Yimie Yong

Indonesia’s J&T Express eyes shifting US IPO to Hong Kong – report

The Jakarta-based logistics unicorn is working with Bank of America Corp, China International Capital Corp and Morgan Stanley on the potential first-time share sale as soon as next year, Bloomberg reported, quoting people familiar with the matter.

ScaleUp Malaysia inks memorandum of cooperation with Technology Park Malaysia in strategic public-private partnership

The partnership between TPM and ScaleUp Malaysia will provide startups better access to government resources that include labs, infrastructure, and other facilities, as well as regulatory facilitation to advance innovation.

Singapore’s F&B startup Chope & Alipay forms strategic partnership

Through this strategic partnership, Alipay will provide Chope with its mini program Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and know-how, while Chope becomes Alipay's platform partner with the capability to integrate a variety of mini programs quickly and flexibly.

Petronas Future Tech 2.0 welcomes 20 Malaysian deep tech startups including drone tech firm Aerodyne

Petronas’ collaboration with TM and SDP aims to provide homegrown startups with opportunities to gain insights from industry experts that will help them discover, nurture and scale deep technology innovations in the country.

Alibaba’s Lazada rebrands logistics arm, introduces multi-channel logistics services

Along with the rebranding, Lazada Logistics is also introducing multi-channel logistics (MCL) services, which provide a single stock fulfillment solution to help e-commerce enablers and brands fulfill across all e-commerce channels seamlessly.

MDEC launches Global Technology Grant to nurture global tech champions

The grant provides up to 2 million ringgit funding for eligible technology companies and technology accelerators.

Singapore’s cloud workflow startup Tessaract raises $3.3M in Wavemaker Partners-led Pre-Series A funding round

The round also includes CMIA Capital Partners, M Venture Partners, as well as angels, Anand Swaminathan and Doug Parker.

Malaysia-based SPAC Kairous Acquisition files for a $50 million IPO on NASDAQ

The SPAC intends to focus on fast-growing technology companies in e-commerce, financial technology, insurance technology, digital health, digital media, and digital services.

Singapore’s Omnilytics to acquire Malaysia’s Supahands in $20M deal

Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Malaysia, Supahands is an end-to-end data labeling platform that develops training data to enable clients to launch and scale high-performing artificial intelligence applications for their business.

ScaleUp Malaysia launches Cohort 3, partners with Quest Ventures & Indelible Ventures

For Cohort 3, ScaleUp Malaysia is looking towards working with more scaleups eyeing the regional and global stage.