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Vietnam’s VinES and US’s Li-Cycle launch global battery recycling partnership

VinES Energy Solutions (VinES), a Vingroup company that specializes in the research, development and manufacturing of advanced batteries for mobility and energy storage applications, and Li-Cycle Holdings Corp., an industry leader in lithium-ion battery resource recovery and the leading lithium-ion battery recycler in North America, on Thursday announced…

Gogoro partners Zypp Electric to launch battery swapping B2B pilot in India

Gogoro Inc., a Taiwan-based battery-swapping refueling platform provider, announced Thursday a strategic business to business (B2B) initiative and partnership with Zypp Electric, an India-based electric vechile (EV)-as-a-Service platform. The companies plan to Launch a battery swapping B2B pilot in Delhi in December that will enable last mile delivery…

South Korea’s Wemade secures $46M investments from Shinhan, Kiwoom and Microsoft

South Korean gaming firm Wemade, has secured KRW 66 billion ($46 million) investments from Shinhan Asset Management, Kiwoom Securities and Microsoft Corporation on Wednesday.

SPORTFIVE partners Be Media, Animoca Brands to launch first NFT digital collectibles for ASEAN football

Global sports marketing agency SPORTFIVE and Be Media, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, announced on Thursday a partnership to jointly launch Onside, the first non-fungible tokens (NFTs) digital collectibles for the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2022, ASEAN’s premier football tournament that will take place from December 20, 2022 to January 16, 2023.

Blackbird raises Australia’s largest venture capital fund at over $640M

Australian venture capital firm Blackbird said Wednesday it has raised Australia’s largest venture capital fund at just over AUD$1 billion ($640 million) in committed capital. The fund, consisting of a AUD$284 million ($180.77 million) core fund, AUD$668 million ($425.2 million) follow-on fund and NZ$75 million ($43.76 million) dedicated New Zealand fund.

Petronas, Accenture, Amazon Web Services collaborate to commercialize digital logistics platform

Petronas, Accenture and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are collaborating to evaluate commercialisation opportunities globally for the cloud-based logistics solution and services platform STEAR.

South Korean travel AI startup Globaleur raises $2.5M to connect end-to-end experience

South Korean travel tech startup Globaleur has raised $2.5 million in their pre-series A round and recently completed setting up an office in Singapore as part of their expansion plans for South East Asia.

Indian math EdTech firm Bhanzu eyes expansion to Southeast Asia, Middle East

In the interview, Bhanu also elaborates on its plans after raising funds and the firm’s ambition in the longer term. He, however, declined to comment on the company's financials and fundraising plans.

Singapore and Hong Kong lead green fintech development, says report

Singapore and Hong Kong lead green fintech development among the five economies in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), a report said Friday. Both Hong Kong and Singapore are in the stage of scaling up and accelerating to mature levels in terms of green fintech development compared to the past two years.

Poly’s award-winning Studio X Video Bars will be the first Android-based video appliances for Google Meet

Poly reimagines the future of work with its suite of solutions designed to deliver immersive meeting experiences across Google Meet, Google Voice, and Chromebooks.