Singapore
SoftBank Robotics partners UnaBiz to integrate IoT and robotics to boost facility management operations efficiencies
SoftBank Robotics Group Corp., a robotics solutions provider under Softbank, announced Monday that it has partnered with UnaBiz, a massive internet of things (IoT) provider based in Singapore, to initiate a seamless integration of IoT sensors and robotics in building management and maintenance that will streamline work processes, allowing efficient…
April 18, 2022
News,Blockchain / Crypto,Singapore,Transportation
Singaporean ride-hailing app Ryde to launch community NFT project
Singaporean ride-hailing app Ryde said Friday it will be launching the non-fungible token (NFT) project as part of its efforts to grow and strengthen its community of users. The company will also expand the range of crypto payment options for its users to top up their in-app Ryde wallets.
April 15, 2022
Singapore medtech firm Us2.ai raises $15M Series A funding led by IHH Healthcare and Heal Partners
Us2.ai, a Singapore-based medtech developer, announced Thursday it has raised $15 million in a series A round led by IHH Healthcare and Heal Partners, with participation from Pappas Capital and existing investors including Sequoia India, EDBI and Partech Ventures. The new funds will be used to drive Us2.ai’s ambitious growth targets for clinical…
April 14, 2022
DBS/POSB partners Singaporean government to offer digital payment in schools
Singapore financial services group DBS/POSB and the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Singapore announced Wednesday a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to widen the access to contactless and digital payments, in all junior colleges/Millennia Institute, secondary and primary schools in Singapore. The three-year MOU will expand the POSB Smart Buddy…
April 13, 2022
News,Blockchain / Crypto,Gaming,Singapore,Malaysia,Metaverse
Singapore’s eSports firm ESPL partners Philippine’s Yield Guild Games for crypto NFT gaming
Sedania Innovator Berhad (Sedania)'s Singapore-based Esports Players League (ESPL) on Wednesday announced a partnership with Yield Guild Games Southeast Asia (YGG SEA) as part of its vision to amass gamers in the cryptocurrency, non-fungible token (NFT) gaming and metaverse sphere. The partnership aims to generate up to 300,000 gamers for ESPL and Sedania.
April 13, 2022
News,HealthTech,Singapore,Mergers and Acquisitions
NASDAQ-listed SPAC 8i Acquisition 2 merges with Singapore digital health platform EUDA Health
EUDA Health Limited, a Singapore-based digital health platform, and 8i Acquisition 2 Corp. (8i)(NASDAQ: LAX), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, announced Tuesday that they have entered into a definitive business combination agreement that will result in EUDA Health Limited becoming a publicly listed company
April 13, 2022
News,FinTech,Singapore,Blockchain / Crypto
FOMO Pay unveils first cryptocurrency payment solution for retailers in Singapore
Singapore-based FinTech firm FOMO Pay said Wednesday it has rolled out a new cryptocurrency (crypto) payment solution for retailers in Singapore, which allowed them to accept digital payment tokens (DPT). The new payment method targetted at retailers is the first such to be developed by a DPT licensee in Singapore.
April 13, 2022
Singapore co-living firm Hmlet merges with European player Habyt
Hmlet,a Singapore-based flexible living company, said Tuesday it is merging with Habyt, a European co-living player, to create a global company catering to the fast-growing flexible living sector. The combined group will have a presence in 10 countries and 20 cities.
April 13, 2022
Funding Societies partners Dedoco to offer digital signing service
Funding Societies, Southeast Asia’s largest small and medium enterprise (SME) digital financing platform, announced Wednesday that it has partnered Dedoco, a Singapore-based decentralized digital document and workflow management platform, to become one of the first FinTech platforms to enable micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) customers in Singapore…
April 13, 2022
Temasek-backed Zilingo is said to suspend CEO amid probe – report
The concerns center on the way that Zilingo accounted for transactions and revenue across a platform spanning thousands of small merchants, the report said.
April 13, 2022












