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Lion TCR, a Singapore-based clinical-stage T-cell immunotherapy company, has announced the successful completion of its $40 million Series B2 financing round. Guangzhou Industrial Investment and Capital Operation Holding Group Ltd. led the financing with participation from Guangzhou Guoju Investment and CSPC NARD Capital Fund.

Pouch, the lightning payment operator in the Philippines, has introduces its latest app feature "Send Globally" to facilitate instant, low-cost, and safe money transfers from the Philippines to any bank account in the United States.

ABB, a Switzerland-based global technology company, has announced that it is investing $1 million to open a Digital Solutions & Training Center in Singapore, the first of its kind in Asia Pacific for ABB Electrification Service.

IMotorbike, a Malaysia-based e-commerce platform for preowned motorcycles, has announced that it has raised MYR12 million ($2.6 million) in its Series A funding round led by Gobi Partners and Ondine Capital.

Baskit plans to utilize the newly-raised funds to expedite its tech roadmap and extend its reach within #Indonesia. "Our goal is to harmonize the #supplychain, embracing transformative technologies while respecting traditional norms," says Baskit's CEO, Yann Schuermans. "To achieve this, we are developing cutting-edge tools that will be both functional and…

Singapore-based agtech firm Nutrition Technologies has on Monday welcomed Bunge Ventures, the for-profit principal investing arm of Bunge, a leading global agribusiness, food, feed and ingredients company, as an investor.

Pakistan's embedded finance platform Neem has entered into a strategic investment partnership with DNI Group, a South African investment firm operating across 28 countries, to revolutionize finance across emerging markets.

Apeiron Bioenergy (Apeiron), a Singapore-based integrated global player in bioenergy, has raised SGD 50 million ($36.95 million) through the landmark issuance of a five-year senior unsecured green bond guaranteed by Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility (CGIF), a trust fund of the Asian Development Bank.

Prenetics Global Limited (Prenetics), a Hong Kong-based genomics-driven health sciences company, has partnered scientist Prof. Dennis Lo to establish a joint venture named Insighta for breakthrough multi-cancer early detection screening.

Ant Group, the operator of Alipay+, a suite of global cross-border digital payment and marketing solutions, has on Monday announced the latest expansion of Alipay+ coverage to all 7-Eleven stores in Malaysia, enabled by Razer Merchant Services.