Deep Tech

UMPSA Holdings Sdn. Bhd. (UMPSAH), the commercial subsidiary of Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Albatross Tech Pt. Co. Ltd., China, to establish Pahang’s first low-altitude airspace technology incubator and drone center.

Despite the strong demand from artificial intelligence (AI)-related themes, the overall semiconductor demand remains sluggish resulting in high inventory levels for most of the key semi-con players, Maybank Investment Bank said in its recent report.

Ta Securities has highlighted three major factors potentially influencing Malaysia's technology sector’s earnings in 2026 - the United States' sectoral tariffs on semiconductors; global semiconductor sales and progress of National Semiconductor Strategy.

Kenanga Research has foreseen Malaysia's technology up-cycle to remain intact in the first quarter of next year, supported by a still expanding global semiconductor up-cycle and a resilient front-end capex outlook, which should continue to favor Malaysia’s front-end beneficiaries.

Quantified Energy (QE), a Singapore-based deep-tech company, announced Tuesday a new strategic investments from Asian Development Bank Ventures (ADBV) and Beacon Venture Capital (Beacon VC), the corporate venture arm of Thailand’s KASIKORNBANK (KBank).

Pyxis, a Singapore-based maritime electrification startup, has secured S$13 million ($10.06 million) in the first close of its S$18 million ($13.94 million) growth funding round.

Vertiv, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, announced last Thursday that it plans to expand its manufacturing footprint in Asia through the establishment of a new manufacturing facility in Johor, Malaysia.

Analysts have foreseen risk-fraught recovery for Malaysia's technology sector in 2026, despite positive global growth tailwinds and improving second half (2025) revenue growth momentum amongst domestic backend players.

MarinaChain, a South Korea-based maritime decarbonization technology company, has partnered with GreenMarine, a Singapore-based cleantech provider, to establish to build an integrated carbon compliance hub in Singapore.

Japan-based SoftBank Group Corp. announced Wednesday that it has completed the acquisition of all equity interests in Ampere Computing Holdings LLC, a U.S.-based semiconductor design company, through its subsidiary Silver Bands 6 (US) Corp.