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Animoca Brands and TinyTap to disrupt education with auction of second set of Publisher NFTs
Animoca Brands, the Hong Kong-based company advancing digital property rights for gaming and the open metaverse, and its subsidiary TinyTap, the platform for user-generated educational games, announced Tuesday that the second series of teacher-authored Publisher non-fungible tokens (NFTs) will be auctioned on OpenSea starting at 19:00 (EST) on 15 December.
Gobi Partners joins B20-G20’s One Global Women Empowerment platform to accelerate women entrepreneurs
Leading pan-Asian venture capital (VC) firm Gobi Partners announced Monday that it has become one of the first VC signatories to support the One Global Women Empowerment (OGWE) platform launched by the Business 20’s (B20) Women in Business Action Council (WIBAC).
Capital A launches airasia gifts with South Korea’s COOP Marketing Groupon for airasia super app
Capital A has launched mobile gifting offering aptly named ‘airasia gifts’, in partnership with COOP Marketing Group, a South Korean mobile voucher industry player who has also been establishing strong footprints in the ASEAN region.
Web3 is changing the way we live, work, play and learn, according to Enjinstarter Co-Founder [Q&A]
In the interview, Enjinstarter Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Prakash Somosundram shared how Web3 technologies are shaping the evolution of products and services today, the key challenges Web3 platforms need to address in terms of innovation, how does Web3 complement Web2, among others.
Inflation is impacting digital spending in Southeast Asia, Blackbox-ADNA survey shows
The pandemic, rising cost of living, energy crisis, geopolitical unrest, and the climate crisis have all taken a toll on consumers, and with people moving from crisis to crisis in recent years, interesting shifts in consumer shopping behaviors have been observed in Southeast Asia (SEA).
Australia’s Avarni raises $3M led by Main Sequence to speed up decarbonization efforts
Australian carbon management startup Avarni has raised $3 million to streamline the future of carbon management. The round is the second fundraising since founding and was led by deep tech venture firm Main Sequence, along with existing investors Vulpes Ventures and Common Sense Ventures.
India’s Uniqus Consultech raises $12.5M Series A funding led by Nexus
Uniqus Consultech Inc., an India-based tech-enabled global platform that offers environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and accounting and reporting consulting, has on Friday announced the launch of its operations by raising $12.5 million in Series A funding for a minority stake sale. Nexus Venture Partners, a leading Silicon Valley-India venture…
AirAsia launches new low cost airline in Cambodia
AirAsia Aviation Group Limited (AAAGL), the aviation arm of Capital A Berhad, has on Friday signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with Sivilai Asia to establish AirAsia Cambodia, a new low cost airline in the Kingdom of Wonder.
Vietnamese EV maker VinFast receives ESG rating from Sustainalytics
VinFast, the Vietnam-based global electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, has on Thursday announced that it has received an indicative Corporate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Assessment from Morningstar Sustainalytics, a globally recognized ESG research, ratings and data firm.
Cloud, embedded finance, and no code/low code expected to influence financial services in Malaysia in 2023
Cloud, embedded finance, and no code/low code expected to influence financial services in Malaysia in 2023, according to annual Partner Predictions report revealed by software as a service (SaaS) cloud banking platform Mambu on Thursday.
