Singapore

Japan’s Sumitomo Life completes Singlife acquisition

Singapore insurer Singapore Life Holdings Pte Ltd (Singlife) announced Monday that it has become a fully owned subsidiary of Japan-based Sumitomo Life Insurance Company (Sumitomo Life).

Singapore’s 9 Lives Interactive secures $3M in funding round led by Mechanism Capital

9 Lives Interactive, an independent game studio based in Singapore, has on Thursday announced a successful $3 million funding round led by Mechanism Capital. The round also saw participation from Delphi Digital, Sfermion, 3Commas Capital, Momentum 6, Kosmos Ventures, Devmons GG and CSP DAO.

Tech startup and sports leadership lessons from CARMA’s Sabrina Azmi [Q&A]

In this interview, CARMA's Sabrina Azmi provides insights on overcoming gender bias within the male-dominated tech space. She also shares strategies for thriving, as well as leadership philosophies she's honed as a young female leader managing a large team.

VAST Data launches regional headquarters in Singapore

VAST Data, the data infrastructure company for the artificial intelligence (AI) era, has launched its regional headquarters in Singapore to service the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region.

Singapore cultivated seafood firms UMAMI Bioworks and Shiok Meats set to merge

Singapore-based UMAMI Bioworks and Shiok Meats have announced the proposed merger of the two cultivated seafood pioneers, establishing the combined entity as a global leader in the burgeoning cultivated seafood market.

Singapore AI digital behavior aggregator SQREEM Technologies acquires Australian programmatic business Trade Indy

Singapore headquartered digital behavior aggregator SQREEM Technologies has acquired Melbourne-founded programmatic business Trade Indy, as part of their ongoing global expansion plans.

AI Singapore partners Google to enhance Southeast Asian large language model training datasets

AI Singapore (AISG) and Google Research have embarked on Project Southeast Asian Languages in One Network Data (SEALD), a research collaboration to enhance datasets that can be used to train, fine-tune, and evaluate large language models (LLMs) in languages spoken across Southeast Asia (SEA).

Rently partners The Working Capitol, Smart City Kitchens to expand rental platform in Singapore

Rently, a Singapore-based fintech startup in the property space, is partnering with co-working and lifestyle hub, The Working Capitol and ghost kitchen services provider, Smart City Kitchens to diversify their business offerings beyond residential properties.

Singapore medtech firm SynPhNe secures $5M Series A funding from Event Horizon

SynPhNe, a medtech spin-off from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has secured $5 million in Series A funding from Event Horizon Technologies Pte Ltd, a member of the Nadathur Group.

Singapore’s insurtech firm bolttech & stc Group forge strategic collaboration in the Middle East

bolttech’s collaboration with stc Group will provide stc’s customers with innovative, embedded device protection offerings through a technology-enabled experience, the companies said in a joint statement.