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Gogoro partners Globe’s 917Ventures, Ayala Corporation to bring battery swapping and smartscooters to the Philippines
Gogoro Inc., a Taiwan-based technology firm in battery swapping ecosystems, has on Tuesday announced a strategic partnership in the Philippines with Globe's 917Ventures and Ayala Corporation. The companies will be launching a two-wheel battery swapping pilot in Manila using Gogoro's industry leading battery swapping and Smartscooters.
Y Combinator-backed workplace startup Deskimo expands to Dubai
Y Combinator-backed Singapore workplace startup Deskimo, has expanded its services to Dubai, with plans to add Abu Dhabi and other cities in the region in the near future. The firm has built a network of independent workspaces across Dubai and makes them accessible via a mobile app.
Plant-based leather startup PEEL Lab aims to replace 1% of existing leather market by 2030, says Co-Founder [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]
A winner of the ORIGIN Innovation Awards 2022: Startup Leader of the Year — Startup Trailblazers award, PEEL Lab Co-Founder Jim Huang noted that millennials and GEN-Z are looking for eco-friendly products and brands. The startup hopes to make its leather affordable and accessible to everyone.
South Korea’s SK Telekom partners Singapore’s Singtel to grow metaverse business in APAC
SK Telecom (SKT) has on Tuesday announced that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Singapore-based communications technology group Singtel, to jointly grow the metaverse business in countries where the group operates in, starting with Singapore.
The GrowHub partners ManukaLife to distribute honey products in Southeast Asia, China, helped by Web3 tech
Singapore’s one-stop farm-to-table solution for food traceability and data analytics The GrowHub Innovations Company (The GrowHub) has on Friday announced its strategic partnership with ManukaLife, a Western Australia’s high-grade manuka plantation developer and producer of premium-grade manuka products. The GrowHub will be ManukaLife’s appointed…
Singapore’s SC Capital Partners teams up ADIA to form Asia Pacific data center investment program
SC Capital Partners Pte Ltd, the Singapore-headquartered private equity real estate fund manager, has announced the formation of a data centre investment program with a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). SC Capital Partners has secured commitments for the new mandate from ADIA, with the ability to scale up over time to $2…
India’s Kae Capital announces the final close of Fund III at $96M
Kae Capital, a venture capital firm in India, announced Friday that it has closed its Fund III, raising INR 767 Cr ($96 million).Some of the leading international institutional investors who have backed this fund are Old Mutual Wealth, Velo Partners, and Finext, whilesome of the Indian investors are HDFC Holdings and SIDBI.
South Korea’s Paycoin partners Singapore’s TripleA for global crypto payments
Paycoin, a crypto payments company based in South Korea, has kickstarted its expansion into the global crypto payments market through a partnership with Singapore-based crypto payment firm TripleA. Payprotocol AG, the issuer of Paycoin (PCI) has on Friday announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with TripleA, to collaborate on building a global crypto…
