Asia

Hex Trust, a Hong Kong-based digital assets financial service provider specializing in custody, staking, and market services, has successfully secured a strategic funding round led by Morgan Creek Digital with participation from global investors including Injective.

CVC Asia Fund IV, via its holding limited partnership, has entered into an agreement for the sale of OANDA Global Corporation (OANDA) to FTMO group (FTMO).

CapitaLand Investment Limited (CLI), a Singapore-based global real asset manager, has acquired a freehold land parcel in Osaka to develop its first data center in Japan which will entail a total investment of more than $700 million.

Japan-based internet services company SoftBank Corp. and global quantum computing firm Quantinuum announced Wednesday that they have agreed to a wide-ranging partnership in quantum computing.

Helion, a fusion energy company, has on Tuesday announced a $425 million Series F investment round that will be used to scale commercialization efforts for the company’s groundbreaking fusion technology.

NTT DATA, a Japan-based digital business and information technology (IT) services provider, has on Tuesday announced the international launch of its next-generation Smart AI AgentTM.

BitGo, the global digital asset provider, has joined forces with OneInfinity by OneDegree, a Hong Kong-based digital asset insurance and security solution provider, for digital asset custody risk management in Japan.

Elev8.vc’s new fund is expected to back 20 to 30 high-potential deep tech startups, providing them with both capital and strategic resources to accelerate their growth.

The focus will be on fostering innovation and collaboration across industries, particularly in cloud computing and AI, to help businesses accelerate their digital transformation.

The initial equity funders in Stargate are SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, and MGX, who will work in close collaboration with technology partners Arm, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Oracle, and OpenAI, to advance cutting-edge AI capabilities, drive economic growth, and shape a future driven by innovation and opportunity.