Singapore

Cocoon Capital announces first close of $50M Fund III to accelerate Southeast Asia’s enterprise and deep tech startups

Cocoon Capital, a Singapore-based early-stage venture capital firms, has announced the first close of its third fund, Cocoon Capital Fund III, securing $30 million in commitments towards a target of $50 million.

Singapore’s Thunes raises $150M in Series D funding led by Apis Partners and Vitruvian Partners

Thunes, the Singapore-based payment firm, has announced the successful raise of its $150 million Series D funding led by global private equity firms Apis Partners and Vitruvian Partners.

Grab raises full year earnings forecast after achieving another quarter of record revenue

Grab Holdings Ltd announced Wednesday it is raising the company's full year adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBIDA) after the Singapore-headquartered company achieved another quarter of record revenue.

Maybank: macro uncertainty caused by tariffs could slow the growth trajectory of the digital economy

Macro uncertainty caused by tariffs could slow the growth trajectory of the digital economy, especially for players reliant on discretionary consumer spending, Maybank Investment Bank said in its note on last Thursday.

Singapore-based SquareX raises $20M in Series A funding led by SYN Ventures

SquareX, a Singapore-based cybersecurity startup, has announced the closing of a $20 million in Series A funding led by SYN Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on cybersecurity investments.

Sin Chew Woodpaq secures strategic investment from Heliconia Capital to fuel regional growth

M3 SG Pte Ltd, the holding company of Sin Chew Woodpaq Pte Ltd, a logistics provider in Singapore, has signed and secured a strategic investment from Heliconia Capital Management to accelerate regional expansion and innovation in specialized logistics solutions.

Enstack and Dyna.Ai partner to offer AI solutions across Philippines, Southeast Asia

Enstack, the Philippines-based artificial intelligence (AI) powered, no-code eCommerce and growth platform for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has announced a strategic partnership with Dyna.Ai, a Singapore-based AI solutions provider, to build and deploy localized AI-powered solutions across the country and the Southeast Asia region.

AnyMind agrees to acquire Vietnamese social and live commerce agency Vibula

AnyMind Group, a business process as a service (BPaaS) company for marketing, e-commerce and digital transformation, has announced that it has agreed to acquire Vietnamese social and live commerce agency, Vibula.

MVGX, BDO team up to launch AI-powered ESG platform to transform sustainability reporting in Indonesia

MVGX Tech Pte Ltd (MVGX), the sustainability partner of BDO in Indonesia, and BDO in Indonesia, the country’s accounting and advisory firms, have announced the expansion of their commercial partnership with the launch of a proprietary artificial intelligence (AI)-powered sustainability reporting platform.

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As tariffs bite into margins, AI investments must deliver

Global AI leaders continue to bet on Singapore as a trusted digital node in a fracturing world. Now, a new frontier is coming into focus: Agentic AI. The question is: Will we double down or retreat?