Singapore

Currenc Group proposes reverse merger with Hong Kong’s Animoca Brands

Currenc Group Inc., a Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI) solutions fintech firm, announced Monday that it has entered into a non-binding term sheet with Hong Kong-based gaming firm Animoca Brands Corporation Limited in relation to a potential proposal for Currenc to acquire 100 percent of Animoca Brands’ issued shares via a reverse merger.

Alternate Futures launches as a fund-backed Innovation Center in Singapore

Alternate Futures, a fund-backed Innovation Center was officially launched in Singapore through a strategic alliance with Agrifood Futures, to boost climate, food and energy investment across the region.

Singapore’s Aquilius raises Asia Pacific real estate secondaries program at $1.1B

Aquilius Investment Partners, a Singapore-based provider of secondaries solutions in the Asia Pacific region, completes fundraising of its second real estate secondaries flagship fund, AIP Secondary Fund II L.P. (AIP SF II) at $1.1 billion.

Ant International invests in R2 to expand credit access for SMEs in LATAM

Ant International, a Singapore-based global digital payment firm, announced last Thursday a strategic investment in R2, an embedded lending infrastructure company in Latin America (LATAM), to expand access to credit for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the region.

Denodo inks MOU with ST Engineering to advance AI-enabled sensemaking technologies

Denodo, a global data management firm, has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ST Engineering Mission Software Systems, a Singapore-based company of global technology, defence and engineering group ST Engineering, to jointly advance data science and artificial intelligence (DSAI) technologies.

Truth Social offers prediction markets via exclusive partnership with Crypto.com

Trump Media and Technology Group Corp., operator of the social media platform Truth Social, the streaming platform Truth+, and the FinTech brand Truth.Fi, announced Tuesday that it will make prediction markets available on Truth Social through an exclusive arrangement with Crypto.com | Derivatives North America (CDNA), a CFTC-registered exchange and…

Delta Electronics and NUS CDE sign MOU to advance hybrid microelectronics research and innovation

Delta Electronics, a global power management and smart green solutions firm, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the College of Design and Engineering (CDE) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) to collaborate on advancing hybrid integration of microelectronics through joint research and development.

Marketnode powers Maybank’s first tokenized on-chain Money Market Fund with BNP Paribas’ Securities services business

Marketnode, a Singapore-based digital market infrastructure operator, has announced a strategic collaboration with Maybank Asset Management Singapore to bring its Money Market Fund (MMF) on-chain — marking a significant step in enhancing the accessibility, utility and transferability of such funds as the financial industry explores the promise of…

QAI Ventures, Enterprise Singapore team up to launch QuantumAI Accelerator in Singapore

Switzerland-based venture capital firm QAI Ventures announced Wednesday that it has partnered with Enterprise Singapore to launch its venture capital (VC)-funded accelerator and IP-driven venture builder dedicated to QuantumAI startups and Advanced Computing.

MAS proposes to consolidate listing review functions under SGX RegCo to streamline listing process

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is seeking feedback on proposals to consolidate the listing review functions under the Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) with a view to streamline the listing process.