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Singapore’s Thunes expands strategic collaboration with Visa

Thunes, a Singapore-based cross-border payments company, has on Thursday announced its deepened strategic collaboration with Visa, a world leader in digital payments, aimed at enabling new endpoints in key markets across Asia and Africa.

India’s Ultrahuman raises $35M in equity and debt investment to accelerate growth

Indian health tech firm Ultrahuman has on Wednesday announced a $35 million equity and debt investment round. The series B funding round saw participation from venture capital firms Blume Ventures, Steadview Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Alpha Wave and Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal.

Indosat to integrate NVIDIA’s Blackwell platform into its AI-Cloud infrastructure in Indonesia

Indonesia-based telecommunications provider Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (Indosat) group has on Thursday announced it’s ready to integrate the NVIDIA Blackwell platform into its infrastructure, with the goal of propelling Indonesia into a new era of sovereign artificial intelligence (AI) and technological advancement.

India’s Pocket FM raises $103M in Series D funding led by Lightspeed

Pocket FM, an India-based audio entertainment platform, has on Wednesday announced that it has raised $103 million in Series D funding. The round was led by Lightspeed with participation from StepStone Group.

TikTok launches TikTok Shop Mall in Singapore

Global e-commerce platform TikTok Shop has launched TikTok Shop Mall in Singapore, a by-invite only channel exclusively for brands' flagship stores and authorized online retail outlets.

Singapore deep tech semiconductor startup nsc inks new strategic partnership with IQT

Nsc, an integrated circuit design company in Singapore, has on Wednesday announced its strategic partnership with In-Q-Tel (IQT), the not-for-profit strategic investor for the U.S. national security community and America’s allies.

Nutanix study finds AI, security, and sustainability major drivers for IT modernization in Singapore

Artificial intelligence (AI), security, and sustainability are major drivers for information technology (IT) modernization in Singapore, Nutanix said Wednesday.

Google launches two initiatives with Malaysian government to upskill local youth

Underscoring its commitment toward strengthening Malaysia’s digital competitiveness in collaboration with the Government of Malaysia, Google has on Thursday announced two focused initiatives to equip Malaysian youth with future-ready skills focused on artificial intelligence (AI), and enhance public service delivery with the help of cloud-native, AI-driven…

Vietnam’s VinFast inks deal with Guam AutoSpot to distribute EVs in Micronesia

Vietnamese car maker VinFast Auto has officially signed a cooperation agreement with Guam AutoSpot to distribute VinFast electric vehicles in Micronesia, VinFast said in a statement on Wednesday.

Singapore’s AnyMind to acquire Malaysian e-commerce enabler Arche Digital

AnyMind Group, a Singapore-founded business process as a service (BPaaS) company, has on Thursday announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire all shares of Malaysia-based e-commerce enabler, Arche Digital.