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Yarken, the 1982 Ventures-backed artificial intelligence (AI)-native platform for IT Financial Management (ITFM) and FinOps, has announced an investment led by Betatron Venture Group and Tenity VC to fuel its aggressive global expansion.

Global fintech firm Fasanara Capital and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, have announced plans to create a pioneering lending strategy aimed at helping micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in emerging markets access the capital they need to grow, especially businesses led or owned by women.

Singapore and South Korea will deepen cooperation in advanced manufacturing, artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity, as both countries move to anchor their newly elevated Strategic Partnership in frontier technologies and the digital economy.

The South Korea-based venture capital firm The Invention Lab has completed its seed investment in a Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI) computing startup RIDM.

Asia Pacific (ASPAC)'s fintech deal value and deal volume dropped from an already soft $11.7 billion across 1,028 in 2024 to $9.3 billion across 763 deals in 2025 — levels not seen in over ten years, KPMG said in its recent report.

Digital Realty, the global cloud- and carrier-neutral data center platform, announced Wednesday the expansion of its Digital Realty Innovation Lab (DRIL) into Singapore, Japan and London.

Mambu, a global software as a service (SaaS) cloud banking platform, announced Wednesday the expansion of its Payments Hub solution into a number of territories including Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore, marking the first time the platform will be available to customers in Asia.

QAI Ventures, the Switzerland-based investor and ecosystem builder in quantum and advanced computing technologies, is launching a specialized industry cluster in Singapore to accelerate the commercialization of quantum-classical hybrid computing, backed by strategic partnerships with SoftBank Corp. and HorizonX.

Peak XV has announced the closing of $1.3 billion in new capital commitments across its India Seed, India Venture, and APAC funds.