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SHEIN and SPARC Group join in a strategic partnership
Global retailer SPARC Group Holdings II LLC has on Thursday announced a strategic partnership with SHEIN, the Singapore-based integrated online marketplace for fashion, beauty and lifestyle products. Under the agreement, SHEIN acquires an approximately one-third interest in SPARC Group, a joint venture that includes Authentic Brands Group and Simon Property…
PrimaKu raises Pre-A financing from Northstar, AppWorks to support childhood development in Indonesia
Founded in July 2017, PrimaKu is a community-based parenting ecosystem helping address the challenges of parenting in Indonesia. Through its full-stack digital platform, PrimaKu connects parents, pediatricians, and health facilities to provide comprehensive child healthcare services.
Vietnamese internet firm VNG seeks $150 million in US listing – report
The news came after Vietnam-based electric car maker VinFast's recent sterling debut in the US. VinFast's shares have rocketed after its US debut earlier this month.
Singapore’s Pi-xcels secures $1.7M funding led by Wavemaker Partners
Pi-xcels, a Singapore-based digital receipt solutions provider, has successfully completed its seed funding round, raising $1.7 million. The round was led by Wavemaker Partners, with participation from other prominent venture capital firms such as Hustle Fund, Amand Ventures, and Black Kite Capital, as well as strategic angel investors.
Grab reports lower losses in second quarter as revenue jumps
Singapore-based super app Grab Holdings Limited has reported lower losses in the second quarter amid higher revenue. The loss for the the group was $148 million in the quarter, a 74 percent improvement year on year, primarily due to the improvement in group adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) and a reduction in…
Binance Labs invests in Pendle Finance to scale DeFi yield opportunities and drive adoption for LSDfi
Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has invested in Pendle Finance, a DeFi protocol that enables the tokenization and trading of yield. The investment emphasizes Binance Labs’ commitment to supporting promising projects that will shape the next generation of DeFi primitives, and enable Pendle Finance to extend their reach across…
Singaporean startup Solar AI Technologies raises $1.5M to hyperscale solar
Singapore-based startup Solar AI Technologies, has recently closed its $1.5 million seed round led by Earth Venture Capital. Solar AI Technologies on Wednesday said that the round also saw participation from Undivided Ventures, Investible and climate-tech angel investor David Pardo.
Touchstone Partners and Temasek Foundation launch global climate innovations competition in Vietnam
Touchstone Partners, a Vietnam-based early-stage venture capital firm, and Temasek Foundation, a Singapore-based, non-profit philanthropic organization, have on Tuesday co-launched Net Zero Challenge 2023 (N0C 2023), a global climate innovations competition, in partnership with the Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies (HIDS). The competition…
Renewable energy manufacturing in Southeast Asia can generate $90B to $100B in sustainable revenue by 2030
Renewable energy manufacturing in Southeast Asia can generate $90 billion to $100 billion in sustainable revenue by 2030, said the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday. According to new research released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Bloomberg Philanthropies, ClimateWorks Foundation, and Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), the Southeast Asian…
Binance Labs invests in Delphinus Lab to support next era of Web3 applications
Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has invested in Delphinus Lab, an infrastructure provider that has implemented the first known open-source zkWASM virtual machine that supports trustless computation and application SDKs. The funds invested will support the ongoing development of Delphinus Lab's zkWASM-based application rollup…
