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Chinese robotics firm Microintelligence clears HKEX hearing
Chinese industrial robotics developer Changzhou Microintelligence has passed a Hong Kong Stock Exchange listing hearing, advancing its proposed IPO.
October 12, 2026
News,Asia,Biotech / MedTech,China,Investments,Venture Capital
TCGX closes $600M fund to invest in Asian biotech
TCGX has closed an oversubscribed $600 million fund to invest across stages in Asia-based biotechnology companies and is opening Hong Kong and Shanghai offices.
October 12, 2026
News,FinTech,Singapore,Investments
Syfe launches options-based Income+ Max portfolio in Singapore
Syfe has launched Income+ Max, a Singapore portfolio combining equities, bonds, gold and call options to target 8–10 percent annual distributions.
October 12, 2026
SQREEM appointed to Singapore Government’s Whole-of-Government digital consumption analytics services framework
SQREEM Technologies (SQREEM), an AI-powered behavioural intelligence and data analytics company, has been appointed under the Singapore Government’s Whole-of-Government Digital Consumption Analytics Services Period Contract and Framework Agreement (2nd Edition).
October 12, 2026
News,SEA,Sustainability,Investments,Europe
British International Investment targets $1.6 billion for climate finance in Southeast Asia
The capital will be used to support developing economies in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand, which rely on high-emitting fossil fuel power generation, to transit to a renewables-based future.
October 12, 2026
Vietnam’s FPT, Korea’s NAVER Cloud to jointly expand AI cloud across Asia-Pacific
FPT, among the largest tech firms in Vietnam Vietnam, and South Korea's NAVER Cloud will jointly develop and sell artificial-intelligence (AI) services across Asia-Pacific.
October 12, 2026
WEX, Mastercard form Asia-Pacific fleet payments partnership
Two American businesses, WEX Inc. and payments group Mastercard, will combine fuel, maintenance, tolling, and parking payments for vehicle fleets into a single system across Asia-Pacific.
October 12, 2026
News,Vietnam,Electric Vehicles & Mobility
VinFast sells 178K EV in Jan-Sep, tops Vietnam’s vehicle market
VinFast, the electric vehicle (EV) maker under conglomerate Vingroup, remained Vietnam’s single biggest vehicle seller in the first nine months of 2026, delivering 177,697 cars at home, or roughly a third of a combined national total at 495,138 units.
October 12, 2026
News,Cybersecurity,Enterprise,Singapore
Dropbox launches Protect content governance tool in Singapore
Dropbox has launched its cross-cloud content governance product in Singapore, the second market worldwide after Japan.
October 12, 2026
News,Telecommunications,Vietnam
Vietnam’s Saigontel becomes authorized Starlink distributor with satellite-telecom licence to 2030
Saigontel, an infrastructure builder in Vietnam, has become an authorized distributor of SpaceX's Starlink satellite-internet service and won a license to resell it.
October 12, 2026













