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Animoca Brands partners Blockpass for secure and regulatory compliant Web3
Blockpass, the United Kingdom-based provider of compliant identity verification solutions for the Web3 space, and Animoca Brands, the Hong Kong-based company advancing digital property rights for gaming and the open metaverse and a long-standing Blockpass customer, have on Friday announced a strategic partnership to build a safer and more compliant Web3…
India’s HiLabs raises $39M in Series B financing co-led by Eight Roads Ventures and Denali Growth Partners
HiLabs, an India-based provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions to manage dirty data, has on Thursday announced a $39 million Series B financing. The round was led by Denali Growth Partners and Eight Roads Ventures, with participation from F-Prime Capital.
Japan, ASEAN to integrate QR code payments by 2025 – report
Five ASEAN member countries, namely Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Philippines, signed a memorandum of understanding on payment integration between the countries in 2022 and began interaction in several areas.
UAE’s Param Labs secures strategic investment from Animoca Brands, strengthening partnership to fuel Web3 ecosystem development
Param Labs, a gaming infrastructure startup based in the United Arab Emirates, has secured a strategic investment from Animoca Brands, a Hong Kong-based company advancing digital property rights for gaming and the open metaverse.
SPORTPASS partners Queens Park Rangers to deliver immersive gaming to football fans
SPORTPASS, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based gaming firm Animoca Brands, has on Wednesday announced a collaboration with Queens Park Rangers Football Club (QPR), marking the beginning of a new era in fan interaction and entertainment by bringing together the passion of football fandom with the innovative features of SPORTPASS.
India’s Perfios raises $80M funding from Teachers’ Venture Growth
Perfios, an India-based business to business (B28) software as a service (SaaS) fintech company, announced Wednesday that Teachers' Venture Growth (TVG), the late-stage venture and growth investment arm of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers), will invest $80 million into the company.
Dubai’s Kaskade Finance closes successful pre-seed round
Kaskade finance, a gamified incentivization layer protocol based in Dubai, has just announced the closure of its pre-seed funding round from over 40 investors.
India’s Sugar.fit secures additional $5M in Series A funding led by B Capital
Sugar.fit, an India-based health-tech startup, has secured an extra $5 million in Series A funding, bringing its total Series A funding to $16 million. B Capital led the recent funding, with previous participation from MassMutual Ventures and existing investors including Tanglin Venture Partners, Endiya Partners, and Cure.Fit.
Singapore AI digital behavior aggregator SQREEM Technologies acquires Australian programmatic business Trade Indy
Singapore headquartered digital behavior aggregator SQREEM Technologies has acquired Melbourne-founded programmatic business Trade Indy, as part of their ongoing global expansion plans.
Lenovo Study: 94 percent of ASEAN+ CIOs deem AI critical for business in 2024; only 11 percent invest in GenAI
94 percent of ASEAN+ Chief Investment Officers deem artificial intelligence (AI) critical for business in 2024, but only 11 percent invest in generative AI (GenAI), Lenovo study showed Tuesday.
