Singapore

Malaysia’s Carsome acquires majority stake in Singapore integrated automotive firm CarTimes Automobile

Malaysia-based integrated car e-commerce platform Carsome Group Pte Ltd (Carsome) announced Thursday the acquisition of 51 percent stake in Singapore integrated automotive firm CarTimes Automobile Pte Ltd (CarTimes). Carsome said the acquisition is an important move that further strengthens its market leadership in the region, and reinforces its commitment…

Singapore’s PropertyGuru to debut on NYSE on Friday

The merger proposal was passed on Tuesday (March 15) at the extraordinary general meeting of Bridgetown 2.

Malaysia’s Carsome buys 51% stake in Singapore used car dealer CarTimes for $60M – report

The news comes as Carsome is said to be preparing for an initial public offering in the US later of the year.

Singapore machine learning firm Datature raises $2.7M from Openspace

Datature has raised $2.7 million from Openspace. January Capital also participated in the round. The latest funding will enable Datature to expand its platform offering in order to support more widespread use cases including video analytics, medical and point-cloud data ingestions, and a neural network cloud API for users to deploy artificial intelligence…

Singapore employment platform Multiplier raises $60M led by Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital India

Multiplier on Wednesday announced a $60 million Series B funding round co-led by Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital India with participation from DST Global Partners.The new investment brings Multiplier’s total funding to $77.2 million, taking their valuation to $400 million. This news comes in less than 3 months since Multiplier’s series A (led by Sequoia…

Singapore’s ShipsKart raises $2.7M Series A funding led by TMV and Hermes Offshore

Shipskart has closed an oversubscribed $2.7 million Series A to bring one of the maritime and offshore industry’s most analogue processes, the procurement of essential vessel supplies, online. The round was led by TMV and Hermes Offshore, with strategic investments from the likes of Motion Ventures, Tradeworks.vc and Eternia Investments. The fresh injection…

Singapore cryptocurrency firm Hodlnaut gets license from Singapore regulator for additional payment services

Hodlnaut has received an in-principle approval (IPA) letter for a Major Payment Institution License in Singapore from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) under the Payment Services Act (PS Act).

Grab’s top execs extend stock lock-up period as share price tumbles

Grab said it believes that "this extension is a reflection of the continued, collective belief by the members of the Executive Committee in the business fundamentals and prospects of Grab".

Malaysia Aviation Group partners with hoolah for travellers in Malaysia, SG, HK to pay for flights over time

Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) announced Tuesday a regional partnership with hoolah to provide a seamless and convenient payment option for travellers. Through this collaboration, travellers in Malaysia, Singapore and soon Hong Kong, can now book their getaway with MAG’s main airline, Malaysia Airlines online and pay for their flights via hoolah’s flexible…

Singapore’s MedTech startup Stratificare plans to raise $12M Pre-Series A round

The Pre-Series A funding round came after its Seed round in October last year. StratifiCare has secured close to S$1 million ($734,634) in an oversubscribed Seed round from investors including Asian Development Bank Ventures, Sprout, PatSnap CEO Jeffrey Tiong, and Carousell CEO Quek Siu Rui.