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NusaTrip, Indonesia's first IATA-certified online travel agency (OTA) and the travel vertical of Society Pass Incorporated (SoPa), has on Wednesday announced the opening of its first regional office in Singapore and first office outside of Indonesia.

MYStartup is bringing back its exclusive Accelerator Programme to provide a second batch of startups with world-class mentorship, guidance, resources, funding and investment opportunities to help them grow their businesses.

Profet AI, a Taiwan-based developer of auto machine learning solutions, announced Thursday it has raised $5.6 million in a Series A funding round led by Darwin Ventures. Harbinger Venture Capital, Jensen-Capital Management and existing investors Hive Ventures, AUO and SVTI also participated in the round.

Gojek has on Tuesday announced the expansion of its transport offering in Singapore with the scheduled launch of GoCar Kids and GoCar XL Kids, its on-demand service type for those travelling with children aged four to seven years.

SarvaGram Solutions Pvt. Ltd., an India-based rural household-focused lending and distribution platform, has on Tuesday announced the close of its Series C round at $35 million.Investors in this round include Elevar Equity, Elevation Capital, Temasek and TVS Capital Funds, withElevar Equity being the largest investor in the company.

Quest Global, a Singapore-based engineering services firms, has on Tuesday announced its partnership with TomTom, a Netherlands-based geolocation technology specialist, to deliver Next-Gen Digital Cockpit solutions.

Thailand-based healthcare and surgery marketplace HD has raised $6 million funding to improve accessibility and affordability of healthcare services and elective surgeries in emerging Southeast Asia. The firm has successfully raised funding from a group of investors including Partech Partners, M VenturePartners, AC Ventures, iSeed, and Orvel Ventures.

Singapore-based new material technology startup Alterpacks has closed its first round of $1 million Pre-Seed funding led by Plug and Play APAC, SEEDS Capital to further its commercialization drive. The round also saw participation from Earth Venture Capital and angel investor Alice Foo.

SeaVantage, a South Korean-based startup in real- time ocean supply chain visibility has raised $1.3 million from We Ventures, IBK Capital, Lindeman Asia Investment, and BDC Labs.

AirCarbon Exchange (ACX), the Singapore-based digital carbon trading exchange, has on Wednesday announced the successful close of its convertible note series with Singapore-based decarbonization investor, TRIREC, investing as the lead investor.