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Language Confidence has raised $1.5 million seed round to automate the teaching and testing of spoken English. The capital raise was led by Wavemaker Partners with participation from Investible. The funding will enable the company to expand its product offering and grow it’s already global customer base.

RIDI Corporation has signed definitive agreements to receive an investment of KRW 120 billion ($100 million) led by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC. Korea Development Bank, NVESTOR, and Atinum Investment also participated in this investment. As a result, RIDI has been recognized as the first unicorn startup in Korea’s content platform industry with an…

MX Global Sdn. Bhd announced Tuesday an equity investment into the company from Binance. It also landed another investment for Redeemable Convertible Preference Shares (RCPS) into the company by Cuscapi Berhad. These new capital injections will allow MX Global, a licensed fintech company, to build brand awareness, hire more high-quality talent and develop…

The donation is intended for humanitarian activities to help people in the country who have become victims of the violence, he said.

A growing population of more than 600 million with a combined GDP of more than $3 trillion and a rapid growth of the middle class are expected to fuel strong demand in healthcare coverage in Southeast Asia.

Beam announced Friday a Series B funding round of $93 million led by Singapore-based private equity firm Affirma Capital. The round also saw participation from Sequoia Capital India, Hana Ventures, ICT Capital, EDBI, AC Ventures, RTP Global, and Momentum Venture Capital, among others. Funds raised will be used to bring Beam’s shared micromobility vehicles…

Bharti Airtel (Airtel) has acquired a strategic stake in Aqilliz, a Singapore-based blockchain as a service company. It aims to deploy Aqilliz’s advanced blockchain technologies at scale across its fast growing adtech (Airtel Ads), digital entertainment (Wynk Music and Airtel Xstream) and digital marketplace (Airtel Thanks App) offerings.

Niyo has raised $100 million in its Series C round of funding led by Accel and Lightrock India. Beams Fintech Fund and its existing investors Prime Venture Partners, JS Capital are also participating in this round along with others. The company will be using the funds to accelerate its mission to transform banking in India, and to provide convenient and…

Visa has entered a strategic partnership with VNPAY to enhance the digital payments experience in Vietnam. Together, they will make cashless payment more accessible in Vietnam through expanding and strengthening the fintech company's affiliate network of accepting merchants, as well as rolling out new services including Visa’s Tap to Phone acceptance…

UCOLLEX has successfully completed a $10 million Series A funding round led by Animoca Brands and MCP IPX One Fund (IPX Fund). The raise will enable UCOLLEX to invest extensively in blockchain technology and establish metaverse frontiers, creating exciting NFT experiences for pop culture communities.