Singapore

Tribe announced the launch of hacksingapore, in partnership with the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Enterprise Singapore, Government Technology Agency and Temasek, a ground-up initiative to drive innovation in technology and solve some of the challenges that Singapore may potentially face in the coming years.

Singapore-based healthtech startup Smarter Health announced Monday that it has secured S$5.15 million ($3.81 million) in Series A funding led by East Ventures, with the participation of Orbit Malaysia, Citrine Capital HMI Group, and Emtek. The funds will be used primarily for product development and market expansion in Southeast Asia.

CyberHash has recently raised $20 million in an early stage funding round led by venture capital firm Lemon, with participation from technology investor Alex Zhu. It intends to use the funds raised in the round to expand its cloud storage facility, which helps to provide a stable、secure and efficient solution to its distributed storage services. The funds…

Almond Finance has closed a seed funding round of $2 million. The fundraising, led by Morningside Group, will drive hiring, product development and compliance requirements for multiple markets.

SGX Catalist-listed Hatten Land Limited's wholly-owned subsidiary Hatten Edge Pte. Ltd. has entered into a Comprehensive collaboration agreement (CCA) with information and communications technology (ICT) provider Huawei International Pte. Ltd. Under the CCA, both companies will jointly explore and develop opportunities in cloud computing and enterprise…

Singapore-based venture fund True Global Ventures 4 Plus (TGV4 Plus) Fund is investing about $25 million into the equity of five industry-redefining Web3 and blockchain. The fund focuses on three main verticals in Web3 which are infrastructure, financial services that are powered with blockchain and entertainment like play-to-earn games GameFi, metaverses,…

Following the acquisition, the combined SWAG and GEKO group plan to hold a pre-Series A funding round, with a combined entity value of $25 million in early 2022.

Sleek has extended its Series A round to $25 million, with the participation of Singapore-based global investor EDBI and existing investors, in a mix of equity and debt. The startup, which announced a first closing led by White Star Capital and Jungle Ventures in November, will use the fresh funds to bolster tech and product development, hire new talent,…

BandLab has raised its first funding round involved outside investors. Led by Vulcan Capital with notable participation from K3 Ventures as well as existing investor Caldecott Music Group, the $53m round will allow BandLab to expand its team and continue to refine and grow its offerings to music creators and aspiring artists worldwide.

Igloo has partnered with Pine Labs to extend of its regional footprint in Malaysia. Through the partnership, Pine Labs will offer shoppers hassle-free and easy mobile phone protection solutions under the IglooCare Program.