Singapore

The Edgeof to acquire SoftBank Ventures Asia to establish Pan-Asian ecosystem for pioneering startups

The Edgeof, a newly formed ecosystem builder and venture capital entity in Singapore, announced Wednesday that it will acquire SoftBank Ventures Asia Corp (SBVA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japanese investment bank SoftBank Group Corp. (SBG), to establish a Pan-Asian ecosystem for pioneering startups.

Singapore’s eCommerce web design agency Verz Design raises $2M in Series A round

Verz Design, a Singapore-based web design agency and digital solutions agency, has on Tuesday announced that it has secured a $2 million investment from Meetsocial, a China-based digital marketing firm.

Singapore’s Tiger Brokers unveils AI investment assistant TigerGPT

Singapore-based online brokerage firm Tiger Brokers has introduced TigerGPT, a text-generating artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed as the first deployment of AI investment assistant in the brokerage industry.

Singapore’s TablePointer raises $3M from Wavemaker Partners, AgFunder, and ENGIE in seed funding

TablePointer Pte Ltd (TablePointer), a Singapore-based energy-efficiency-as-a-service (EEaaS) start-up, has on Tuesday announced that it has raised more than $3 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by Wavemaker Partners, AgFunder, ENGIE, and Steve Melhuish.

Singapore’s Safeheron secures Pre-A+ round led by Hashkey Capital and Bixin Ventures

Safeheron, the Singapore-based digital asset self-custody infrastructure provider, has on last Friday announced it has secured a Pre-A+ fundraising round led by Hashkey Capital and Bixin Ventures.

Telkom to integrate broadband arm IndiHome into Telkomsel

Telkomsel major shareholders Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) and Indonesian telecommunications firm Telkom have signed an agreement to spin off and integrate Telkom's fixed broadband business IndiHome into Telkomsel.

Singapore’s Eleos Labs partners Grab to offer anti-theft and fraud detection solutions to Polygon

Eleos Labs, a Singapore-headquartered Web3 cybersecurity startup, has partnered with GrabDefence, a proprietary anti-fraud software as a service (SaaS) solution from Southeast Asian superapp Grab, to offer anti-theft and fraud detection solutions to Polygon.

Toku acquires customer engagement firm Activeo Singapore to boost APAC businesses

Toku, a Singapore-based dedicated cloud communications provider, has on Tuesday announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the Southeast Asia operations of Activeo, a leading customer experience (CX) consulting firm headquartered in France.

Oracle opens second cloud region in Singapore to meet growing cloud services demand

American technology firm Oracle has on Tuesday announced its plans to open a second cloud region in Singapore to meet the rapidly growing demand for its cloud services in South East Asia.

Singapore’s agritech firm Archisen eyes expansion to cities in APAC & Middle East while expanding capacity at home market [Q&A]

In just a short span of six years, Archisen’s 7,000 sq ft farm has grown to account for the production of about 1 percent of leafy vegetables grown locally by producing up to 100 tonnes of vegetables a year.