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CapitaLand Ascendas REIT completes acquisition of fifth data center in the United Kingdom for $147M
CapitaLand Ascendas REIT Management Limited, as the manager of CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (CLAR), has announced the completion of the acquisition of a high-specification Tier III colocation data center facility in the United Kingdom for SGD 200 million ($147.49 million) from an unrelated global data center operator.
TNG Digital partners Amanah Saham Nasional to provide Malaysians easy investment through Touch ‘n Go eWallet
Malaysian payment firm TNG Digital Sdn. Bhd. (TNGD) has announced a new partnership with investment platform Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad (ASNB), making it the first and only eWallet agent to offer investments in ASNB unit trusts for Malaysians through the Touch ‘n Go eWallet. This partnership enables Malaysians to subscribe to all 17 ASNB unit trusts…
HealthXCapital joins Jungle Ventures to lead healthcare investments in Southeast Asia and India
Jungle Ventures, the Singapore-based independent venture capital firm, has announced the addition of the HealthXCapital (HXC) team to lead the firm’s healthcare investments in Southeast Asia and India. Founded in a joint commitment of driving positive change within healthcare, this move marks a seamless and timely transition in reflection of HXC and Jungle…
Proptech 2.0 in the Philippines: An untapped opportunity in 3 numbers
Is the Philippine #RealEstate market now ripe for the next wave of proptech to emerge? We share five numbers that provide some clues to where the innovation compass is pointed in the #Philippines #proptech space.
Singapore’s Beep raises seed round from GGV Capital and Wing Vasiksiri
Beep, a Singapore-based internet of things (IOT) transaction platform startup has successfully completed its seed round, with GGV Capital and Wing Vasiksiri as the lead investors. The round saw additional participation from NUS Technology Holdings (a fully owned subsidiary of NUS), SUTD Venture Holdings, XANetwork, and other prominent angel investors.
Open Campus, TinyTap, Code Green join forces to fight climate change through innovative educational initiatives
Open Campus, a community-led protocol for educators, content creators, parents, and students, and TinyTap, an edtech subsidiary of Hong Kong-based gaming firm Animoca Brands, have on Thursday announced a strategic partnership with Code Green, the trailblazing Web3 organization driven by a commitment to the planet's health. The collaboration aims to help…
Techsauce Global Summit 2023 concludes with resounding success
The summit saw over 16,000 visitors from 50 countries worldwide, with an international participation rate of over 40 percent.
Insurtech Ouch! enters market as the first digital Takaful operator in Malaysia
Malaysia-based insurtech platform Ouch! has launched its first digital takaful product Pusara Pro in the country. The plan marks Ouch!’s formal entry into the takaful market as the first digital Takaful operator in Bank Negara Malaysia’s regulatory Sandbox.
Chubb survey: digital wallet race intensifies as banks, FinTechs invest in Insurance
The digital wallet race intensifies as banks and FinTechs inAsia and around the world invest in insurance, according to Chubb survey revealed on Wednesday. A majority (56 percent) of financial executives involved in insurance decision-making globally expect to generate more than 10 percent of their revenue from embedded insurance within three years.
Animoca Brands becomes official AWS Activate Provider to accelerate Web3 development
Animoca Brands, the Hong Kong-based company advancing digital property rights for gaming and the open metaverse, announced Wednesday that it has become an official AWS Activate Provider, enabling it to offer to its portfolio companies the tools, resources, content, and expert support to build on AWS and accelerate development for Web3 products and services.…
