Author: TechNode Global Staff

The United States and Vietnam-based wearables sleep tech firm Earable Neuroscience has announced the completion of the investment process in its bridge round by Samsung Ventures at an undisclosed amount.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has on Wednesday published a whitepaper proposing a common protocol to specify conditions for the use of digital money such as central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), tokenized bank deposits, and stablecoins on a distributed ledger.

Slice Group, an Indonesian developer of creator management tools for the creator economy, has on Wednesday announced the completion of a $645,000 seed round of financing led by Intudo Ventures and Arise.

MYStartup, an initiative by the Ministry of Science of Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) and Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle), has partnered with Malaysian firms Maxis, Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas), Cyberview and airasia academy to foster growth in Malaysia’s startup ecosystem.

GoTo-backed investment firm Go-Ventures has rebranded as Argor Capital Management Pte. Ltd. (Argor) and closed its second flagship venture fund at $240 million.

Following the launch of its comprehensive Islamic financing solutions recently, Funding Societies, the Singapore-based unified small and medium sized enterprise (SME) digital finance platform, has introduced its Guaranteed Islamic Investment Note (GN-i) in Malaysia.

Chinese multinational technology company Lenovo has announced its plans to invest $1 billion over three years in the expansion of infrastructure solutions to accelerate the artificial intelligence (AI) deployment for businesses around the world.

Global cloud computing services provider Google Cloud has on Monday announced the appointment of Mark Micallef as Managing Director of its business in Southeast Asia.

Malaysia-based payment service firm GHL Systems Berhad (GHL) has enabled Alipay+ for over 2,600 local businesses in Thailand to accept cross-border digital payments from leading Asian mobile wallets.

Shoppable Business, the Philippines-based business to business (B2B) eCommerce marketplace and technology company, has closed its oversubscribed pre-seed financing round of $1.15 million.