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Restrictive digital regulations in Malaysia could reduce venture capital funding by 26 percent, equivalent to RM792 million ($170 million) less per year on average, period from 2026 to 2035.

inaugural WBBA Broadband Development Summit APAC 2026, held in Bangkok on 14 July. Convened by the World Broadband Association (WBBA), the summit brought together the ITU, regional regulators, and leading operators – including AIS, Globe, Telkomsel, XLSmart, HKT, and China Mobile International.

London-based Winnow, an AI-powered food waste solution provider, has acquired Singapore's Lumitics, a food waste technology company operating in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, the former said in a statement on Thursday, without any financial details.

Bay Smart Capital Ventures Sdn Bhd (CapBay), a Malaysian FinTech company, is collaborating with the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) through the MD Technology Financing Program to expand access to growth financing for Malaysia Digital (MD) Status companies.

Malaysia will launch its sixth Large-Scale Solar (LSS6) program, offering 2,500 megawatts (MW) of solar generation capacity integrated with battery energy storage systems (BESS), as the government steps up efforts to accelerate the country's energy transition and expand renewable energy capacity.

DigiFT, a Singapore and Hong Kong-based regulated digital asset exchange for institutional-grade real-world assets (RWAs), and SBI Global Asset Management Co., Ltd. (SBI GAM), a subsidiary of SBI Holdings, Inc., have on Wednesday announced the launch of the SBI Japan High Dividend Equity Strategy Token (JX token).

Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) and DHL Express have signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU), extending their strategic partnership to strengthen the export readiness and competitiveness of local businesses.

Singapore's Rize, an agricultural technology company working to reduce emissions from rice cultivation, has raised $31 million in a Series B round comprising $20 million in equity and $11 million in debt financing.

Fulian Precision Technology Component Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned Vietnamese subsidiary of Taiwan's Foxconn, has registered electric vehicle (EV) charging station manufacturing as a new business line and increased its charter capital by VND402 billion ($16 million).

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), under the World Bank, will finance up to $175 million for AirTrunk Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., supporting the development of two hyperscale data centers totaling 420 MW in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.