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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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

[Malaysia Budget 2027] Khazanah’s Jelawang Capital, KWAP’s Dana Perintis to invest $110M in startups

According to Anwar, Malaysia's economy is projected to expand by a commendable 4.2 percent to 5.2 percent in 2027. Growth in 2026 is projected at between 4.8 percent and 5.3 percent.