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Limelight completes acquisition of Yahoo’s Edgecast, rebrands as Edgio
Edgio, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGIO), the globally-scaled software solutions provider powering secure seamlessly integrated delivery, applications and streaming experiences at the edge, announced on Thursday the successful completion of Limelight’s acquisition of Edgecast. The combined company will operate as Edgio, delivering significantly increased scale and scope…
Society Pass launches universal, open-loop loyalty application targeted at the ‘Digital First’ Southeast Asia Region
Society Pass Incorporated (SoPa) (Nasdaq: SOPA), Southeast Asia’s leading data-driven loyalty and e-commerce ecosystem, announced on Monday the launch of the beta version of its universal, open-loop loyalty application, Society Pass, to earn and redeem loyalty points, Society Points, endeavouring to create permanent customer loyalty and replace cash…
South Korea’s Klaytn partners with US’s OpenSea to spur growth in Asia
South Korea-based metaverse blockchain ecosystem Klaytn Foundation has joined forces with United States based marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) OpenSea, to invest in the Asian NFT ecosystem. The partnership, which was announced at NFT.NYC, is the first-of-its-kind dedicated to accelerating the growth and adoption of NFTs in Asia.
Southeast Asian logistics firm Deliveree raises $70M led by Gobi Partners and SPIL Ventures
Southeast Asian logistics firm Deliveree announced Monday the closing of its $70 million Series C funding round led by Gobi Partners and SPIL Ventures with participation from existing investor Inspire Ventures. This brings its total funds raised to $109 million over the past five years.
Indonesia’s Populix raises $7.7M Series A funding led by Intudo Ventures and Acrew Capital
Populix, an Indonesia-based homegrown consumer insights platform, announced Monday the closing of a $7.7 million Series A round of financing, led by Intudo Ventures and Acrew Capital, with participation from Altos Ventures and Quest Ventures. With this round of financing, it will reinforce its efforts to digitize the entire data collection process.
dHost lauches new identity and announces regional expansion in APAC
dHost, an in-building neutral hosting service provider and technology enabler, announced on Friday its new brand identity, reflecting expanded technology solutions and new verticals strategy in APAC & Japan. The announcement signifies dHost’s commitment to help mobile network operators and industries to take on technology risk and upfront investment costs -…
Vietnam’s OnPoint closes $50M Series B funding led by Temasek’s fund
OnPoint, a Vietnam-based e-commerce enabler, announced Friday it has raised $50 million Series B funding led by SeaTown Private Capital Master Fund, a fund managed by SeaTown Holdings International (SeaTown), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings. SeaTown’s investment will be the largest private investment in the Southeast Asia (SEA)…
Indonesia’s Gojek says ‘no current plans’ to enter Malaysia
“Gojek is not currently available in Malaysia and we have no current plans to enter the market,” a Gojek spokesperson told TechNode Global in an email.
Singapore’s ShopBack raises $80M Series F investment led by Asia Partners
ShopBack, a Singapore-based shopping and rewards platform, announced Friday that it has raised $80 million of new capital in a funding round led by Asia Partners. The raise is to support the group’s vision to build the leading shopping and rewards platform across the Asia Pacific region, ShopBack said in a statement. Existing investor January Capital also…
Malaysia’s unicorn Carsome to delay dual-listing plans – report
Carsome, which is also Malaysia's first tech unicorn, has halted work on the planned offerings that were set for this year, the people reportedly said. Carsome may revive the first-time share sales next year if markets improve, they added.
