Singapore

Validus, a Singapore-based small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) business account and financing platform, has on Monday announced the appointment of Vineet Agarwal as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Validus Capital in Singapore, effective August 1, 2023.

Airalo, the Singapore-founded eSIM marketplace, announced Tuesday the successful completion of its Series B financing round, raising an impressive $60 million. Led by e& capital, the investment arm of e&, the global technology group, this brings Airalo's total funding to $67.3 million.

Cerebry, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI) edtech startup, has announced that it has raised a $1 million seed round led by Vietnam-based venture capital firm Ascend Vietnam Ventures (AVV). The funding round also saw participation from Pentathlon Ventures and strategic investors.

Deliveroo and Gojek have on Tuesday announced that they have signed a long-term partnership agreement delivering increased value for users in Singapore and enhancing experiences across both platforms.

X-PITCH, an annual startup contest for global deeptech startups in Singapore, is open for application. Ten awards will be presented at the November 10 Grand Finale, with the top three teams receiving investments totaling at least $1 million.

Hong Kong and Malaysia also signed 11 MoUs, including the one involving MTR Corporation.

United Kingdom and Singapore have agreed to enhance cooperation in sustainable finance and FinTech. They have agreed to contribute to efforts to develop global regulatory standards for crypto and digital assets as part of international standard setting bodies such as IOSCO, and working groups under the Financial Stability Board (FSB), and welcomed the FSB…

Telecommunication firms - South Korea-based SK Telecom, Germany-based Deutsche Telekom, Abu Dhabi-based e& and Singapore-based Singtel - have on Thursday announced that they formed the Global Telco AI Alliance to create a new customer experience and make a difference in the lives of global citizens using artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

The company has raised over $2 million from 500 Global, TOP Ventures (CVC-arm of Thai Oil PLC) and angel investors—from a group of former executives of Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Dole, to a family office of one of the largest healthcare networks in Southeast Asia.

Singaporean government has partnered Google Cloud to launch “AI Trailblazers", which is designed to help organizations in Singapore identify real-world challenges that can be addressed with generative artificial intelligence (AI), build generative AI solution prototypes, and bring these prototypes to production.