Singapore

Gojek Singapore and ComfortDelGro Taxi, Singapore’s largest taxi operator, have on Tuesday announced the official launch of their cross-dispatch model partnership.

SWAT Mobility, a Singapore-based provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered vehicle routing solutions, has secured a total funding of $7.2 million in the latest round. SWAT Mobility said in a statement on Tuesday that this investment will fuel its expansion efforts across Asia, further solidifying its position in the region's mobility sector.

Toku, a Singapore-based provider of enterprise-grade cloud communications and customer experience (CX) solutions, has on Tuesday announced the intent to acquire AiChat, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI)-powered conversational customer experience (CX) platform.

Accacia, a decarbonization platform focusing on the real estate and infrastructure sectors, has closed a $6.5 million in a pre-Series A round led by Illuminate Financial, a venture capital firm focused on enterprise fintech companies.

Singaporean lender DBS and land transport firm ComfortDelGro Corporation (ComfortDelGro) have on Monday announced an SGD 100 million ($73 million) facility to decarbonize the global operator’s United Kingdom bus fleet.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has set aside SGUD 35 million ($25.7 million) in the Financial Sector Development Fund to support upskilling and reskilling, and develop specialists in sustainable finance over the next three years.

Global technology firm Apple has announced new expansion in Singapore, with plans to invest over $250 million to grow its campus in Ang Mo Kio.

Seedflex Technologies (Seedflex), a Singapore-based fintech company, has raised seed funding from 500 Global to launch its proprietary shariah-compliant digital financing solution “Pay-As-You-Sell Advance™” (PAYS Advance) across Southeast Asia, starting first in Malaysia.

The Coastal Sustainability Alliance (CSA), an industry collaborative effort led by Kuok Maritime Group (KMG), has on Tuesday announced its plans to advance the maritime biofuel ecosystem in Singapore with up to SGD 10 million ($7.33 million) in investments.

Carro is raising capital during one of the hardest possible times for fledgling firms. The Southeast Asia technology industry has been plagued by job cuts, CEO resignations and falling startup valuations, making it difficult for companies to debut on public markets.