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AnyMind Group, a business process as a service (BPaaS) company for marketing, e-commerce and digital transformation, has on Monday announced the completion of its full acquisition of AnyReach, a Japan-based e-gifting company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, AnyMind Japan Inc.

Novotech, Singapore-headquartered full-service biotech specialist clinical research organization (CRO), announced that affiliates of GIC and Temasek have signed binding agreements to acquire a significant stake in the company, with the additional capital earmarked to accelerate its global growth.

The Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) announced last Saturday that a total of seven equity crowdfunding (ECF) and peer-to-peer financing (P2P) platforms have been selected to participate in the New Industrial Master Plan (NIMP2030) Strategic Co-Investment Fund (CoSIF).

Smallcase, India’s largest model portfolios platform, has raised $50 million in its Series D funding round with a mix of primary and secondary led by Singapore's Elev8 Venture Partners.

Malaysian Islamic digital bank AEON Bank (M) Berhad and electronic sports governing body Malaysia Esports Federation (MESF) have teamed up to nurture E-Sports talents among local youth.

NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore (NUS), is expanding its presence in Japan with the launch of its second BLOCK71 office in Tokyo today.

Malaysia's state-owned oil and gas firm Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) has launched the fourth edition of its accelerator program, FutureTech 4.0, aimed at scaling innovative solutions that addresses real-world industry challenges and redefine the future of energy.

PolicyStreet, a Malaysian insurtech company, has announced the launch of the Furniture Protection Plan (FPP) in partnership with Ashley Furniture HomeStore, with an intuitive claims portal set to launch in mid-May to further simplify furniture insurance.

Singtel's technology services firm NCS has on Thursday announced that it is expanding its Asia Pacific (APAC) footprint through a joint venture with Globe Telecom in the Philippines.

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and Google Cloud have on Thursday announced a strategic collaboration to develop and deploy Automated Thai Listed Company AI-Info System (ATLAS), a generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search solution with advanced information processing and retrieval capabilities.