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Royal Brunei Airlines joins AirAsia MOVE platform
Royal Brunei Airlines, the national carrier of Brunei Darussalam has become the latest direct airline partner on AirAsia MOVE, giving customers a wider choice of network across Asia, the Middle East, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
As tariffs bite into margins, AI investments must deliver
Global AI leaders continue to bet on Singapore as a trusted digital node in a fracturing world. Now, a new frontier is coming into focus: Agentic AI. The question is: Will we double down or retreat?
US-based Electra bags $186M Series B funding round co-led by Capricorn Investment Group, Temasek
The round is co-led by Capricorn Investment Group and Temasek Holdings, joined by visionary investors including Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, Builders Vision, Collaborative Fund, S2G Investments, iron ore majors BHP Ventures, Rio Tinto, Roy Hill, top electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmakers Nucor and Yamato Kogyo, and corporations like…
BYD Sime Motors partners Malaysia’s Ministry of Transport to reduce carbon emissions through EVs in the country
BYD Sime Motors, the official distributor of BYD cars in Malaysia, is partnering up with the Ministry of Transport (MOT) of Malaysia to advance the nation’s low-carbon mobility agenda.
Surfin Meta Digital Technologies completes funding round of $26.5M
Surfin Meta Digital Technologies, a Singapore-headquartered financial technology solutions provider for the underserved, has announced the successful completion of its oversubscribed funding round.
SoftBank, Tether, Bitfinex team up to launch Bitcoin-native venture
SoftBank Group Corp., Tether and Bitfinex have teamed up to launch Twenty One Capital, Inc., a bitcoin-native company, through a business combination with Cantor Equity Partners (CEP).
LenderLink secures $1.25M pre-seed funding to build high-tech real-time credit bureau in the Philippines
LenderLink Philippines, a fintech focused on improving credit data infrastructure, has raised $1.25 million in an oversubscribed seed round.
Zoho forges strategic partnership with Cradle to empower Malaysia’s startup ecosystem
Zoho Corporation, an India-based technology company, has announced a strategic partnership with Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle), an early stage start-up influencer, to empower Malaysia’s startup ecosystem.
Singapore’s GIC leads $152M Series F in U.S. custodian Altruist
Altruist, a US-based custodian for registered investment advisors (RIAs), announced Tuesday that it has raised $152 million in Series F funding led by GIC, a Singapore-based institutional investor.
D2C companies in SEA raise $32.5M in 2024, a 3 times surge from 2023: Tracxn
The direct-to-consumer (D2C) sector is making its mark in Southeast Asia (SEA)’s startup ecosystem, with more than 2,000 companies and all-time funding of $300 million, Tracxn said Wednesday.
