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Tokai Tokyo Financial partners Singapore’s ADDX to offer private market investment products in Japan
Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings and ADDX has announced a new partnership to offer fractional private market investment products to investors in Japan, after Tokai Tokyo secured a security tokens license from the Japanese regulator.
Singapore air mobility startup Yugo Private Aviation raises $300K to improve its digital ecosystem
Yugo Private Aviation has successfully raised $300,000 in its pre-Seed round funding to further develop its mobile and online applications. The funding was raised from angel investors based in Texas (United States), Seoul (South Korea), Paris (France), and three Family Offices including Bellone Invest (Estonia), Negocia Capital (Singapore) and LCH…
Southest Asia internet economy is expected to reach $1T GMV by 2030 – report
Continued shifts in consumer and merchant behaviour, matched with strong investor confidence, have ushered Southeast Asia (SEA) into its “Digital Decade” - and the region is on its way towards $1 trillion gross merchandise value (GMV) by 2030.
Malaysia launches new technology commercialization agency MRANTI, merging tech-focused agencies TPM & MaGIC
The announcement also comes as Malaysia aims to create more tech startups, unicorns and accelerate M towards becoming an innovation-driven economy.
Korea EdTech startup Mathpresso secures strategic investment from Google
Mathpresso has received an undisclosed amount of funding from Google. The funding will help the startup to accelerate its global market expansion as well as its technological advancement.
Vietnam’s Society Pass announces $26M pricing for Nasdaq IPO
Society Pass Incorporated has announced the pricing of its $26 million Nasdaq initial public offering (IPO), offering 2.89 million shares of common stock at a price of $9 per share. The shares have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market and will trade under the ticker symbol "SOPA" beginning November 9.
JD.com-backed Tiki raises $258M in Series E funding round led by insurer AIA
The new funding brings the company’s valuation to close to $1 billion.
Singapore’s True Global Ventures invests $1.25M in walletless NFT platform Forza Ikonia
Forza Ikonia has previously pioneered the concept of Emotion NFTs to illustrate the emotional experiences of athletes during important moments. The first release was by tennis legend Björn Borg and Ikonia has upcoming drops with several top-tier sports stars. Other near future projects include esports teams and influencers. The goal is to become the Y…
Singapore’s SingHealth and SGInnovate announce three-year partnership to advance healthcare AI
Singapore Health Services (SingHealth) and the country’s deep tech investor Singapore Innovate (SGInnovate) has announced a three-year partnership to build and scale up health science innovations today, with Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare as the first area of focus.
