Digital Transformation

Australia's Firmus Grid has received full commitments for a $2 billion strategic equity investment round, bringing its total new equity raised over the past year to more than $3 billion and its post-money valuation above $10.5 billion.

Vietnam's Ministry of Science and Technology and NUS Enterprise, under National University of Singapore (NUS), will collaborate in artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors, technology transfer, startup development, and technology workforce training.

Japanese technology firm Macnica, Inc has acquired a major stake in Orangeleaf Consulting Holdings Co. (OLC), a Singapore-registered, Malaysian-founded digital transformation and enterprise software consultancy with operations across Malaysia, Japan and Singapore.

Dubai-based Bundle, a networked rewards platform that allows businesses to pool their marketing budgets into shared prize funds, has raised $5.5 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Ethereal Ventures and Further Ventures.

Singapore Polytechnic has inked nine partnerships with organizations from industry, academia and professional associations to strengthen talent and industry transformation in the technology sector of the city state.

Uber’s proposed $15 billion acquisition of Delivery Hero could mark the ride-hailing giant’s return to Southeast Asia eight years after exiting the region, potentially reshaping competition across ASEAN’s on-demand services market, Maybank Investment Bank Research said Monday.

"The Johor state government takes note of and fully supports the decision of the special meeting of the Iskandar Puteri City Council (MBIP) to revoke the business license and order all activities of NS0 Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (Network School) in Forest City to cease, effective July 22, 2026," the chief minister of Johor state Onn Hafiz Ghazi said in a Facebook…

Ali Shaheen of Protaigé discusses how enterprise AI is moving beyond copilots toward agentic workflows, and why reliability, memory, guardrails, and accountability are becoming critical for adoption.

Temasek, Singapore's state investment company, plans to lift its direct AI exposure from about 6 percent of its current portfolio to 10-15 percent by March 2031.

QAI Ventures, a global venture capital firm focused on quantum technologies and advanced computing, has launched the inaugural cohort of its Singapore Quantum Accelerator.