Malaysia
Malaysia’s Vircle receives venture capital injection from Kumpulan Modal Perdana, Gobi Partners
Vircle, a Malaysian neobanking service provider, has successfully secured venture capital (VC) funding for its seed round from co-lead investors Kumpulan Modal Perdana (KMP), a government-owned tech-focused VC, and Gobi Partners (Gobi), an Asia-focused VC firm.
Fusang Exchange tokenizes and lists digital sukuk backed by IILM
Fusang Exchange, a Malaysia-based digital stock exchange operator, has on Monday announced the successful tokenization and listing of a digital sukuk representing the corresponding underlying sukuk issued by the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM).
Malaysia’s PNB, EPF, KWAP co-invest in high-tech industrial asset Kulim II for $420M
Malaysian funds Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), and Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) (KWAP) have signed a sale and leaseback transaction agreement valued at MYR2 billion ($420 million) with OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned domestic subsidiary of Austria-based intelligent sensors and emitters…
Gentari partners AM Green to drive large-scale green hydrogen production with global reach
Malaysian clean energy firm Gentari Sdn Bhd (Gentari) has partnered AM Green BV (AM Green) to jointly invest, in phases, into a green ammonia platform, AM Green Ammonia Holdings BV (AMG Ammonia). AMG Ammonia is established by the founders of Greenko, one of India’s leading renewable energy companies.
DRB-HICOM invests in Carro’s auto fintech subsidiary Genie Malaysia
Edaran Otomobil Nasional Berhad (EON), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysia-listed conglomerate DRB-HICOM, has made a strategic investment in Genie Malaysia, a subsidiary of Singapore-based online used car platform Carro.
Infinaxis Data Centre Platform breaks ground on its inaugural data center in Cyberjaya
Infinaxis Data Centre Platform, a joint venture formed by a fund managed by Gaw Capital Partners and its partners, celebrated the groundbreaking on Wednesday as it officially marked the commencement of its first data center project ——Infinaxis Data Centre in the tech hub of Cyberjaya， Malaysia.
Nadia Omer takes the helm at airasia MOVE as Chief Executive Officer
Airasia MOVE (formerly airasia Superapp) has announced Nadia Omer as its new Chief Executive Officer effective October 26, 2023, taking the helm from Mohamad Hafidz Mohd Fadzil who served as airasia MOVE’s acting Chief Executive Officer since April this year.
Malaysia’s Careplus diversifies its business to electric vehicles
Malaysia-listed glove maker Careplus has diversified its existing business to include the business of electric vehicles (EV). The firm has undertaken a joint venture with Malaysia-based EV firm Go Auto to import electric vehicles under the Neta brand, by taking up a 30 percent stake in Intro Synergy Sdn Bhd (ISSB), a wholly owned subsidiary of Go Auto…
Malaysia’s Capital A prepares to raise more than $1B in debt, equity as it prepares New York SPAC listing – report
Fernandes has agreed a deal with Aetherium Acquisition, a special purpose acquisition company trading on NASDAQ, and plans to list several businesses through it next year, the FT reported.
Airasia MOVE achieves new record of 15.4 million average monthly active users in third quarter
Airasia MOVE, which was rebranded recently from airasia Superapp, has achieved a new record of 15.4 million average monthly active users in the third quarter, up by 61 percent year on year. This has led to another new high of 8.3 million transactions, up by 65 percent year on year.
