Singapore

Singapore-based FinTech firm Atome Financial announced Thursday it has entered into an $100 million debt facility with HSBC Singapore to supercharge Atome Financial’s flexible deferred payments business across Asia

Brazil-based investment firm Votorantim and Singapore state investor Temasek announced Wednesday a strategic partnership to explore new investment opportunities in growth capital in various sectors of the Brazilian economy. By the terms of the agreement, Votorantim and Temasek will be partners in a new investment fund, in which both parties have committed…

Thunes, a Singapore-based cross-border payments company, announced Wednesday that it is accelerating the expansion of its services in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, setting up an office in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and appointing a new country head – Ahmad Yaacoub.

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Royal Golden Eagle (RGE), a global resources-based manufacturing group, on Thursday launched the S$6 million ($4.36 million) joint research centre to accelerate innovation in textile recycling and translate research outcomes into practical solutions that can be deployed in urban settings like…

Revolut, the United Kingdom-based financial superapp, on Thursday launched a new cryptocurrency service in Singapore, enabling customers to securely buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies with the tap of a button. Revolut is providing all customers in Singapore with more than 80 tokens available via its app.

Singaporean direct-to-consumer (DTC) startup Evo announced Wednesday the completion of its $600,000 seed funding round led by East Ventures. The round also saw participation from notable angel investors Aaron Tan from Carro, Joel Leong from ShopBack, Mohandass from Spenmo, and Jonathan Tan from Prism+.

Catcha Investment Corp 2.0 intends to focus its search on a target with operations or prospective operations in the technology, digital media, financial technology, or digital services sectors, which it refers to as the “new economy sectors”, across Asia Pacific, in particular Southeast Asia and Australia, according to its prospectus.

Skyports, the United Kingdom-based advanced air mobility (AAM) vertiport infrastructure and drone services provider, said Tuesday it has completed the final close of its Series B capital raise with fresh investment of $3.13 million from ST Engineering through its Corporate Venture Capital unit, ST Engineering Ventures.