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Business growth is always about making the right change

An unwavering determination is something that many startup founders have, but the greater challenge was ultimately to be comfortable with instability and change and make difficult decisions to move the business forward. Here are some changes that I had to experience and the decisions I had to make to grow my startup over the last few years.

Singapore digital bank Trust reaches 100,000 customers

Singapore digital bank Trust announced Tuesday that its community of customers has reached 100,000 following its launch on 1 September.

Singapore’s Playground closes pre-seed round co-led by East Ventures and Mirana

Playground, a Singapore-based platform dedicated to Web3 Gaming and non-fungible token (NFT) discovery, announced Tuesday the completion of its oversubscribed pre-seed funding round co-led by East Ventures and Mirana Ventures.

Singapore’s M-DAQ Global opens Japan office as part of international expansion

M-DAQ Global, a Singapore-headquartered fintech company, announced Monday that it has expanded its global footprint with the opening of its Japanese office through its wholly-owned Japanese subsidiary, M-DAQ Japan K.K.

Game streaming: A novel gateway to community-building

Game streaming is leading the charge of the recent proliferation of online content. An amalgamation of gaming and live streaming, the industry’s meteoric rise has been driven by the captivating nature of gaming itself – where its audio-visual simulation excites game streamers and audiences who wish to live vicariously through them. 

Thai Forward raises $5M seed round led by Primestreet Capital global VC fund

Forward, a Thai digital asset and blockchain startup focusing on protocol development for decentralized derivative exchange and DeFi platform, said Monday it has successfully closed its $5 million seed round within just six months of fundraising.

Asset tokenization projected to grow 50 times into $16T opportunity by 2030, says BCG, ADDX report

A newly-published report by global consulting firm BCG and ADDX, the digital exchange for private markets, forecasts that asset tokenization will expand into a $16.1 trillion business opportunity by 2030. This growth comes as the crypto winter is prompting capital to focus on more viable blockchain use cases.

VinFast delivers first electric SUVs

VinFast, the automotive arm of Vingroup, on Saturday delivered the first batch of 100 VF 8 all-electric sport utility vehicles (SUVs) to local customers. VinFast plans to export the next batch of approximately 5,000 VF 8s headed to the United States, Canada, and Europe from November. The first international customers are expected to receive their vehicles…

Singtel partners Intel to launch 5G multi-access edge compute incubator

Singtel on last Friday announced its collaboration with Intel to establish a 5G Multi-access Edge Compute (MEC) incubator that will enable enterprises to adopt 5G seamlessly, deploy applications that need low latency processing at the edge, drive innovation and accelerate their digital transformation.

Indonesia’s UENA raises seed funding led by East Ventures

UENA, a hyperlocal online food and beverage (F&B) startup based in Indonesia, has raised an undisclosed seed funding round led by East Ventures, with a strong participation from IDN Media and several angel investors.