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Stripe and Saison Capital team up on new insights programme for Southeast Asia’s startups

Singapore-based venture capital firm Saison Capital will be introducing to its portfolio companies a new insights program in collaboration with Stripe, a United States and Ireland-based financial infrastructure platform for businesses.

Singapore’s Circles Global acquires Pareteum to accelerate growth in global digital telco SaaS market

Singapore telco Circles Global announced Thursday it has completed the acquisition of the Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE) business of Pareteum, a US-based cloud software communications platform company with operations in multiple regions around the world.

SuperAtom raises $22M to expand its consumer financing platform to new emerging markets

SuperAtom, one of Southeast Asia’s leading fintech platforms, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $22 million in Series C financing led by Malaysia-based digital investment fund Nue 3 Capital.

Singapore’s SDAX launches integrated digital investment and trading platform

SDAX, a Singapore-based integrated digital investment and trading platform regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has official launched. SDAX offers access to curated institutional-grade investments focusing on real estate and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) to institutional, accredited and retail investors.

Global retail cryptocurrency app Luno partners payment provider FIS to introduce its newest payment option

Luno, the global cryptocurrency app that aims to put the power of crypto in everyone’s hands, announced on Wednesday its partnership with FIS, and will use their Worldpay Merchant Solutions capabilities to enhance its payment options.

Singapore’s Carousell acquires Indonesian recommerce platform Laku6

Carousell Group, the Singapore-based recommerce group, announced Tuesday that it has acquired control of Laku6, the artificial intelligence (AI)-first end-to-end electronics recommerce platform in Indonesia, to bolster expansion Of electronics recommerce in Greater Southeast Asia.

Singapore’s Mighty Bear Games raises $10M led by Framework Ventures

Mighty Bear Games, a Singapore-based multi-platform game development studio, announced Tuesday a $10 million round to launch its blockchain division and develop a series of immersive AAA web3 games that are novel, fair and thoughtful. The round was led by Framework Ventures.

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MAS and Google Cloud launch Point Carbon Zero Program to catalyse climate FinTech solutions

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Google Cloud have on Tuesday jointly launched the Point Carbon Zero Programme to drive the innovation, incubation and scaling of climate FinTech solutions in Asia.

Singapore’s Smart Ship Hub raises $2.5M pre-series A funding led by Ideaspring Capital and StartupXseed ventures

Smart Ship Hub (SSH), a Singapore headquartered business to business (B2B) software as a service (SaaS) maritime digital platform, said Monday it has raised pre series round of $2.5 million led by Ideaspring Capital and StartupXseed ventures.

Aspire partners with Know Your Customer to financially empower SMEs and entrepreneurs across South-East Asia

Aspire, an all-in-one finance operating system for growing businesses in Southeast Asia has joined forces with award-winning RegTech provider Know Your Customer to safely facilitate access to its financial products to underserved SMEs and entrepreneurs in the region.