Singapore

Virdalis, a Singapore-based biotechnology company developing protein from Wolffia globosa—commonly known as duckweed—has secured US$700,000 in pre-seed funding led by Wavemaker Impact.

Grab Holdings announced a $3.2 million commitment for 2026 from the GrabForGood Fund to support education, community care and disaster relief programs across Southeast Asia, the Singapore-headquartered technology giant said in a release last Friday.

Australia's hyperscale data center operator AirTrunk announced Friday the official opening of its new regional headquarters in Singapore, located at the Ocean Financial Center.

Singapore-based MetaComp Pte. Ltd., a unified Web2.5 payments and wealth group-level platform, has announced the completion of its Pre-A+ funding round backed by Alibaba, bringing the total capital raised to $35 million across two rounds within three months.

SAP Labs, under Germany-headquartered tech giant SAP, will collaborate with the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) of Singapore to hire and train artificial intelligence (AI) scientists and machine learning engineers, expanding its role as an engineering hub for enterprise AI and supporting Singapore’s AI development plans.

Global AI video generation platform PixVerse has announced the completion of its Series C funding round and the opening of a global office in Singapore as it expands its international presence.

Singapore's venture capital firm Empyrean Sky Partners (ESP) has completed the fastest first close of 2026, raising $90 million toward a $200 million target for its Global Technology Fund.

Sovereign AI cloud platform RE:AI of Singapore-headquartered Singtel Digital InfraCo has partnered with California-based Cohesity to develop a service that enables enterprises to convert backup archives into searchable data sources for artificial intelligence applications.

Singapore-based hyperscale operator Bridge Data Centers plans to invest between S$3 billion ($2.35 billion) and S$5 billion ($3.92 billion) alongside global partners to strengthen Singapore’s role as a leading artificial intelligence (AI) hub in the Asia-Pacific region, as demand for computing capacity accelerates.

Thunes, the Singapore-based fintech firm, has on Thursday announced two strategic appointments to its executive leadership team: Guy Duncan joins as Chief Technology and Product Officer (CTPO), and Parvinder Bhatia joins as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).