment firm, and Privy, a leading digital trust provider in Indonesia, announced Monday the signing of definitive agreements under which KKR will participate as the lead investor in the $48 million Series C funding round of Privy.

Bank Indonesia (BI), Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and Bank of Thailand (BOT) have agreed to strengthen and enhance cooperation on payment connectivity to support faster, cheaper, more transparent, and more inclusive cross-border payments.

Funding Societies, Southeast Asia’s largest small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) digital financing platform, is collaborating with Malaysia's national car maker Proton to provide credit facilities for Proton dealers to finance the purchase of cars for floor stocking.

Cool Cats Group, the web3 company behind the iconic blue-chip non-fungible token (NFT) collection Cool Cats, Animoca Brands, the company advancing digital property rights for gaming and the open metaverse, and OneFootball Labs, a joint venture between Animoca Brands, OneFootball, and Liberty City Ventures, on Friday announced the launch of the new…

Fintech startup Bold Finance said Thursday it has raised a seed round of $1.5 million led by Kae Capital. The round also saw participation from existing investor Antler India and several angel investors such as Nitin Gupta (Uni Cards), Ishpreet Gandhi (Stride Ventures), Shashikant Dola (McKinsey & Company), Tushar Mehndiratta (Avail Finance), Vadiraj…

Broom, an Indonesia-based automotive startup, announced Thursday its partnership with Bank DBS Indonesia through a IDR 100 billion ($6.45 million) credit facility. The credit facility is expected to be a growth accelerator for the company to expand its geographical scope and services across the used-car showroom industry in Indonesia, as well as Bank DBS…

Even Healthcare, an India-based healthcare startup, said Friday it has raised additional funding of $15 million to expand personalised and preventive care in India. The new capital comes from new investors Alpha Wave and Aspada (Lightrock).

Razer, United States and Singapore-based lifestyle brand for gamers, has introduced Restorify, an e-commerce service rolled out by Razer Fintech, the financial technology arm of Razer. Restorify is a traceable carbon neutral checkout, and was launched during COP27, the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate…

Huawei Cloud has launched the inaugural Spark Incubator program as part of its partnership with the Infocomm Media Development Authority’s (IMDA) PIXEL Innovation Hub. In a statement, The program targets early-stage Singapore-based start-ups in the pre-seed and seed space from sectors including FinTech, Web3, metaverse and software as a service (SaaS)…