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Mighty Jaxx announced Tuesday the final, undisclosed close of its oversubscribed Series A+ funding round. The new tranche sees new strategic investors iDreamSky Technology Holdings Ltd along with another undisclosed, leading technology company with rich intellectual property (IP) resources coming onboard, fuelled by burgeoning interest in the phygital and…

Singapore esports player Ampverse on Tuesday announced its $12M Series A fund raise, the largest to date of any esports organisation in Southeast Asia. The round was led by global investment fund Falcon Capital. The round also included follow-on investment from both Singaporean fund Vulpes and Gandel Invest, both of whom participated in prior Ampverse…

Greenland Financial Technology Group (Shanghai), a core platform of Greenland Group, a global Fortune 500 company and one of Shanghai’s largest state-backed enterprises focusing on real estate, infrastructure and finance, and MetaVerse Green Exchange (MVGX), a digital green exchange licensed and regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), have…

FOMO Pay Pte. Ltd. announced Thursday it has entered into a strategic agreement to collaborate with Circle Internet Financial, LLC (Circle). FOMO Pay will integrate USDC into its services, allowing its merchant, corporate and financial institution clients to seamlessly convert between USDC and fiat currency. This will take advantage of the inherent…

Nalagenetics announced Friday the closing of a $12.6 million Series A round of financing co-led by Intudo Ventures and Vulcan Capital. The round also saw participation from strategic investors, including Singapore-based Diagnostics Development Hub (DxD Hub) through the Agency for Science, Technology and Research’s (A*STAR) A*ccelerate Technologies Pte Ltd,…

PrePO has closed a $2.1 million strategic round led by Republic Capital and IOSG Ventures, turbocharging its mission to democratize pre-public investing. Other participants in the round including MEXC, AscendEX, GCR, Shima Capital, Caballeros Capital, Dexterity Capital, HoneyDAO, NeptuneDAO; Founders from Gnosis, 1inch, Moonbeam, Zapper, Gelato, BarnBridge,…

2C2P and ShopeePay announced Wednesday a new partnership to increase access to digital payments for consumers and merchants by enabling ShopeePay as a payment option to 2C2P’s extensive merchant network across five markets in Southeast Asia. The move will enhance connectivity to the digital economy, a key driver of regional economic development. With…

Handprint has raised $2.2 million in seed funding led by leading payments network Thunes, with participation from other angel investors. The funding will be used to further build Handprint’s technology and expand its network of impact partners, helping to advance Handprint’s mission to transform the extractive economy into a regenerative economy - making it…

Validus has entered into an agreement with Citi to acquire its CitiBusiness loan portfolio in Singapore, in a move that will bolster Validus’ top line revenue, customer base, and expand its growing loan book. This is the first time a FinTech in Southeast Asia is acquiring an established bank’s loan portfolio and customer base, and it underscores Validus’…

Blockchain Association Singapore (BAS) and SGTech have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a strategic partnership to collaborate on blockchain-related issues in Singapore. Under the MOU, both parties will establish a deep partnership to bolster the local blockchain ecosystem through leveraging on each other’s networks on issues such as…