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Thailand NFT platform GuildFi raises $6M seed financing from DeFiance, Capital and Hashed to create an interoperable Metaverse

GuildFi is developing a Web3 infrastructure to connect games, NFTs, and communities, with an aim to maximize players' benefits and enable interoperability across the metaverse.

Singapore food supply chain marketplace TreeDots secures $11M Series A Investment led by Amasia and East Ventures

TreeDots is looking to enhance its growing food logistics optimization platform and expand regionally with fresh funding. The company, which started its operations in Singapore, expanded into Malaysia last year and expects further regional expansion ahead. it also recently expanded to logistics optimization services to help enterprise customers build more…

Tokai Tokyo Financial partners Singapore’s ADDX to offer private market investment products in Japan

Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings and ADDX has announced a new partnership to offer fractional private market investment products to investors in Japan, after Tokai Tokyo secured a security tokens license from the Japanese regulator.

Singapore air mobility startup Yugo Private Aviation raises $300K to improve its digital ecosystem

Yugo Private Aviation has successfully raised $300,000 in its pre-Seed round funding to further develop its mobile and online applications. The funding was raised from angel investors based in Texas (United States), Seoul (South Korea), Paris (France), and three Family Offices including Bellone Invest (Estonia), Negocia Capital (Singapore) and LCH…

Southest Asia internet economy is expected to reach $1T GMV by 2030 – report

Continued shifts in consumer and merchant behaviour, matched with strong investor confidence, have ushered Southeast Asia (SEA) into its “Digital Decade” - and the region is on its way towards $1 trillion gross merchandise value (GMV) by 2030.

Malaysia launches new technology commercialization agency MRANTI, merging tech-focused agencies TPM & MaGIC

The announcement also comes as Malaysia aims to create more tech startups, unicorns and accelerate M towards becoming an innovation-driven economy.

Korea EdTech startup Mathpresso secures strategic investment from Google

Mathpresso has received an undisclosed amount of funding from Google. The funding will help the startup to accelerate its global market expansion as well as its technological advancement.

Vietnam’s Society Pass announces $26M pricing for Nasdaq IPO

Society Pass Incorporated has announced the pricing of its $26 million Nasdaq initial public offering (IPO), offering 2.89 million shares of common stock at a price of $9 per share. The shares have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market and will trade under the ticker symbol "SOPA" beginning November 9.

JD.com-backed Tiki raises $258M in Series E funding round led by insurer AIA

The new funding brings the company’s valuation to close to $1 billion.