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Singapore money transfer firm Nium secures license to expand payment services to Malaysia
Nium, a Singapore-based platform for modern money movement, announced Thursday the availability of real-time payments into Malaysia, further strengthening the company’s real-time payments capabilities across the globe. With the addition of Malaysia, it now processes over 75 percent of transactions globally in real-time, and increases its total real-time…
Indonesian FinTech firm Xendit raises $300M Series D funding co-led by Coatue and Insight Partners
Xendit, an Indonesia-based payments infrastructure platform, announced Thursday it closed $300 million in Series D funding, taking the total amount raised to $538 million to power the world’s fastest-growing digital economy. Coatue and Insight Partners co-led the round with additional investment from Accel, Tiger Global, Kleiner Perkins, EV Growth, Amasia,…
World’s first metaverse music label 0x0 launches in Taiwan
With the world hopping onto the non-fungible token (NFT) craze, Taiwan has taken the lead with the launch of 0x0, the world’s first metaverse music label. Created by a group of music enthusiasts, the artists that 0x0 represents exist in the form of NFT characters, putting out music and MVs with the characters as their identities. This maximizes the…
Singapore’s Oddle raises $5M in Pre-Series B funding
Funds from this bridge round will power product development and regional market expansion in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Carousell, L Catterton SPAC merger talks end – report
The special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), which reportedly has been conducting due diligence on Carousell over the past few months, has not been able to reach a merger agreement with Carousell.
Indonesia poultry tech firm Pitik raises $14M in Series A funding led by Alpha JWC Ventures
The fresh funding will also be used for aggressive team expansion. Headquartered in the Greater Jakarta Area with operations in 14 cities, Pitik aims to add dozens of deep tech engineers, operations professionals, as well as poultry experts to its current team.
Japan’s SBI, South Korea’s Kyobo & NTU Singapore to raise $75M venture fund
The fund aims to accelerate digital transformation in Southeast Asia and South Asia through the combined operational expertise, regional go-to-market connections and extensive industry network across the three general partners.
SMU and Synagie partner to upskill and plug skill gaps in Southeast Asia’s ecommerce and tech workforce
The programs are specially designed to address the specific talent and skills shortages faced by the technology and eCommerce sector in Singapore and Southeast Asia, with the aim of upskilling over 3,000 sector professionals by 2025.
Indonesia career preparation EdTech MySkill secures Seed funding from East Ventures
MySkill, an EdTech startup that focuses on career preparation for youths, announced today that it has secured an undisclosed amount of seed funding from East Ventures, the leading sector-agnostic venture capital firm in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.
Scotch Whisky Johnnie Walker releases NFTs
The tokens unlock access to a unique piece of graphic design by artist Kode Abdo aka BossLogic.
