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KKR backed-PHINMA Education acquires St. Jude College Dasmariñas Cavite for $7.43M

KKR-backed Philippine private higher education group PHINMA Education Holdings has on Monday announced its purchase of St. Jude College (SJC) Dasmariñas Cavite in a PHP 432-million ($7.43 million) agreement.

TNGlobal Tracker: Startup Funding Snapshot for November 2024

In November, early-stage funding dominated at 70.5 percent of the total investments, while seed-stage funding contributed 29.5 percent, reflecting a focus on early-stage investments.

Singapore’s Omni HR raises $7.4M to fuel expansion

Singapore-based employee management platform, Omni HR, has on Monday announced it has recently closed $7.4 million in funding, bringing its total funding to date to $9.8 million since its founding in 2021 by former Goldman Sachs executive Brian Ip.

Vietnam’s Kamereo secures $7.8M Series B funding to accelerate growth

Kamereo International, which operates a business to business (B2B) food supply e-commerce platform in Vietnam, has raised $7.8 million in its Series B funding round.

Rethinking Venture Capital: How Gobi Partners’ value-driven strategy achieved three exits in one year

Despite headwinds, Gobi Partners saw three of its portfolio startups exit over the last year, generating $350 million in total value with a 20x return on investment. The companies represent diverse sectors and exit strategies: e-commerce enabler Synagistics’ de-SPAC in Hong Kong, Mize’s acquisition by Korea’s Yanolja and Brite Semiconductor’s IPO on the…

Ant International joins Swift’s network interoperability reference implementation program to explore innovations in cross-border treasury management solutions

The program is a pre-pilot designed to improve payment transparency in cross-border payments, by exploring the business scenarios on cross-border end-to-end transactions tracking through banks, PSPs and tracking on e-wallet use cases.

MAS and ABS launch electronic deferred payment solutions in mid-2025

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) have on Thursday announced that two new payments solutions will be launched in mid-2025 to support the transition to e-payments for both corporate and retail cheque users.

Singapore’s Temasek establishes $7.5B wholly-owned private credit platform

Singapore's state investor Temasek has on Friday announced the formation of a wholly-owned private credit platform with initial funding of about S$10 billion ($7.47 billion).

ADB approves $14.8M grant to accelerate climate action

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a technical assistance (TA) grant of $14.8 million to accelerate climate action, foster innovation, and strengthen private sector development across its regional operations.

Singapore’s HB Global partners HIS to develop AI-powered agriculture and plantation initiatives

Singapore-based frozen food manufacturer HB Global Limited has partnered Malaysian property firm HIS Holdings Sdn. Bhd. to develop artificial intelligence (AI) technology agriculture and plantation initiatives in Pahang of Malaysia.