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Indonesian farming startup Beleaf raises $2M seed funding led by Alpha JWC Ventures
Indonesian smart farming startup Beleaf announced Monday its recently closed Seed funding of $2 million led by Alpha JWC Ventures, with participation from BRI Ventures’ Sembrani Nusantara, MDI-Finch Capital’s Arise, and several prominent angel investors.
Indonesian financial management platform Pocket raises pre-seed funding led by East Ventures
Pocket, an Indonesia-based fintech startup providing a holistic financial health platform for families, announced Monday the completion of an undisclosed amount of pre-seed funding led by East Ventures.
Singapore’s Endowus acquires Hong Kong’s Carret Private Investments to boost wealth management business
Endowus, the Singapore-based digital wealth advisory platform, announced Monday that it has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Carret Private Investments Limited, a Hong Kong-based wealth manager and multi-family office that serves ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts and charitable organisations.
Hong Kong’s imBee raises $5M Series A funding led by DCM Ventures
ImBee, a Hong Kong-headquartered chat management platform, announced Monday that it has raised $5 million in Series A funding led by DCM, a global venture capital firm, to advance its platform offerings, go deeper into existing markets and expand its footprint in the Asia-Pacific region.
PropertyGuru acquires Singapore home services technology company Sendhelper
PropertyGuru Group Limited, the Singapore-based property technology company, announced Friday that it has acquired Sendhelper, a Singapore home services technology company.
China’s Baozun sets up regional headquarters in Singapore
Baozun Inc., the leading e-commerce service partner that helps brands execute their e-commerce strategies in China, announced Thursday its new regional headquarters in Singapore, as it seeks to drive e-commerce innovation and bring a competitive advantage to brands in Southeast Asia (SEA).
Metahuman MonoC conjures AI creativity & surrealist vision for landmark debut at the Hong Kong Digital Art Fair
MonoC, Hong Kong’s first a surrealist metahuman artist, will inject her daring data-led and dream-like vision into Digital Art Fair 2022. As a reflection of her growing importance in a world rapidly embracing adventures in augmented reality, she is one of key featured artists at this year’s Xperience edition of the fair, which will be staged at Asia…
MDEC launches Malaysia Digital Climate Action Pledge for digital economy
Malaysia’s lead digital economy agency the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has launched the Malaysia Digital Climate Action Pledge (MDCAP), a corporate pledge that aims to build capacity and increase the adoption of sustainability and climate action by businesses across the digital economy.
Indonesia’s Ayoconnect raises $13M Series B+ led by SIG Venture Capital
Ayoconnect, an Indonesia-based open finance platform, has closed $13 million for its Series B+ financing round led by SIG Venture Capital with participation from CE Innovation Capital.
United Kingdom’s Blockchain.com gets approval for Singapore services
Blockchain.com, the United Kingdom-based crypto financial services firm, has secured an in-principle approval for the major payment institution license offering digital payment token services from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
