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Ekuiti Nasional Berhad (Ekuinas) announced Tuesday its investment in Ain Medicare Sdn Bhd, a Bumiputera home-grown manufacturer of sterile parenteral pharmaceutical products.

Aspire, the Singapore-based fintech firm, has announced its official launch in the United States on Tuesday.

Malaysia-based Carsome Group Inc, Southeast Asia’s largest integrated car e-commerce platform, Singapore's CarTimes Group, and Japan's JACCS have reached a strategic auto financing partnership in Singapore.

NeuBird AI, the US-based agentic artificial intelligence (AI) for production operations, has announced $19.3 million in an oversubscribed funding round led by new investor Xora Innovation, a Singapore-based deep tech venture capital firm backed by Temasek Holdings.

Gobi Partners, a venture capital (VC) firm based in Malaysia and Hong Kong, has announced an unspecified investment in Transak, a company focused on enabling compliant transactions between traditional currencies and digital assets.

ASEAN countries are accelerating efforts to develop carbon markets as climate risks intensify, with Malaysia moving closer to introducing a carbon tax, according to a report by RHB Investment Bank revealed on Wednesday.

Catalytic Capital for Climate and Health (C3H), a catalytic investment vehicle of Temasek Trust, has led a US$1.2 million funding round in Singapore-based AI healthtech startup injewelme, C3H said in a press release on Wednesday.

Thailand's KASIKORNBANK (KBank) has teamed up with Singapore's StraitsX and Grab to expand Q Wallet to enable Thailand–Singapore cross-border payments.

OnSite, a Singapore-based startup developing an AI-powered communication platform for the construction and facilities management industry, has raised S$1.7 million ($1.3 million) in a seed funding round.

A new study by the UK-based Juniper Research projects that spending on agentic commerce will reach $1.5 trillion by 2030, rising from early pilot deployments expected in 2025 and 2026.