Corporate Innovation
Finance platform Choco Up raises $15M to expand growth financing for Singapore SMEs
Choco Up, Asia's leading growth financing platform, has raised a $15 million credit facility from private credit investment company AlteriQ Global to expand access to growth capital for Singapore's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with the first drawdown already completed.
API-first architecture can help to banking modernization in Southeast Asia, says Mambu MD [interview]
API-first, SaaS platforms are the right foundation for payments modernization, fraud prevention, and cross-border scaling in Southeast Asia, David Becker, Managing Director for Asia Pacific at Mambu, said to TNGlobal.
Singapore SMEs most cautious about international expansion among global peers
Leaders of Singapore's small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) are the least optimistic about international expansion among all markets surveyed globally, scoring 7.2 out of 10 compared to a global average of 8.2, according to the third edition of Kreston Global's Interpreneur Report.
Cata raises $5.3M seed funding to expand digital platform for F&B, retail
Cata, a white-label SaaS platform for enterprise-grade branded apps, has raised $5.3 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round less than a year after its launch,
Japan’s office software provider Cybozu to invest $6.4M in Malaysia expansion
Japan-based Cybozu, a collaborative office software company known for its Kintone platform, has committed an initial $6.4 million investment to expand its operations in Malaysia.
China’s Alibaba unveils Wukong AI platform for enterprise workflows
China's Alibaba Group has introduced Wukong, an AI-focused enterprise platform designed to enable multiple AI agents to coordinate and perform complex tasks within a unified interface, supported by enterprise-grade security infrastructure.
Red Hat honours CIMB Bank Malaysia for pioneering Open Source initiatives
Embodying this year’s theme, “Unlock what’s next”, the Red Hat APAC Innovation Awards celebrates customers who have harnessed the power of open source technologies to drive transformation and innovation.
Telkomsel’s Jockie Heruseon on the relevance of the digital economy in supporting sunstainable innovation [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]
Telkomsel Corporate Accelerator (Tinc) is our flagship startup accelerator program as a footprint for the telco industry in supporting other verticals with Telkomsel capability & assets, such as agriculture, fintech, SaaS, and many more.
True Digital Park’s Dr. Tarit Nimmanwudipong on the economic and societal role of the innovation ecosystem [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]
The park is a critical driver for the development of the startup and innovation ecosystem in Thailand. All under one roof, startups, entrepreneurs, tech companies, investors, accelerators, incubators, academies and government agencies co-exist in our interconnected ecosystem.
Income’s Max Tiong on innovating insurance through a customer-centric and data-driven approach [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]
At Income, our lifestyle-centric and data-driven approach to insurance and financial planning puts us at the forefront of innovative solutions that empower better financial well-being for all, including the underserved.
