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New Zealand Kiwifruit brand Zespri launches $2M annual fund to accelerate sustainable innovation
New Zealand Kiwifruit brand Zespri has launched $2 million annual fund to accelerate sustainable innovation. Zespri said in a statement on Tuesday that the firm is establishing a new innovation funding initiative, known as ZAG.
Singapore’s Nium partners South Korea’s Jeonbuk Bank to launch global remittance service
Nium, the Singapore-based real-time global payments, and Jeonbuk Bank (JB Bank), a South Korean financial institution, have announced a partnership on global remittance service. Under the partnership, the duo will offer the global remittance service targeted at the 2.5 million non-Korean residents that live in South Korea.
JazzCash and Fatima Gobi Ventures team up to boost startups in Pakistan
Pakistan-based FinTech platform JazzCash and Pakistan’s venture capital (VC) company Fatima Gobi Ventures (FGV) have announced a strategic partnership that is poised to have a massive impact on advancing the growth of startups and budding businesses in the country.
Binance Labs invests in $ARKM token to support on-chain insights at scale across the blockchain ecosystem
Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance has invested in $ARKM, the native token of Arkham. Binance Labs said in a statement on Wednesday that Arkham is an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered blockchain intelligence and data platform that provides granular information and visualization tools for on-chain activity.
Animoca Brands, Amazon Web Services, Polygon Labs team up to accelerate Web3 startup development through Mocaverse
Hong Kong-based game software firm Animoca Brands, Amazon cloud computing platform Amazon Web Services (AWS), and United States-based software solutions provider Polygon Labs have on Thursday announced MoonRealm Express Accelerator, a strategic collaboration to support Web3 builders around the world and accelerate the development of Web3 products and…
HashKey Exchange insured by OneInfinity by OneDegree for digital wallet coverage
HashKey Exchange, Hong Kong’s licensed virtual asset exchange, has officially closed the deal with OneInfinity by OneDegree, a licensed insurer for digital assets in Asia. OneInfinity by OneDegree will provide insurance cover for digital assets stored in both hot wallet and cold wallet for HashKey Exchange, providing comprehensive coverage for investors.
UAE mobility and logistics startup Wize raises $16 million in pre-Seed round
Wize, a Dubai-based startup providing sustainable solutions for last-mile delivery, has raised $16 million in a pre-Seed funding round co-led by Mena-focused angel investors. The funds will be spent to enhance the company's presence in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) market, further product development and explore new partnership opportunities in the Middle…
Asahi Kasei, Gentari, and JGC team up for green hydrogen production in Malaysia
Gentari Hydrogen Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Petronas’ clean energy arm Gentari Sdn Bhd (Gentari), Japanese chemical firm Asahi Kasei and engineering firm JGC Holdings Corporation (JGC) have announced the completion of a detailed feasibility study for production of up to 8,000 tonnes per year of green hydrogen using a 60 megawatt (MW) class…
Taiwan’s Profet AI launches enterprise AI lifecycle management platform for AI governance
Profet AI, a Taiwan-based enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) application provider for the manufacturing industry, has announced the official launch of AI Lifecycle Management Platform (AILM), an enterprise platform for AI governance.
