Singapore

NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore (NUS), is expanding its presence in Japan with the launch of its second BLOCK71 office in Tokyo today.

Singtel's technology services firm NCS has on Thursday announced that it is expanding its Asia Pacific (APAC) footprint through a joint venture with Globe Telecom in the Philippines.

The Coastal Sustainability Alliance (CSA), an industry collaborative effort led by Kuok Maritime Group (KMG), has on Wednesday signed two Letters of Intent (LOIs) to boost e-vessels adoption in Singapore.

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Dutch multinational brewing company the Heineken Company has on Wednesday announced the launch of its first global Generative AI (GenAI) lab in Singapore.

MoneyHero Limited, a personal finance aggregation and comparison platform in Greater Southeast Asia, has partnered with global AI consumer service firm Ada to launch an artificial intelligence (AI) Agent for customer service, aiming to transform customer experience while driving operational efficiency.

Enya, a Singapore-based brand in sustainable period care, has secured strategic investment from 500 Global, alongside venture debt financing from Crusade Partners, to expand its consumer (B2C) and corporate (B2B) footprint across Asia and the Middle East.

HitPay, a Singapore-based fintech firm, has partnered with NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL), an India-based payments firm, to integrate the unified payments interface (UPI) into its platform.

Funding Societies | Modalku, the largest small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) digital finance platform in Southeast Asia, has announced a strategic equity investment from Gobi Partners, an Asia-focused venture capital firm.

Singapore-based venture capital firm Motion Ventures has unveiled its $100 million second fund (Motion Ventures Fund II), targeting solutions that digitize and decarbonize the global maritime supply chain.