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One of the world’s largest global university start-up competitions, the Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition has now opened its call for applications.

Wise, the global tech company building the best way to move money around the world, announced Wednesday it is bolstering its Asia ambitions, with the company on track to hit over 400 employees in Singapore by the end of 2022, doubling its team here since the start of the year.

SixSense, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI)-powered industrial visual inspection platform for smarter manufacturing, announced Tuesday it has secured its Series A funding of $2.6million. The round was led by Tin Men Capital, a Singapore-based venture capital firm focused on business to business (B2B) tech startups in South-East Asia.

Partipost, a Singapore-based crowd influencer marketing and commerce platform, announced Tuesday that it has secured an investment of over $7 million.The oversubscribed round is led by iGlobe Partners, with participation from Temasek’s Pavilion Capital, Taiwan Mobile, Cathay Venture, and Quest Ventures.

Bolttech, a Singapore-based insurtech company, announced Monday Tokio Marine, alongside other shareholders, will lead its Series B funding round. The investment values bolttech at an up-round valuation of approximately $1.5 billion, one year after it closed the largest ever Series A funding round for an insurtech.

In an interview, Rajentheran also shared about MiyaHealth’s plans and strategies moving forward. He also shared his views about the healthcare and HealthTech industry.

PropertyGuru Group Limited, the Singapore-based property technology company, announced Friday that it has acquired Sendhelper, a Singapore home services technology company.

Blockchain.com, the United Kingdom-based crypto financial services firm, has secured an in-principle approval for the major payment institution license offering digital payment token services from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

Altana Technologies (Altana), a United States-based startup pioneering a shared source of truth on the global supply chain, has raised a $100 million Series B investment led by Activate Capital. The round was joined by Singapore-based Reefknot Investments, OMERS Ventures, Prologis Ventures, and Four More Capital.

Gomu, an non-fungible token (NFT) infrastructure and liquidity enabler based in Singapore, has closed a $5 million seed round with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Defiance Capital, Saison Capital.