Singapore
UOB breaks ground on $450M headquarters in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City’s international financial center
UOB Vietnam, under Singaporean lender UOB, has started construction of its UOB Plaza Ho Chi Minh City, a $450 million tower located within Vietnam's International Financial Center (VIFC), making UOB the first foreign financial institution to invest in headquarters within the VIFC-HCMC precinct.
Lightstorm, Microsoft, Singtel, Tata Communications to build I-2SEA submarine cable linking India, Malaysia, Singapore
Singapore-based Lightstorm, Microsoft, Singtel, and India-based Tata Communications will jointly build a new submarine cable system connecting India, Malaysia, and Singapore, with consortium partners targeting completion in the fourth quarter of 2029.
Wesco International acquires Singapore’s Newark Engineering for $136M, to expand data center cooling in Southeast Asia
The United States-based Wesco International has completed the acquisition of Newark Engineering Group, a Singapore-based provider of engineered cooling solutions and lifecycle services for data centers, for S$175 million ($136 million).
NTU launches new industry-aligned program in integrated circuit design
To strengthen the digital integrated circuit (IC) talent pool within Singapore’s semiconductor ecosystem, NTU Singapore is launching a new graduate learning pathway in integrated circuit design.
Singapore’s Acti raises $5.3M seed round to build AI-powered keyboard as personal context layer
Acti, a Singapore-based company describing itself as the world's first agentic keyboard, has raised $5.3 million in a seed round led by the United States-based BITKRAFT Ventures.
India’s Tata Communications to invest $152M in subsea cables linking India’s AI, Singapore
India's Tata Communications will make an strategic $152 million investment in subsea cable infrastructure to expand the India-Singapore digital corridor with an additional 98 terabits per second of AI-ready capacity,
Singapore’s Biobot Surgical raises $15M to expand robotic prostate cancer platform into US market
Biobot Surgical, a Singapore-based medical technology company developing robotic-assisted systems for prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment, has secured S$20 million ($15.4 million) in its latest financing round led by ClavystBio in partnership with ZIG Ventures.
Singapore’s Qashier raises $6.1M Series A+ to expand merchant operating system across Southeast Asia
Singapore-based Qashier, a unified merchant operating system for Southeast Asia, has raised $6.125 million in a Series A+ financing round comprising equity and debt.
Singapore’s Igloo acquires insurtech firm Eazy Digital
Igloo, Singapore-based insurtech company, has acquired Eazy Digital, a Singapore-headquartered insurtech company with operations across Thailand and Asia.
Singapore-based AI startup Akro raises $700,000 Pre-Seed led by Amigos Venture Capital
Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm Akro has on Tuesday announced a $700,000 Pre-Seed funding round led by Amigos Venture Capital.
