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In a significant move towards transforming agriculturaltechnology in Indonesia, DayaTani, a farming focused agritech startup based in Singapore, has announced its successful acquisition of $2.3 million in seed round financing. The round sees participation by prominent venture capitalists namely KBI Investment and MDI Ventures backed Ascent Venture Group who…

Singapore customer data platform (CDP) Meiro has successfully secured $3 million in an over-subscribed pre-Series A round led by Southeast Asian venture capital firm Wavemaker Partners, with participation from angel investors at Singapore-based Angel Central.

Started in 2018, the firm selling kids’ smartwatches and other wearables are available in 36 countries with Japan being its largest market, followed by Singapore and South American market.

HubSpot and TikTok have on Thursday announced a partnership to make community-based customer acquisition easier than ever for business to business (B2B) brands, with a new integration designed to easily capture leads from TikTok directly in HubSpot’s customer relationship management (CRM).

Singapore's Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) startup FlyORO has successfully closed a Pre-Series A round, securing $1.6 million. The round is led by Audacy Ventures, a venture capital firm dedicated to catalyzing and scaling technology solutions driving the energy transition.

BitGo, the leading provider of financial services for digital assets, announced Tuesday that its subsidiary in Singapore, BitGo Singapore Pte. Ltd., has received in-principle approval (IPA) from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for a Major Payment Institution License. Once granted the full license, BitGo will be able to offer regulated digital…

Singapore-based semiconductor packaging company Silicon Box has announced a successful $200 million Series B fundraising round, bringing the company to over a one-billion-dollar valuation. All three founders were investors in the round.

As we usher into 2024, with the hope for a better year, here are some of the top tech news in 2023.

Golden Gate Ventures, a Singapore-based venture capital fund founded by Silicon Valley natives, has on Monday announced the establishment of their first Middle East and North Africa (MENA) office in Saudi Arabia to strengthen ties between Singapore and MENA, and accelerate the development of the MENA startup ecosystem.

Japan-based Sumitomo Life Insurance Company has entered into an agreement with TPG Inc. to acquire TPG’s 35.48 percent stake in Singapore Life Holdings Pte. Ltd. (Singlife) for SGD 1.6 billion ($1.21 billion). Together with the acquisition of additional stake in Singlife from Aviva Group, Singlife is expected to become a subsidiary of Sumitomo Life.