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Capital A, previously known as AirAsia Group, has been aggressively building its digital businesses and super app over the last three years as most of its planes were grounded due to travel restrictions to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. The group has hoped to build its super app, modeling regional tech giants such as Grab’s and Gojek’s super apps which…

Aurum PropTech (formerly known as Majesco Limited) has approved the acquisition of up to 100 percent stake in NestAway Technologies Private Limited (NestAway), a PropTech brand in India for a consideration of up to INR 90 crores ($11 million) .

Tracxn Technologies, a global software as a service (SaaS)-based market intelligence platform, said that the funding in the environment tech sector dropped 5 percent year-on-year to $29.9 billion in 2022. The decrease of funding in 2022 was largely due to the 5 percent decline in late-stage funding from $20.6 billion in 2021 to $18.4 billion in 2022.

The panelists also shared how their companies are able to expand their businesses regionally, serving their customers with better solutions enabled by the Internet and higher smartphone penetration rate. They also shared their companies’ plans and strategies. They also discussed about the latest trends in their respective industries, how to navigate in the…

Oxalus, a Vietnam-based blockchain startup developing a non-fungible token (NFT) social commerce platform, has raised $1.1 million in seed funding led by IDGCVB and Kyber Ventures. With the new fund, the firm will consider making further investments in data development and growing its engineering team.

Indian software as a service (SaaS) startup Capillary Technologies has on Thursday announced the successful closure of its Series D funding round at $45 million. The company said in a statement that it has raised the fund from a consortium of global investors- Avataar Ventures along with its limited partners (Pantheon, 57Stars, and Unigestion), Filter…

Malaysian FinTech firm Bayo Pay (M) Sdn Bhd has raised $2.2 million Series A funding led by venture capital firm VentureTECH SBI Sdn Bhd. VentureTECH SBI and VentureTECH Sdn Bhd have invested MYR 7 million ($1.52 million) and MYR 3 million ($650,000) respectively in Bayo Pay.

Singapore-based private equity fund manager Emerging Markets Investment Advisers (EMIA), has on Thursday announced its investment in FWF Full Well and Nisshin Logistics (FWF), Cambodia’s logistics service provider, through its new fund, ASEAN Frontier Markets Fund (AFMF).

The goal of AI-driven technology is to improve and enhance human life rather than replace humans. The panel encouraged the audience not to worry but instead to learn how to wisely delegate tasks to AI.

New York-listed Sea launched Sea Capital in March 2021 with initial capital of $1 billion after buying Hong Kong's Composite Capital Management.