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South Korea’s SK Telekom partners Singapore’s Singtel to grow metaverse business in APAC

SK Telecom (SKT) has on Tuesday announced that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Singapore-based communications technology group Singtel, to jointly grow the metaverse business in countries where the group operates in, starting with Singapore.

Vietnam’s Society Pass partners with Stripe to ease payments settlement

Society Pass Incorporated (SoPa), the Vietnam's based data-driven loyalty, fintech and e-commerce ecosystem, has on Monday announced the integration of Stripe’s financial infrastructure solutions onto the SoPa platform to power transaction settlement services for merchants and customers on SoPa’s ecosystem.

Thailand Accelerator project launched to assist Thai & Southeast Asia startups in raising capital, accelerating growth

Thailand Accelerator is still accepting applications from organizations interested in collaborating and supporting the initiative. You can reach them at accelerator@techsauce.co

Indonesia’s TipTip raises over $13M Series A Funding led by East Ventures

TipTip, a monetization platform for content creators based in Indonesia, has secured its $13 million Series A funding round, following thestartup’s $10 million seed round funding earlier this year. The Series A funding was led by East Ventures with continued participation from Vertex, SMDV, B.I.G. Ventures and prominent angels.

Singapore’s ComfortDelGro partners Indonesia’s Gojek to tackle transport industry issues

Singapore-based taxi operator ComfortDelGro and Indonesia-based on-demand mobile platform Gojek are coming together to jointly explore ways to address key issues affecting the point-to-point transport industry, including driver shortage.

MYStartup accelerator Program Cohort 2 opens for registration, offering funding to fuel tech startups in Malaysia

MYStartup, is bringing back the Accelerator Programme for Cohort 2 following the success of Cohort 1 during its launch in June earlier this year. To meet the criteria for the Accelerator Programme, the startup must be (i) an incorporated company in Malaysia; (ii) a tech startup with a scalable nature; (iii) in the stage of MVP or revenue-generating and;…

The GrowHub partners ManukaLife to distribute honey products in Southeast Asia, China, helped by Web3 tech

Singapore’s one-stop farm-to-table solution for food traceability and data analytics The GrowHub Innovations Company (The GrowHub) has on Friday announced its strategic partnership with ManukaLife, a Western Australia’s high-grade manuka plantation developer and producer of premium-grade manuka products. The GrowHub will be ManukaLife’s appointed…

Vietnam’s VinFast exports the first batch of electric vehicles to United States

Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast said Friday, it has exported its first batch of smart electric vehicles including 999 VF 8s to international markets. This batch was transported by the Silver Queen – a Panamanian charter ship – and is expected to arrive in a California port (USA) about 20 days after deporting from MPC Port in Haiphong, Vietnam.……

Singapore’s SC Capital Partners teams up ADIA to form Asia Pacific data center investment program

SC Capital Partners Pte Ltd, the Singapore-headquartered private equity real estate fund manager, has announced the formation of a data centre investment program with a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). SC Capital Partners has secured commitments for the new mandate from ADIA, with the ability to scale up over time to $2…