Singapore
Singapore’s BetterX secures $1.72M in Pre-Series A funding to expand into Asia, the Middle East, and the US
BetterX, a Singapore-based digital asset-focused business to business (B2B) platform, has successfully closed a S$2 million ($1.72 milion) pre-Series A funding round.
Bolttech appoints Chief Investment Officer at Dragon Fund Ridhi Chaudhary to Board of Directors
Singapore-based insurtech firm bolttech has appointed Ridhi Chaudhary, Chief Investment Officer of Dragon Fund by Liquidity and MUFG, to its Board as a Non-Executive Director.
Singapore’s PvX Partners raises $3.8M in seed funding co-led by Play Ventures and General Catalyst
PvX Partners, the Singapore-based financing platform designed for scaling consumer apps, has on Tuesday announced $3.8 million in seed funding co-led by Play Ventures and General Catalyst.
Tencent Cloud partners TrueWatch to launch Indonesia’s first multi-cloud SaaS observability platform
Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global technology company Tencent, has on Monday announced its strategic partnership with TrueWatch, a Singapore-based unified monitoring platform provider, to launch Indonesia’s first multi-cloud software as a service (SaaS) observability platform.
HK’s Watawaste to raise funds in 2025 as its sustainable food app Yindii eyes expansion across Asia [Q&A]
We talked to Louis-Alban Batard, Co-founder & CEO, Watawaste HK Ltd (a Cyberport incubatee) which develops sustainable food app – Yindii, to learn more about the company’s achievements in 2024, its plans and priorities in 2025. He also shared his views on the outlook of the tech ecosystem in Hong Kong for the new year and how he sees Southeast Asia.
Singapore and Vietnam enhance cooperation in financial innovation
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) have agreed on Wednesday to enhance their existing memorandum of understanding (MOU) to further cooperate on financial innovation.
Singapore and Vietnam enhance collaboration in digital asset regulatory framework
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the State Securities Commission of Vietnam (SSC) have agreed on Wednesday to collaborate in capital markets regulation and digital asset regulatory framework.
Intel appoints Malaysian-born chip industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as CEO
His appointment also comes three months after Intel ousted CEO and company veteran Pat Gelsinger, whose ambitious and costly plan to turn the company around was faltering and sapping investor confidence, Reuters reported.
Singapore Airlines, Salesforce collaborate on AI-powered customer servicing applications
US cloud-based software company Salesforce and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have on Wednesday announced that the airline is incorporating Agentforce, Einstein in Service Cloud, and Data Cloud into its customer case management system, enabling it to deliver more consistent and personalized service to its customers.
Singapore’s Chocolate Finance engages with MAS on customer withdrawal issues
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said Wednesday that it continues to engage Chocolate Finance, an online robo advisory service operated by Chocfin Pte Ltd, to ensure that all customer withdrawals will be met in an orderly fashion.
